Caring for Your Child’s Growing Vision
Your child’s eyes play a big role in how they learn, play, and explore the world around them. At East Riverside Optometry, our gentle kids’ eye exams help spot and care for small changes early, supporting healthy sight as your child grows.
Even if your child seems to see clearly, subtle vision struggles can sometimes make schoolwork or sports harder than they need to be. We assess for visual function, checking on the coordination between both eyes and your child’s ability to track a moving object or read across a page. These skills are just as important as clear eyesight for functional vision.
Book your child’s next eye exam online today to support their growing sight every step of the way.
Recommended Eye Exam Schedule for Kids
To help keep your child’s visual development on track, the Canadian Association of Optometrists recommends following this simple exam timeline:
- Baby Checkup (6 Months): We check for high prescriptions, eye alignment, and basic eye health. We often use kid-friendly dilating drops to get a clear view inside your baby’s eyes.
- Preschool Visit (Around 3 Years): We check eye coordination, depth perception, colour vision, and health.
- Kindergarten Visit (Around 5 Years): As kids learn to share more with us during the visit, we refine our checks for reading vision, distance sight, and how well their eyes work together.
Depending on your child’s personal needs, we might suggest an eye exam schedule tailored just for them. Once they begin school, children should have annual eye exams, which are covered by OHIP.
Signs Your Child Might Have a Vision Problem
Kids rarely tell us when their vision feels off because blurry sight simply feels normal to them. Here are a few common signs to watch for at home:
- Squinting or rubbing eyes often
- Sitting very close to TV screens, tablets, or books
- Avoiding reading or close-up activities
- Losing their spot while reading or using a finger to track words
- Tilting their head or covering one eye to see better
- Complaining of frequent headaches or seeing double
- Eyes that seem to turn inward or outward
If you notice any of these habits or signs, reach out to book an eye exam with us. Catching changes early helps protect their sight for the future.
What We Check During Your Child’s Exam
Our team works to make visits comfortable and fun. During your child’s appointment, we check key visual skills like:
- Visual clarity: How clearly they can see objects both near and far.
- Focusing power: How easily their eyes shift focus between different distances.
- Eye tracking: How smoothly their eyes follow moving objects, like a ball or a line of text.
- Eye teaming: How well their eyes work together to judge depth and distance.
- Hand-eye coordination: How their brain uses visual signals to guide physical movements.
- Visual processing: How easily their brain interprets images into letters, shapes, and words.
We use age-appropriate tools and techniques to check their eyesight, including toys that keep the exam light and fun.
Helping Kids Manage Nearsightedness
Nearsightedness (myopia) makes distant objects look blurry. If it progresses quickly, it can affect your child’s enjoyment of school and sports, while increasing their risk of eye health complications later in adulthood. At East Riverside Optometry, we offer gentle myopia management choices designed to slow down eye growth, including:
- Specialized myopia control glasses
- Abiliti 1-Day daily soft contact lenses
- MiSight 1-Day daily soft contact lenses
- Low-dose atropine eye drops used at bedtime
- Custom combinations tailored to your child’s daily routine
We invite you to learn more about how these options can help protect your child’s sight as they grow.
Support Your Child’s Sight with Us
We are proud to participate in the Eye See…Eye Learn® program. This means Junior and Senior Kindergarten children in Ontario can receive a thorough eye exam covered by OHIP before starting school. If your child needs glasses, they can even receive a complimentary pair in their prescription!
Routine eye exams are a wonderful way to help your child enjoy clear, comfortable vision for school, sports, and daily play. Our warm team is here to support your child’s visual journey every step of the way. Contact us today to schedule your child’s next visit!
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Myopia Control
Myopia, or nearsightedness, affects your distance vision and can progress quickly in children. Myopia control aims to slow this progression in kids and teens, resulting in fewer prescription changes and reduced eye health risks.
Eye Disease Management
We provide comprehensive evaluation and management for a wide range of eye conditions, including glaucoma, cataracts, AMD, and diabetic eye disease. We want to help you protect your eye health and preserve your long-term vision.
Diabetic Eye Exams
Diabetes can increase your risk of developing certain conditions, such as diabetic retinopathy, macular edema, glaucoma, and cataracts. Our diabetic eye exams include specific tests to detect changes related to these conditions to help protect your vision.
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Our clinic is located on the corner of Tecumseh Road and Clover Avenue, near the East Riverside Dental Centre. There is plenty of free parking available in the lot around our office.
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- 10630 Tecumseh Rd E, Unit 2B
- Windsor, ON N8R 1A8
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- Email: info@eastriversideoptometry.com
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- 10630 Tecumseh Rd E, Unit 2B
- Windsor, ON N8R 1A8
- Phone: 519-739-2020
- Email: info@eastriversideoptometry.com