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Hi pika Glad to hear you're starting your boy on his specs. It is important for his development. It does take a while for him to get used to it and accept it. Please don't give up!

ojx Dr Khoo is a very good paediatric ophthalmologist. My girl saw him too, but had to switch due to speciality. She is now seeing a retina specialist instead. Yah, Dr Khoo a really good man too. So sorry to hear of your bad experience with Dr Quah. He is supposed to be "the expert" in...

Hi pbtgal Sorry to hear of your miscarriage. But don't worry, keep trying. I had 2 before my boy came. I gave birth to my boy when I was 42. It did put me in the "danger" zone, and I must admit I was extremely fortunate. Even after having my boy, I continue to ensure my girl gets my...

Hi natsu My boy attending childcare since he was 20 months old. I needed the time to help my girl who has special needs. He's okay with that, tho sometimes I feel quite guilty packing him off to school... Last Friday decided to take both out - IKEA and then swimming. They had great fun!

Hi natsu Tell me about interrupted sleep... I am so deprived zzzzzz....zzzzz My boy still wakes up in the nite sometimes, asking for milk. He isn't really hungry, just needs to suck for comfort to help him go back to sleep. But me, once I wake up, very hard to go back to sleep. Sometimes lie...

3D is important for depth perception, eg. walking down stairs, gauging the speed of on-coming traffic when crossing roads or driving. It's true that surgery is NOT a 100% 'cure' for strabismus, and like your doc says, if the muscle is overstretched in the surgery, the eye might move out in...

Just my thots here: My girl was only child for 8 years before we had our son. Sure, she was lonely, and we wanted to give her a brother or sister. But somehow, it was not forthcoming, no matter how hard we tried. And I also had 2 miscarriages along the way. I felt I was so stressed up trying...

Tamarind Yah, we all very cheap skate one. All share one room. Of course not every one spent night in the room lah. Draw lots! But share cost of the room. Otherwise too ex. I think my hb will protest too, if we had to pay for entire room! Lucky my sis and brother were game to share! Enjoy...

Hi all again! Sorry, couldn't come in as often as I liked to. Busy with course. Now into second semester, and things are really heating up! Whole family, including brother, sis and mum, booked room at Ritz Carlton to view NDP. All the kids were thrilled, and I was quite mad when it came...

The support group, called "Beyond vision" is mainly for parents of kids with a vision impairment that cannot be corrected, either with prescription spectacles, or sugically. My girl has retina problem that cannot be corrected. Like the other kids in our group, she is considered 'special...

My girl has vision impairment, and I am also member of parents' support group for parents of kids with vision impairment. So I get to speak to many mums with kids of different eye conditions. That's how I learn. Can't imagine the eye so small, still got so many different types of problems!

Infants and kids wear spectacles for a variety of reasons. Some may not be as simple as pure short-sightedness, long-sightedness or astigmatism. For those with more severe eye impairments, not wearing spectacles mean they will miss out on a lot of visual stimulation which will in turn affect...

Both are well-known in their fields - regarded as the 'experts' here among the ophthalmologists.So I guess you can say they're the 'best of the best'. Dr Ling is a very nice and gentle lady. I haven't really communicated with Dr Quah regarding strabismus, but from our exchange (on other eye...

Hi mummies Squints have to be corrected early in young kids before they develop into lazy eye. Because of squint, the brain will try to suppress visual stimulus from one eye, resulting in lazy eye. This is very difficult to correct after 5 years old. So, if your PD ophthalmologist...

Hi all, I sent my boy to cc when he was 20mos. He cried badly and couldn't eat. the Principal suggested that we spent 1/2 day first for a week, and slowly extend it to full day. It worked! After the first week, he could stay on until after nap, around 3pm, then I brot him home. That went on...