Cooper's Eye Appointment

Cooper's eye appointment was yesterday morning. They took us back and put drops in his eyes to dilate them. Since he has brown eyes, he required 3 drops in each eye. I have no idea what other eye colors require, but I thought it was interesting that eye color even mattered. I've had my eyes dilated before and they never said anything about the color of my eyes.

Then we got to sit in the waiting room while the drops took effect. Cooper used to be pretty good about sitting in my lap and looking around in situations like this, but he's getting to the point where he just wants down. So it was fun trying to wrestle with him while also dealing with Garrett who was being particularly stubborn and unagreeable yesterday.

We finally were brought back to an exam room and the doctor came in to try and examine his eyes. Apparently some one year olds are cooperative and just look at the light that she shines at them so she's able to examine their eyes while they're doing so. However, Cooper has "a past" with her (as the doctor put it) and he wasn't too happy to even look at her after having her probe his tear duct 2 different times in the past few weeks. So the nurse came in and I held Cooper down, while the nurse held his eyes open (one at a time) and the doctor did her exam. It was quick and relatively painless.

The doctor said she sees no signs of excess watering in his eye so the second probing apparently worked! She said it's rare for a blockage to come back by this point, so we should be in the clear.

He does have a slight astigmatism in both eyes, which is normal for babies who've had a blocked tear duct, for whatever reason. And it's also normal for babies who have a parent with an astigmatism (me. And my mom. And my sister. And my MIL. And probably many other relatives in the family.) So it was bound to happen. She wants to check him yearly to be sure it doesn't get worse, which would mean glasses at an early age. But other than that, it was a good visit.

On an unrelated note, Cooper finally cut his 3rd tooth yesterday. The other bottom, front tooth. I was afraid the top tooth and the bottom tooth that he already has were going to grow in and he would look like a hillbilly with one tooth on bottom and one tooth on top. But thankfully crisis has been averted.

And on a very unrelated note, I will be going back to the job I was doing at my church when I was pregnant with Cooper. I actually start next week, so I'm excited about that. And a little nervous about juggling everything, but thankfully it's just 10 hours a week so hopefully I'll be able to find my rhythm quickly and everything will be smooth.