Glasses (worth a look!)

Anthony now has 2 pairs of glasses!!

These are our favorites.

They're made by Mira-Flex.   

The first 5 minutes he wore them was miraculous, because it was a full five minutes, and HE did not take them off.  We did, because we were getting in the car.

He could see!

My friend calls these Anthony's superhero glasses.  :)

 This is a harder picture to see.

Anthony in his back-up glasses.

They are HEAVY on his ears and are kept on with a strap.

This picture, he was studying the toy ad like it was the Wall Street Journal (pointing and exclaiming loudly over Toy Story, Cars, and anything else he saw at Disneyworld).

 Anthony does NOT like to have anything on his skin.

So, he doesn't wear his glasses all the time.

He'll now wear them for about 1/2 hour at a time.

 IF HIS HANDS ARE BUSY SHOVELING CHIPS OR STRING CHEESE INTO HIS MOUTH AND A MOVIE IS ON.

I'm loving the Mira-Flex glasses more for now, although with such a small nose bridge (common to children with Down syndrome), the lenses are so close to the eyes that they fog up often.  Or his eyelashes rub on the lens.

I also love that they are so flexible and don't break.

That goes a long way with my oh-so-creative boy.

I'm thinking we might take the other glasses back and exchange them for the kind that wrap around the ear, so they're lighter on the top of the ear, and the strap isn't on the back of his head.

Although, the Mira-Flex glasses are held on with a built-in strap that wraps around the back of his head.  It's just a lot lighter than the other one.

If you have suggestions or comments, feel free to post them!