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Huh, I asked our optometrist's office when I was pregnant with DD, and they said they don't schedule exams until 5 years old, or until the child starts school. I wonder if a lot of doctors do exams for infants?

I probably won't do it too soon, but I will be on the look out for any signs of vision problems and will make sure he gets checked before he starts preschool. No one believed that I couldn't see the board for a few months and then I finally got glasses.

Yes, when we have a LO I plan on getting his/her eyes checked very early and often. I have amblyopia and so does a relative's LO but I adapted so much that I can actually see pretty well without glasses because my brain is shutting off the input from one eye...in other words it's making me go blind even though my eye can see. All of this could have been prevented if my parents had forced me to patch!

I took lo to a pediatric ophthalmologist when she was.. 14-15 months or so. It was a painful visit to sit through since they dilated her eyes and she didnt like the doctor shining the light in her eyes, but now I know she's got perfect vision and healthy eyeballs!

Both my DDs occasionally see a pediatric ophthalmologist for a chronic external eye condition. when they check their vision, it reminds me of a magic show. They do the exam in such a fun way it's not even obvious to the kids. They dim the lights and different toys and sounds come from different parts of the room, and they observe how the kids see everything... I think everything is remote controlled? My eldest DD also had to "read" a pediatric eye chart at her pediatrician's office at her 4 yr old checkup. They might have done it at 3 yo too, but I can't remember.

We have had my son checked by a specialist 3 times (once at 3 weeks, once at 2 months, once at 6 months). I had glaucoma when I was born and so did my brother, so he needs to be monitored for this. He is checked for this and they can also do certain measurements to tell if he is nearsighted or has cataracts (I also had as a baby). He's fine so far.

Most definitely because I have horrible vision, technically blind! I got glasses when I was in Kindergarten and put into contacts by 2nd grade, and hard contacts by 3rd grade because my vision would worsen drastically throughout the year. Not every year, during the year!! So I will most definitely take our LOs to have their eyes checked out from a young age and at frequencies as needed (yearly).

I probably will in the future. My eyes are ok....I have reading glasses but hardly use them. But DH had to have Lasik done, his eyes were pretty bad, also my mom has horrible eyes and has had glasses since she was 2 I think.