DesertWind:

buds:

Only mummies for your club arh?

Mummies / Daddies With Only One Child[/url]

from the thread too.. have fun!

Hello all, reporting in here since I have only one child at the moment. Trying for a 2nd one and hope God will bless us with another one soon. Not easy since both of us are FTWP! :celebrate:

Welcome. Welcome. Good luck with your efforts. How old is number 1? Must take more holidayslah!

Angelight:

Just wondering if there are many mummies out there with only one child? Maybe can set up a club so that our only child can socialise with one another since they do not have siblings.


So those with only one child pls join here

Hello Angelight. Welcome! How old is your child - DS or DD?

My DD too has been squinting. which is what alerted me to her poor vision. Loves her specs as she says that she can now see all the things that she couldn’t before without squinting. Encourage her not to wear it all the time if she doesn’t need it. Would be impossible to get her not to strain her eyes esp in school where she needs to be able to read the board.


2ppaamm, Do the OrthoK lenses have to be worn every night forever? Or does the need to wear it decrease over time?

Nebbermind:

from 6/9 to 6/18 in 3 yrs seems rather OK leh.


my boy gotta change his specs almost every yr at one stage, (maybe sometimes even shorter) and currently ard -5.00 and only P6!!

Optometrist indicated that power will probably increase significantly. Hoping not too fast or too much!

ks2me:

To control myopia as my child's goes up exponentially, I put her on Ortho-K. It is actually not invasive and similar to wearing hard lens for anyone having myopia. However, the main difference is the convenience in the day, perfect vision and free from all external help. That makes life so good and normal especially for active children. But the main motivation was to control the myopia from climbing rapidly.

I asked the optometrist about the Ortho K and she was not in favour of it as she said it does not correct the problem and as soon as the child stops wearing the lenses, the myopia comes back. Did your child expereince any difficulty with having to wear the lenses every night e.g. accidental scratching? discomfort?

Bought FBT shorts for my DD from Giant. Was recommend by the netball teacher as being more durable than the school shorts.


Did not realise that so many girls wear shorts under the skirt. My DD used to and I used to ask her why as it seems so uncomfportable. She is in P4 now and has stopped this year. I went to an all girls school and don’t remember wearing shorts all the time.

amylqf:

Thanks, winth for sharing.


you are not the 1st one who told me similar story.
Minus lenses can actually worsen the myopia. That's why I still didn't let my daughter wear a spectacle (myopia since k1) until now, like what your colleague mum did. but it didn't stop the degree (eye ball) from growing either. Now she is 270 at p2.

Although it didn't affect her daily life so far (just squinting, but still can see whiteboard sitting at front row in school, swiming, dance, etc),
I am struggle to find a solution as I am not sure if I am doing a good or bad things for my only child by against the main stream. Seeing more and more children wearing a glasses after going to p1 is such a painful sight.

I am thinking of the orth-k, thinking of eye drop, but they are so invasive. We don't know the long term side effect to the eye yet.

rather than accepting the fact that singapore has 80-90% of myopia rate, Isn't it really no way to control myopia?
Has anyone use eye excercise or TCM-accupunture to get better?
I heard singapore eye center has a computer program, called neuro-vision. anyone tried before?
pls share your view here.

This point of view is very interesting. Always believed that leaving the myopia untreated (i.e without getting specs) would just make it worse. My DD has had 6/9 vision since P1. Managed without specs. Now in P4 it has deteriorated to 6/18 so am getting her specs. Was told that I should have started her with specs earlier. Any ideas to improve vision would be appreciated. Does the pinhold specs that I saw mentioned help reduce myopia?

ks2me:

If you want a super light pair of glasses, I recommend SwissFlex but it also means that it is so light that sometimes she may not feel that it is there.


Monitor the situation...if it goes up too fast, then you need to take other measures.

Thanks for the advise. Took DD to the optician for a proper check and found that her power is already 200 deg! The optometrist said that I should have brought her earlier. Strange that the school health check did not indicate that she required glasses although her vision was 6/9 since P1. 6/18 this year and only then they recommend glasses. Will need to monitor her as kids who start with higher power apparently tend to increase faster too. What kind of other measure would you suggest?

MotherHen:

Hi. My dd in P4 this year, and this thread has been a wealth of info. Thks to all parents for sharing.

Hello MotherHen, My DD also in P4 this year. Did your DD also get the Solar Cooker Sc project to do? Seems to be one project after another!

ks2me:

Bronzy, how high is her degree?

Hi Ks2me. Around 100 deg according to the first optician i went to.