Pediatric Eye Care

Kids don’t know what normal vision is supposed to look like — if one eye is blurry or their eyes aren’t tracking quite right, they usually just assume that’s how everyone sees. That’s exactly why early exams matter so much; a lot of childhood vision problems are silent until a teacher or parent notices something like squinting, sitting too close to the TV, or falling behind in reading.

We make a point of keeping pediatric visits relaxed rather than clinical — for a lot of kids, this is their first time in any kind of medical chair, and we want that experience to be a good one.

We check for: - Nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism - Amblyopia (“lazy eye”) and eye alignment issues - Eye teaming and focusing skills that affect reading and schoolwork.

A pediatrician’s vision screening can generally do a decent job of catching whether a child can see 20/20 — but that’s really only one piece of the picture. Things like eye teaming, focusing ability, and depth perception don’t show up on a basic acuity check, and those are often exactly what’s behind a kid struggling with reading or schoolwork despite “passing” their pediatrician screening.

​​​​​​​We recommend a first comprehensive exam around age 4, and again before starting kindergarten, then yearly after that — vision changes fast during school years.