Normal is BORING!

They eye exam that you see older kids getting & the ones we get are not the same exams as little I mean really young or uncooperative kids get just an FYI. Getting an eye exam for a young kid, 20 months; who has NO idea what is going on, is blind in 1 eye & does not like to be restrained; is NOT fun! Oh did I mention he was non verbal as well at this time he had a few words but not many. I say this in case you ever have to go for an exam with a little one, so you can be prepared. I thought I was after our first attempt. WRONG! I was really wrong! Going into the exam Declan was already unhappy & NOT cooperating, mind you this is before the drops. I had to restrain my son with every ounce of muscle I had. Legs over legs, cross armed over the chest & someone steadying his head, another to put the drops in. 3 people, it took 3 people just to get the drops in! It 3 people to do the exam as well, Dr. T, his amazing tech & myself. I restrained him with my entire bod...

Normal is boring, has been the motto in my house since my oldest Bubba was about 18 months old. His first year was pretty uneventful; 3 months later I started to wonder about a few things..... When Bubba would look at anything he would be on top of it like nose touching whatever he was looking at. Walking he only walked with his right side of his body leading. Talking he had a couple words so I wasn't too concerned, yet. My doctor said it's normal, everything is normal.... This picture was taken in November 2012, see his left eye? I took him into the doctors for something, an on call doctor that was seeing him says "Oh I see your son has a lazy eye?"  I was not shocked, but so mad that my doctor had ignored my concerns & at this point you could see that his eye was not straight. I took him to a very nice eye doctor, we started his eye exam everything was looking OK. Covered his left eye & my son flipped out! I have never seen him so agit...