Can anyone give me ideas on how to keep glasses on a two-year-old boy? He keeps taking them off and hiding them around the house. He wears solo bambino due to having a lazy eye and astigmatism. We got the glasses in mid-December.
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My heart goes out to you… I’m struggling keeping my 3 and 1 year olds in clothes at all…
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Omg I know the feeling. My girl is 3 n takes em off… with her glasses they come with a strap thing. To go around her head n also I have the option of taking off the handles n putting on clip on elastic strap too but she still takes em off
2 is a hard age…my son is 6 with the same issues and we have a hard time keeping them on him.
Do they irritate him? Like his nose and ears? Best thing i can think of is to just keep putting them on him and make them as comfortable as possible
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No ideas but I bet he’s the cutest darn thing with them on!
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My daughter is 5 and wont wear her glasses like she suppose to she wore them up until someone made fun of her
I built up to my son wearing them all day. A strong prescription is going to hurt their eyes. Now my son loves his glasses and refuses to be without them. He’s 3. Try an hour one day. 2 the next and so on.
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I swear I wanna super glue my daughters to her face 
I have no answer for you
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A sports strap really helps. My son was 3 when he got his and we had to patch and wear glasses (also a lazy eye) and we bought him a strap to keep them on when we first got his glasses and he never takes them off.
Its hard do the have a strap. My daughters have a strap. It helps but kids dont like things on them at this age. Its a battle
Bribe her. If she wears her glasses all day she gets a treat after dinner
My son was the same age when he got his glasses, for the same reasons. He wears dilli dallis which are similar. We keep the strap on even now that he’s 5. We also had to patch one of his eyes for quite some time. He never fought any of it, but we explained how important it was for his eyes so he wouldn’t need surgery, and we also rewarded him with build a bear when he first got them. We all wear glasses so that helps too. Maybe if you don’t you could get a pair without the rx and show him it’s okay.
My daughter is 9 has been wearing glasses since she was 2. Never had a problem. We stressed to her the importance of them. Keep after him or her.
My daughter was 4 when she started wearing glasses. Same issues for about a year. She broke 4 or in the first 6 mos. I don’t have advise for you for keeping them on. I do advise you to put a protection policy on them. It does get better! My daughter can’t live without them now.
My son got his at 4, and he’s done an amazing job at wearing them, but any younger and it would’ve been such a battle. May the odds be in your favor!
When they prescribe glasses to my 3 year old I decided to were glasses with him I secretly told him Lucas and mommy are cool because both of us were glasses
My son got glasses when he was 2.5, we got and adjustable strap to keep them on, we found it helped as because they stopped moving so much they didnt bother him as much, and we didnt make a big deal about keeping them on, just kept putting them back on casual, i did have to bribe him with lolly pops if he kept his eye patch on the whole time without a fuss though
Miraflex brand has a safety strap
Just keep putting them back on. No matter how many times a day. 2 of mine wear glasses and started at a very young age.
My 2 year old wears glasses aswell she never keeps them on I’m constantly having to put them back on drives me nuts 
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It takes time,patients and praising.
My son got glasses a March 2019 and we started off with him wearing for a few mins a day.
He has a lazy eye and astigmatism too.
After increasing the time he wears them everyday he now has been wearing them for 5 months from morning til bedtime with no issues
Lol that sounds like a two year old thing to do. Mine rips my “eyes” off and puts them on dada
Eventually he will get it. He will see better with the on. Just continue putting them on him & again he will understand on his level he can see better with them on
Mine was 2 when he got his. He’s 10 and just got his first set of contacts!
We all wore glasses at first in support of him lol his dad had fake ones as did his sister (mine are real) that way he seen us all with ours on. Also a strap helped. Once he gets used to them then it will be second nature for him to wear them. My son has trouble now because he feels like something is missing when he has his contacts in.
My daughter is 7 and has worn them since before she was 2. A strap on the back is an amazing thing to have!
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My son was 2 when we got his. His frame has a strap that came with them to keep them on. And just positive reinforcement. My son is now 3 and a half and asks for his glasses.
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My granddaughter has always wore glasses due to problems, she had a wide elastic like band that kept them on.
The elastic strap and praise when he wears them. My 3 year old wears his daily almost with out reminders
It just takes time my son did this when he 1st got them but he is 6now and dobt want to be without them
Headband to hold them tight maybe put them on before he wakes
Strapes and tightened it
Start taping socks or mittens on his hands. Everytime you put the glasses on give him a treat or a toy to keep his hands busy. When you see him messing with them start a tickle fight or sing a song.
Eventually he’ll stop but until then - my thoughts are with you!
Does anyone in the family wear glasses? My oldest son started wearing glasses at 3. His favorite people were my dad and sister. They both wear glasses. To get him to wear his, we told him he would be like his pawpaw and Angie. That may help.
Get a decent sized stuffed animal of his choice and tell him it also needs glasses to see and buy a cheap pair of glasses with a strap to put on his animal and show him he has a “friend” and keep telling him how cool his glasses are and how good he looks in them. Might help. Or maybe if you don’t wear glasses get a fake pair for yourself and wear them for awhile. Might make him want to wear his 
good luck
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Mine were a little older when they got theirs and the only thing I found to keep them on was getting one of those straps to attach them to the ear pieces and around the head. Not sure if it would work for your little guy
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Maybe incentives to keep them on. Like a special trip to get ice or something like that. Although at his age the treat may need to be come quickly.
Most places that sell glasses has straps for children. I got a pair with my daughters glasses and got a spare at Walmart for $3
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Treats maybe. Let him pick his own frames.
What about a few sock hats that maybe he helps pick out?