General Chat

Lou, my Good Fairy, I am sure she will be fine. Unfortunately, people can be so tactless. Take care ..... :-)

Lou, I work in a primary school and a number of children have patches for squints. Trust me other children are really caring towards these children and IF there are any issues class teachers and support staff will deal with them. The earlier this type of treatment starts the better for your daughter. Your health visitor does seem quite tactless, but don't let that get you down. Talk to your GP and tell them what has been said, hopefully they will guide and support you. Wishing you and your daughter lots of hugs. Anne in North London xx

I was helping out in my sons class today (he is 5) 3 children have glasses - one with a sparkly patch. No one was nasty to them in fact they asked why one of them wasn't wearing them out of concern & then found them on the floor!! Grommits is also very common - a very quick op. Hope you are feeling a bit better this afternoon. It's the weekend Enjoy :-)

cannot advise you on the eye issue but the ears - i felt a really bad mother when my son was 4, the nurse took me to one side and said 'do you realise that your son is lip reading?' it turned out that he needed the grommit thing in both ears. when i thougth he was just being naughty and i told him off, he didnt take any notice of me. this was when i spotted it was when he wasnt looking at me, he was like this! he also missed the fronts of words off and also the last bits, we just thought this was normal baby talk (he was our first child), but it was because he wasnt hearing the whole word to repeat it correctly. he was sent for speach therapy for a few months and soon caught up. he is now 25 and still lip reads (clever lad) he says it comes in handy when he is in a night club or someone is whispering! so do not worry, it is good they have picked it up early. tina x

Lou, I understand that you don't want your pretty little girl to have to wear eye patches, I didn't want my son to wear them either, but needs were met and he wore them for a short while and now doesn't even need glasses, as for the hearing another of my son's had to have gromits fitted, and they fell out naturaly his hearing is now fine, so instead of looking on the dark side of things count your blessings there are mothers out there that wished that their children only had small minor things to worry about, now don't think I am trying to be-little your feelings, I'm not, instead I am trying to put them in prospective with other parents worries, good luck to your little girl, she will be ok, just try not to show how upset you are, as she will pick up on it. Bev

Hi Lou I wouldn't worry if I were you. Both of my children had squints and one is short sighted and the other is long sited. They have to wear glasses, but that has helped correct their squints. You would never know now. And the eldest also had hearing problems in one of her ears. Both of them were/are near the top of their classes and it hasn't effected their school work or life in general. Wait and see what the specialist says and take each day as it comes Jeanette x

For several years I child minded two little brothers before and after school and in the hols too. One had fallen ill with meningitis at the age of 3 and had lost the hearing in one ear. Occasionally you would notice him turning his head so he could hear better but most of the time, he was fine and was treated as fully hearing child with no problems for him or the teachers, his family or me looking after him. He is grown up now and still has no problem. Don't despair, your little one will be fine, but please don't let her see you upset, or she will feel threatened and guilty for making you sad. You have to be upbeat about this and let her see you take it in your stride. Be thankful it has been caught early and something can be done for her. Lots of luck Liz