If you have a toddler or young child that needs glasses, it is important that you make the experience a good one for them. It is so important for them to wear their glasses in order to improve their vision so you will want to do everything you can to get them to wear them regularly. This article will discuss 3 tips for getting your child to wear their prescription glasses. 

Let Them Pick Them Out

Many children get more excited about something if they are involved in the process. From the moment that you find out that your child is going to need glasses, get your child excited about wearing them and let them know that picking out their glasses is going to be their job. Show them several different frames that they can choose from and let them try each of them on and model them for you. Let them have the final say in the pair that they choose and be sure to tell them how amazing they look in their glasses. 

Make Putting On Their Glasses Part Of Their Daily Routine

Just as your child gets dressed and brushes their teeth each morning, you can make putting their glasses on part of their daily routine. Start off by putting their glasses in a noticeable place where they will easily see them and remind them to put them on. Once you have done this for a bit of time, your child will likely begin to remember to put their glasses on themselves. Also, be sure to praise your child when they remember to put their glasses on without your help because this will make them feel proud and will encourage them even more.

Get Glasses With An Elastic Band

If you happen to have a young toddler wearing glasses who doesn't really understand the importance of keeping them on their face, then you will want to get glasses that have an elastic band that goes clear around the back of them and attaches to the other side. This band secures the glasses in place on your children's head, and gives them the most benefit to their eyes. This band also makes the glasses much harder for your child to take them off. Picking out plastic glasses that aren't breakable and have the band that goes around them will make your child's glasses the most durable, which is incredibly important when you have a toddler wearing them. 

Contact a Prescription Glasses shop in St Johns to learn more.