Matthew went for his opthamology appointment today, and got the all clear -- his eyes are developing normally, they're in the proper alignment, and he has the usual amount of farsightedness for his age. The doctor seemed surprised by this, since preemies are often nearsighted (and sometimes need glasses to help them have normal visual development). We don't have to go back for a follow-up for another two years. (Hooray!)The doctor tested his tracking with little Big Bird and Ernie flashlights, and then dilated his eyes. With babies, they can tell the degree of near or farsightedness just by looking at their eyes (which seems pretty amazing to me).
And yes, they did give us some little baby paper sunglasses for him, but I didn't put them on because I figured they wouldn't last more than a few seconds before he'd grab them and put them in his mouth.
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Yay! And what a seriously cute photo. Happy to see that the number of medical things you have to worry about & keep track of seems to be continuing on its downward trend! :)
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