Thanks, TS. I am sorry to hear about the vision problems for your kids, but it makes me feel a little better about following my gut.

Especially the fact that a normal eye chart-type exam didn't catch your daughter's problem makes me feel more confident that I should take some action, since that's where we're at, too. The nurse who gave him the eye exam last week said DS4 was "a little far-sighted, but that's normal at this age." Even when she said it, I thought to myself, "...or it could explain why he's not reading yet!"

So do you think I should go straight to the specialist, or would you recommend just having the regular optomitrist take a look at him first, while we're there for me?

Kriston