Seeing Clearly

Dane got to make his first visit to the eye doctor today. For the last few months (actually, since we took pictures for our Christmas card), I have noticed - and had a few people mention - that Dane looks a little cross-eyed.

Here is the picture that started it all. I guess it looks like his left eye is turning in just a bit. I decided to mention it to our pediatrician when we went in for his 9 month check. He said that he didn't really think it was true strabismus but thought it had more to do with the fold of skin by his eye that made him appear to be cross-eyed. But he said he would rather have him checked out because, if it was in fact strabismus, it would only get worse.

So we made an appointment with a pedi ophthalmologist.

The doctor had some great toys that Dane really enjoyed focusing on....good way to do an eye exam on a 9 month old! He said that the measurements of Dane's eyes looked great and he thought that everything was good but wanted to do one more thing to check and see if he was far-sighted/near-sighted. The part that surprised me was that he wanted to dilate his eyes. I don't know why I didn't think about that! Dr. L said that everything was perfect and that Dane was exactly where he should be for his age. He said that Dane had pseudostrabismus - basically his eyes look a little crossed now because of having a "baby face" but that will get better and better as he grows. Thank goodness for good reports!!

After giving Dane a completely clean bill of health, we left the office with some stylin' sunglasses!

Don't you wish you could have some of these!?!