Ok, I'm a bad parent...again

[MsDinosaur]

DD's been complaining that she's having trouble seeing the board in school. DH and I had been talking seriously about getting an eye appointment for her, but we hadn't gotten around to it. It just seemed too hard to fit into our schedule.

So the school nurse called me up today and said DD's science teacher had asked her to test her eyes; she'd been having other kids read the board to her. One eye was 20-100 and the other was 20-70. So DH called the eye doctor, got an appointment for this afternoon, left work and took her in. Now she's learning to stick contacts in her eyes.

She's been catching and hitting the cover off the ball...don't ask me how?!

 

[SoftSocDad]

She's been catching and hitting the cover off the ball...don't ask me how?!

Just make sure she remembers to take her contacts out before games.

 

[GOINGDEEP]

but we hadn't gotten around to it.

Bet if she needed a new glove or bat, you'd gotten around to it.

Calling child protective services now.

 

[Amy in AZ.]

As I recall from eye appointments she could see things up close and not far away. I am the opposite.

 

[InsidePitch]

DD catches and wears contacts. You might consider a pair of rec specs for the bag incase she gets a facefull of dirt or a dust devil shows up and powders her eyes.

 

[tghorley]

Several years ago, my DGD's catching instructor noticed that she was stabbing at the ball a lot. She was hitting the ball really well though. So he suggested she get an eye exam. Sure enough, she needed contacts. It made a big difference with her, she stopped stabbing at the ball and started to hit a little better. Never hurts to get their eyes checked, even if you don't think there is a problem.

 

[PGSAKen]

How dare you lol. When child services arrives tell them Ill adopt her

 

[MsDinosaur]

As I recall from eye appointments she could see things up close and not far away. I am the opposite.

Yes, that's the case. She can read books and her laptop, and even her cello music sheets a couple of feet away with no problem, but the board at the front of the classroom was too blurry.

 

[MsDinosaur]

How dare you lol. When child services arrives tell them Ill adopt her

Bwahahaha, and then you'd have an entire battery in-house. :-D That would be sweet!

 

[MsDinosaur]

DD catches and wears contacts. You might consider a pair of rec specs for the bag incase she gets a facefull of dirt or a dust devil shows up and powders her eyes.

Yes, I had to rush off yesterday before I could ask for advice on what sorts of things we should have with us. Solution and eye-drops, obviously, but are there other helpful things? I'm wondering how we can find a clean and non-wind-blown enough place at the fields for her to wash out her contacts and get them back in?