FrameHuggers

Thank you to everyone who commented on my my Patching post. My sister had posted a link for FrameHuggers and after looking through their web page, we decided to give it a try. Well, let me tell you... SUCCESS! On Saturday and Sunday, Andrew wore his patch for an hour. Of course, the "prize bag" helped quite a bit.

So what are FrameHuggers? If you have a child who wears glasses and needs to patch, this is the way to go! You enter the measurements of the lens, specify right or left and they make it from scratch. It's made out of a very soft material. It's really great because Andrew can't get it off himself, we don't have to deal with the sticky patches and it's a complete black out patch. You can pick from many different colors and can even have a decal put on it (we, of course, chose Mickey Mouse!)

As you can see, the patch covers the top and side of the eye, so it really forces him to use his other eye and not "cheat".

The key is distraction! The first day we played the Fishing game and today was Playdoh. As soon as he got bored he would try to take his glasses off. It's an exhausting cheerleading hour.

And there's Mickey! :-)

So, to get Andrew to wear his patch, we went to the dollar store and bought a bunch of goodies to put in the "prize bag". We have a jump rope, water toys, Mickey Mouse stuff, a puzzle, etc... We started out patch wearing by looking at the big hand on the clock. We told Andrew that when the big hand gets to the 2 (or whatever number) he can take his patch off and get a prize from the prize bag. Works like a charm! There are times in life where bribing is the only way to get the end result you're looking for! :-)

I hope everyone had a great weekend! We had lots of rain and today I caught up on lots of sleep! Keith and I had an adult night out last night. Our friend, Cami, was celebrating her birthday with lots of food, drink and fun and so we headed there along with my sister and her boyfriend. Alex and his friend stayed with Andrew (who was already fast asleep when we left). We had an awesome time but I am reminded that I'm not 20 anymore when I wake up the next morning. Thanks to my wonderfully, fabulous, caring husband, I slept ALL day (and then some!).

Have a great week!

Becky