30 Days of Thankfulness - Day 14: K's Glasses

Today I want to take some time and be thankful for my daughter's glasses. 

At 15 months old, we mentioned to the pediatrician that we'd been seeing K's eye turn in occasionally for a while, and that it was getting to be more frequent.  He suggested we see a Pediatric Opthamologist once we got settled here in Florida.  So we finally got in to see a doctor right around 18 months here and they determined that Miss K is extremely far-sighted.  (By the way, that doctor was amazing and probably deserves a gold medal for working with kids that little -- K screamed through the whole exam and he didn't even flinch -- totally thankful for him!)

So now, my beautiful angel is even more beautiful with her cutie-pie glasses and she can see the world so much better!  The doctor showed me what she was seeing and I can't even imagine what went through her head when she saw her real reflection for the first time.  They tried warning me that getting her to wear those glasses would be tricky, but not Miss K (another thing to be thankful for!!).  I think the glasses make that much of a difference that she doesn't want them off.  Don't get me wrong, she has her moments, but I'm very thankful to not have to fight her every minute.  She even reaches for them in the morning and after naptime.

I'm truly thankful that doctors have the ability to test vision at such a young age.  I can't imagine what kind of problems we might be facing if we had waited until she got to school to look into possible vision problems.  Not only that, but today as I was talking to some of my Momma's Group friends, we were commenting on the increase in K's confidence with walking, climbing, sliding - even running in just the last two months.  She studies things so closely now and takes so many more risks (has a few bumps to prove it too).  But even now, when she takes the risks and might fall down or stumble, its not as earth-shattering, she gets up, shakes herself off, and keeps on moving.  I'm just so thankful for that new confidence and I attribute so much of it to those amazing glasses.  I'm proud of my big girl!