Patching 101

Survival Guide for Patching Babies

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Patching a baby's eye can be a challenging and emotional experience for both parents and their little ones. That's why we created this survival guide, to provide you with helpful tips and insights to navigate the journey. Understanding the Process When patching a baby's eye, it's important to understand that you are covering the eye that they rely...

Navigating Patching at School

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Patching at school can be a unique challenge, both for the little ones and the parents trying to ensure a smooth experience. Here's our guide to making patching a positive and inclusive part of the school day.

Motivating Kids to Patch

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An Amblyopia diagnosis can be intimidating for parents and motivating your child to pop on a patch isn't always easy. As your child must depend on the eye with the weaker vision while patching, they may experience difficulty seeing. To help them get excited to patch we've put together some ideas that...

Celebrating Curious Eyes

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Amblyopia (am-blee-OH-pee-uh) is one of the most common vision problems in children and it is often referred to as "lazy eye" because of the reduced vision in one eye. Here at Speckles we want to change this language and teach kids that their eye is NOT lazy... its just curious.  Here's our top reasons why!

10 Activities To Do While Patching!

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Keeping your little one cool, calm and collected while patching can be a struggle as their brain can no longer rely on the stronger eye and must work extra hard to see. There are a huge range of activities your child can do while patching such as arts, crafts, reading, cooking, learning an...

Survival Guide for First Time Patchers

Kirsten Bland 0 Comments

When you first start patching with your little legend, it can be intimidating. Hide and See Patches Orthoptist Maddy, has put together the DO's and DON'Ts of patching that will help make it a little bit easier!