I hope no one gets upset when I tell this story. It was sad but funny at the same time.

Most of you know Belle is now 3. Over the weekend we were at my parents celebrating my older daughters 9th B-day. She is really into Pirates, so I had bought her some Pirates of the Carribean eye patches. I was walking back into the kitchen and saw/heard Belle run into the stool at the kitchen Island, then realized, she had put the patch on her good eye, then couldn't see where she was going! She took it off and just said "oops!" I was cracking up. She is something alright!

BTW, she just started gymnastics today. I made sure to tell her coach about her eye, b/c sometimes she has trouble with her balance, and/or getting up and down uneven surfaces quickly. She really did a good job, she was a little scared/nervous, but she did good! My question is, since she never had 2 eyes, would her depth perception still be off? Or is there even a way to know? I'm clueless to it, but she seems to do really well with it.

Thanks!

She sounds fantastic , I'm not to sure about the depth perception, she'll maybe never know the difference

My four year old has both eyes and he'll still bump into everything, fall down stairs when he trying to go up them, has zero balance but still feels the need climb to the top of anything high and dangerous lol

Andy

I tend to agree with Andy. She'll probably never know the difference. I believe she will learn very early how to compensate for any lack of depth perception.

Funny you should mention this. After reading your thread, I thought about my husband's driving. We can hardly get out of town without getting into a small spat. I've never been in any car accident so I considered myself a fairly good driver. My husband on the other hand is a speed demon, and I think he drives too fast or changes lanes too often not to mention tailgating. I have two choices, either I close my eyes and pretend like I'm taking a nap, or make a sly comment about his driving and we end up in a small argument. Either I'm blind and don't know what I'm talking about or he needs to be less of an aggressive driver. Which is it guys? Are men just prone to be aggressive drivers or do we women just need to shut up?

I was born blind in the eye that I lost and I don't think my depth perception suffered. Then again, if it did, how would I know???? Only kidding. I agree that we compensate for what we lack.

DJ

Oh, cute thing!!

From my experience, I am blind in left eye from birth and obviously have no idea about thirth dimension but I can tell you that I never do wrong with distances or anything. Our brain learns anyway.

I have tried to understand by asking to others with normal vision to close one eye and explain to me the differences they see concerning to 3th dimensions, and they cannot, or they don't know. Funny, ah?

Big hug to your little sweet

Hi; she is such a little cutie!!! Can I adopt?????
I agree; she will adapt to her one-eye world as she goes along doing what every child does! Playing and enjoying life as she goes ; I think u r doing an amazing job as a mother; cheers Vera

Isn't it great that your princess doesn't seem to think about being blind on one eye - otherwise she would be concerned about which eye to put the patch on. It's the same with me. Last time I went to my doctor to test my eye vision I automatically put one hand in front of my right eye. My doctor looked and me and told me I needn't hide my right eye - "that's your blind eye !" It made me laugh and also left me feeling happy. Proved to me that I'm not hung up about having just one functional eye.
Marie

Hi Marie; I do the same thing from time to time; and my eye doctor cracks up laughing! I just don't think that hard about it; cos I'm used to it!! and sometimes I actually forget!!! cheers Vera

Hi Lauren! How are you? Emily turns 3 next month and I believe she was blind in her left eye since she was around 8 months old. Anyway, she doesn't seem to have any depth perception problems. She runs around like a crazy speed demon and doesn't bump into anything. I'm planning on starting her in gymnastics soon, too, and I'm sure both girls will do a great job. By the way, happy belated birthday to Isabelle!

Dear Lauren:

I have been blind in my left eye since birth and have always felt like I had trouble with my depth perception. I had the eye enucleated last October and my depth perception felt even worse, for a time, after the surgery. I don't have problems driving, but lane changes can make me a bit nervous. Paralell parking seems an impossibility for me, but I know a few two-eyed women who are the same.

It is interesting to read what other posters say. I wonder if I am just naturally clumsy and a bad driver. Perhaps I blame things on being one-eyed that have nothing to do with it.

I believe scientists did studies on this subject and the results found that it was pretty simply 'A WOMAN THING'

I'm ducking already waiting for the back lash on this one lol


*disclaimer*
I'm only joking, I too am a crap driver lol,

Hi; I know my judgement of distance has always been off; even before eye trouble I'd bump into furniture; I gave up my driver's licence when I lost my eye because of this; my driving was just OK before but I couldn't take the chance with one eye;
I hope Andy there is a VERY TALL building in yorkshire that u can hid behind!!cheers Vera