Comments on: Nerd Alert! http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/02/nerd-alert/ Girl in a Party Hat Mon, 02 May 2022 06:16:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Lore http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/02/nerd-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-7535 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:05:20 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3439#comment-7535 I have a friend who has had good luck finding glasses for herself and her kids with this website :

http://www.zennioptical.com/

You can upload a picture and try on frames, specify materials and shapes. It looks pretty cool.

]]> By: Robert Polk http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/02/nerd-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-7532 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:58:48 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3439#comment-7532 Ryan had some of those cool round glasses with the flip up sunshades as worn by Dwayne Wayne (?) on a TV show in the 80s. Then he had some of those candy apple red unisex preppie frames as worn by Sally Jesse Raphael. With both he looked and felt pretty cool.

]]> By: jonashpdx http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/02/nerd-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-7531 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:58:37 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3439#comment-7531 agreed, nearly all the glasses choices for kids with Ds are crappy, and the still-trying-to-hang-on-to-coolness dad in me just refused to do the “made for us” thing.

We’ve got archer in a pair of Miraflex glasses, which, if nothing else, are super durable. They also offer a bunch of color choices, so they can be somewhat personalized.
http://miraflex.info/catalog/basic/index2.htm

here’s a pic of my boy in the rectangular ones:
http://disposablebrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/mex2010_2.jpg

Anyway, good luck. I’m sure Sophie will be just as cool in her new glasses as without!

]]> By: starrlife http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/02/nerd-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-7512 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:17:47 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3439#comment-7512 Awww.. I just listened to Sophie’s B. You are so right. Kayli still has a boy friend with a mop of adorable red hair who is a great friend to her, watches out for her and can talk about DS. She’s been fast friends with him since pre-school, they spend a lot of time wound around each other companionably. Of course he’s 10 now and growing up with other interests but they share a class and a strong bond nonetheless. Kayli and her school are the same way as Sophie which is why we fought her placement at a different school last year to go to a “special class”. She’s made it to 4th grade and I’m hoping for 6th and then middle school with the rest.
Beautiful job Amy!

]]> By: amy http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/02/nerd-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-7510 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:55:17 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3439#comment-7510 with two four-eyed parents, annabelle is destined.

]]> By: Noan http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/02/nerd-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-7508 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:35:29 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3439#comment-7508 It has been 40 years but I still remember the envy I felt when my sister needed glasses. I sit here now with reading glasses thicker than my double-pane windows. Be careful what you wish for Anabelle.

]]> By: starrlife http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/02/nerd-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-7507 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:40:19 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3439#comment-7507 We did finally go with the glasses made for DS folks after two pairs that we just couldn’t get to fit/stay on properly. Also, we did not find a lot of different syles anywhere else that would be flexible and sturdy enough for a child. All kids glasses look pretty much the same. They are bloody expensive. It took about 3 months and one new set of lenses before Kayli got it about taking care of her glasses. Luckily she has lots of friends and classmates with glasses so she likes having them.

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