At our last visit to the eye doctor a couple of weeks ago, we learned that Kai has regained almost no vision in the eye that was injured. We had been holding out hope that the patching we had been doing had helped, but at this point it sounds like he doesn't have much vision in that eye at all. So the doctor prescribed eyeglasses not so much to improve his vision, but instead to serve as a layer of protection for his good eye. The great news is that he has excellent vision in the good eye, and we want to do everything we can to keep it that way. Playing mind games with a 2 year old to encourage him to actually wear his glasses has been an interesting process.
Bribery: "You can have [insert toy or sweet treat of your choosing here] if you put your glasses back on."
Flattery: "Oh Kai, you look so handsome with your glasses on"!
Emotional power play: "It makes mama so sad when you throw your glasses across the room. [Fake crying helps.]
Modeling: "Look, Mama and Daya have glasses too!" [Usually followed by Kai's keen observation, "Not Ruby and Kai and Ja Ja (Pla Shee)!"
Bargaining: "We can't do X until you put your glasses on." [This one seems to work best in general, but is a real bummer when we're running late and really need to get out of the door in a hurry.]
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