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Toddler · 1–3 years
Yes, a toddler can have a full eye test. Here is how, and what we look for.
Eye tests & check-ups
How we test eyes before a child can read
No letters, no right answers. What actually happens when we measure a two-year-old's sight.
Eyelid lumps
Styes and chalazia: the little lump on your child's eyelid
The lump looks dramatic. Nearly always it is a small blocked gland, and there is a calm plan for it.
Warning signs
Why does my child keep rubbing their eyes?
Tired, itchy, or blurry: what a child's rubbing is telling you.
Safety
Eye safety at home: the accidents I see, and how to stop them
Most eye injuries in children happen at home. Here is what actually reaches my clinic, and how to prevent most of them.
Warning signs
Life after retinoblastoma: my patients are teenagers now
The half of the eye cancer story nobody tells: exams, music practice, horses, and one book.
Red, sticky & watery eyes
Why your child's bottom lashes keep brushing her eye
A lower-lid fold tips soft baby lashes inward, not the lid itself. Often there from birth, often nothing at all, and here is what actually helps.
Eye tests & check-ups
What actually happens at a klinik kesihatan eye check
A weighing scale, a growth chart, and a quiet check of the eyes. What a public clinic visit for a toddler actually covers.
Squint & lazy eye
My toddler's eye suddenly turned in: when a squint is urgent
New this week, or there all along? The difference decides how fast you need to be seen.
Squint & lazy eye
The head tilt that shows up in every photo
The same tilt in every photo, for years, is not a habit. Here is what it usually means.
Eye tests & check-ups
Getting eye drops into a small human
Half runs down the cheek, he clamps his eyes shut. Here is what actually works.
Glasses
Why does my toddler keep pulling off his glasses?
Why the fit matters more than the frame, and how most toddlers come round within two weeks.
Eye tests & check-ups
About those eye drops at the clinic
What the drops are actually for, how long the blur lasts, and what the afternoon looks like.
Safety
A chemical splash in a child's eye: the first sixty seconds
Rinse first, phone second. What to do in the minute after a cleaning product goes into a child's eye.
Warning signs
The child who hates bright light: how to tell what it means
Screwing up her eyes in the sun, or something more. The two questions that sort it out.
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