Children’s Eye Exams | Skin 9 | City / Location / State

Focusing on Your Family

It’s never too early to focus on your children’s eye health and vision. Their sense of sight is important at every age and every stage of development.

Our optometrists are experienced with children and can put them at ease. Many kids even think their eye exams are fun! And, if your child does need glasses, we offer a wide selection of colours and styles that will make them smile. We can also help address common vision concerns in children, like amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus (crossed eyes).

Book their appointment today to help set them up for success and a lifetime of healthy vision.

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When Do Children Need Eye Exams?

Like their bodies, your children’s eyes are constantly changing and growing. Regular eye exams are crucial for supporting their overall development. Every child’s eyes are unique, so we’ll work with you to develop an eye exam frequency that suits your child’s needs.

Clear vision is important for your child’s success—in life and in academics. Beyond seeing what’s in front of them at school, strong visual skills are needed for social, cognitive, and motor skills development.

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Valuable Visual Skills

Children aren’t born with the visual skills they need. They develop them over time.

Good visual skills can help set your child up for success. Whether it’s reading, interacting with other kids, throwing a ball around outside, or seeing what the teacher writes on the board, eyesight is involved.

Children who start school with undiagnosed vision problems may struggle to keep up in class. They may even be misdiagnosed with ADHD or another behavioural disorder.

Undiagnosed vision problems can also lead to:

Learning at a slower rate than their peers
Behavioural and disciplinary problems
Higher risk of dropping out of school

Stages of Sight

There are many milestones in a baby’s visual progression. Here’s what to expect at some important stages:

Birth to 1 Month: Your baby should be staring at bright lights or faces, albeit for a short period.
1 to 3 Months: They’ll begin to look toward sounds and follow objects horizontally.
3 to 5 Months: Babies begin to reach for objects and see differences between colours.
5 to 7 Months: Hand-eye coordination will begin to develop, and your baby should start looking at distant objects.
7 to 12 Months: Depth perception, focusing, and other visual skills should be developed, and your baby might begin to copy facial expressions they see.

As children get older, you can help encourage their healthy visual development by playing look-and-find games like Where’s Waldo, doing word searches and maze games together, and limiting their screen time.

To help monitor your child’s visual development, be sure to bring them in for comprehensive eye exams.

How Do I Know If My Child Needs Glasses?

Children are often unable to articulate vision problems. They might not even know there is a problem. Unlike adults, children have not established a baseline of what proper vision looks like for them.

Kids can experience signs or symptoms that may not seem visual, like tiredness, poor concentration, or difficulty keeping their place while reading. They may develop vision problems that standard glasses can’t correct alone, like strabismus (eye-turn) or amblyopia (lazy eye). Even uncorrected myopia (nearsightedness), a common visual condition, can impact their healthy visual development.

Bringing your child for regular eye exams lets us establish their baseline, so we take the time to evaluate their symptoms. By detecting vision problems early on, we can give them appropriate support, whether they need glasses or other personalized vision care. Book their appointment today!

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