Patching 101

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...

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.

While feelings of fear and nervousness are the body’s natural response to stress, anxiety can be a problem for kids when it affects their daily life. It is caused by an overactive "fight or flight" response and results in excessive and persistent worry about everyday situations in the past, present and future.

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...

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!

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...