Daughter needs glasses but her father said no?

She is your daughter too and if you (and the doctor) think that your daughter would benefit from the glasses then by all means get her the glasses. Maybe getting a second opinion is a good option. Pose this question to your hubby - what if he gets his way and daughter doesn't get glasses and her eyes get worse and worse and she eventually goes blind or very close to it... then she'd end up hating dad because it would have been all his fault for not "allowing" the glasses early on.

You are her mom - if it is in her best interest then get her the glasses - what about contact lenses? what has the doctor said about that. if hubby is worried about her 'appearance' then wearing contacts would be a good alternative... although it's kinda creepy putting those things in your eyes.

Okay, Think of it this way. You can tell your ex that he can pay for the second opinion if you have to pay out of pocket.

If this is a regular doctor that you take your family too.

I go threw the same thing with mine, my four year old needs a check up and may need glasses. I have a one year old with acid reflux and has to be on meds, you should have heard the arguement on that one.

I also wore glasses when I was a kid and I had to wear them all the time, now remember I was a kid so of course I didn't wear them all the time and my eyes fixed themselves and I didn't have to wear them for a long time into adulthood , then after two kids and all that jaz I now wear glass' the whole part of getting older really gets to me sometimes. lol

Remember no matter what your job as a parent and an adult is to do what is in the best interest of the child, weither or not it is a benifit to you or your ex or current husband if any.

To me there really is not question as to what you need to do or should do , your daughter needs glasses then you take her in and get her glasses, think if she is in school maybe her grades will get better if she doesn't have to miss out on what she can't see when the glasses will help her to see what she needs.

I would tell your ex that he could jump off a cliff cause the doctor says she needs glasses and if the second doctor says the same then he can just deal with it.

I have a daughter who started wearing glasses since she was 6 years old. Yes, she has a eye problem and I accepted that. Has your daughter been having any problems in school because if she can't see the board from her seat then her teacher will take that as she's not completing her work. When in actuality she can't see the board and because of that she won't do her work. Let him know if you continue to put this off it could make her vision worst. Tell her father you'll get a second opinion but if the second opinion says the same thing then your going to get the glasses. Don't even tell the eye doctor you want a second opinion because some eye doctors will say "o yea she needs glasses". Also, don't think glasses makes your eye site better because it doesn't, I have been wearing eye glasses since i was little. I now wear contact lenses but my daughter whose 11 wears glasses now and has been. I have been told from her doctor to maybe either consider contacts or laser surgery. THAT'S MY INPUT..

ok heres some advice i am a optician and deal with this every day . all and i do mean all children are far sighted when young that would mean she is a + power if she is near sighted then she is a - power. and the way it sounds she is far sighted which is normal. now if that is the case unless she has astigmatism she would only need to wear her glasses inside for school work or the computer, tv anything that the glasses make more clear for her. her father should be more understand because yes with the help of glasses it would benefit her and more than likely she would grow out of her perscription. i hope this helps

My son has worn glasses since the second grade. You should be thankful that it was caught this early. My son's prescription has worsened every six months for three years now. That is not something that you want to let slide. Remind your husband that children are tested starting at age 4 in the school system(daycare). I have a two year old in my daycare class that wears glasses. I don't think there is an age limit on eye problems? :)

You can tell him that kids that are her age or younger can wear glasses. I started wearing glasses when I was in the first grade. My teacher told my parents that I had trouble seeing the blackboard, and they took me to the eye doctor. come to find out i had astigmatism. I wore glasses up until about 15 years ago when i got contact lenses and I've been wearing those ever since and I'm 49 years old.

Just because he hasn't heard of it doesn't make it invalid. There are many treatments done for children to prevent worse issues as adults. Ask him if your daughter had scoliosis, would he not want her to have a brace to straighten her back? Or braces for the teeth...who usually has those? Kids! Some kids need surgery on their eyes to correct their visual impairments, he should be glad she only needs some glasses!

If he's concerned about her appearance, then he needs to get over it. There are very cute and fashionable frames for children these days - she might look really adorable - AND she'll be able to see well. What's the harm in that?

Don't fight over this!

Get a second, unbiased opinion if you can afford it.

With my eye condition (astigmatism) wearing glasses can help train the eyes to focus for longer periods of time.

Let him know that her wearing glasses isn't a bad thing, and that someday she may be able to get an eye corrective surgery and not have to wear glasses at all.

my daughter is 5 now and she has been wearing glasses since she was 3. We never noticed a change in her but when they put the glasses on she said ' oh my eyes don't hurt' and 'everything is closer'. She does wear her glasses but we have never made a big issue out of it. But if these glasses help her then why fight it. You only have one set of eyes in your lifetime

when having a child you take on the responsibility of taking care of them and doing whats best for them..if you don't do it and her eye sight gets worse you are going to feel as though it is your fault...tell him "out little girl cant see,don't you want whats best for her?" not getting them could potentially be worse for her and her eye sight to depreciate..i can speak from experience when saying i has eye glasses when i was younger by the time i get into the 6th grade i only needed them for reading...now at 19 i don't need them to drive read or write.i agree with getting corrective lenses as needed.this isn't like buy those cool new name brand sneakers she wants...this could change her life...i gotta say i LOVED being able to finally see like everyone else. i would tell him to suck it up its 2007 now and people wear glasses get over it..lol and i can honestly say if my daughter needed glasses no questions asked she would have them,i wouldn't care what my husband had to say about it cuz she NEEDS them:) hope this helps have a great day