Paige's first eye exam!

I'm sorry the photo is blurry, but I had drops in my eyes and I didn't notice the photo I had taken was blurry! I assumed it was only my blurry vision!

Every time I take Paige to a new appointment it is the cutest experience. She is so so so good at appointments that it makes it quite a fun experience. I just get to sit back and let them tell me how well behaved my child is, and watch how cute she is. I think it helps that she has always had an appointment in combination with an appointment for me, so she can see what is involved and how relaxed I am. And for the past 3 years she has been dragged along to various dental, OB, and doctor appointments.

So anyway, today was her first visit....a lot earlier than my first eye doctor visit at the age of 20ish. After they checked my vision and got my eye drops going, Paige was up in the chair. Her eye exam was a simplified version for kids which involved looking at and naming pictures, rather than reading letters. She was too smart and kept looking backwards at the wall where the real projection was instead of in the mirror. She also got drops in her eyes, which surprised and scared her a bit, and had her eyes further examined. Everything is fine so far, but she does have a bit of astigmatism in the same pattern and eye as mine. Her vision was 20-30 which is normal for kids, and she tested well in everything else. She was so well behaved and cooperative that the eye doctor did the glaucoma test and pictures of her eyes with the camera. The ladies from reception came over and said "you don't understand, this NEVER happens with 3 year olds....we can never do these tests". I guess the kids are usually too squirmy and don't keep their eyes open or also open their mouths wide along with their eyes. Mommy was so proud.

Paige was quite excited to see her pupils dilated and said, "I can't wait to tell Daddy that my eyes grew!" It was funny to see her normally large eyes with huge black pupils as well.