new glasses

at preschool screening a few weeks ago she didn't pass her eye exam. The right eye was ok but her left, not so good. (this was the one that took the longest to heal after her injuries) So we made an appointment with the eye doctor thinking it was perhaps (hopefully) just her age and not something more serious. As soon as Dr. Jeppson said it was a good thing we brought her in and didn't wait, my heart fell. I know it's just glasses, and yet all I could think of was she is so young and of course the mom in me kicked and wondered if she would be teased, and as he continued to test and I continued to hear "I don't know" from her I wondered just how do you know if a three year old needs glasses, she can't read after all, and how do you rule out that she just doesn't know because she is just so young? When the doctor placed the huge eye piece with the correct lenses in it in front of her tiny little face, I cringed at how little she looked, and then the testing continued and I was hearing "oh! that's a horse, or, that's a house" said with complete confidence. I guess that's how you know when a three year old needs glasses. She is nearsighted which explains why we weren't seeing obvious signs her vision was off. Everything she does right now is close up. She has been super excited about her new glasses, "I'm going to look just like Beckie" she said with a big grin. So today the call came that they were in...and judging by the grin on her face this was truly a big moment for her. When they placed them on her face and she looked up at me with that big grin, my response to her was "you look so beautiful" and she does, and I imagine if anyone tries to tease her she will most likely take them out. So perhaps this mom should be more worried about the number of trips she will be making to the principals office rather than a silly pair of glasses.