Optometrist Appointment

We took Jacob today to his optometrist appointment. The neurologist recommended that we take Jacob to check his eyesight. Jacob has made little eye contact and does not track many objects. He will be 6 months in a few days and has yet to notice our dog, Diesel. And going off of the name, Diesel is not a little dog. He is our 100 lbs. silver lab and hard to miss! Also when we go to his neurology appointments the doctor will do several assessments to check his vision and Jacob usually just stares off at the wall. I will say though in the past couple of weeks it does seem as if Jacob has made a little more eye contact with us than ever before and can track a toy for a few seconds. Baby steps, right?!

Anyways, back to the appointment. The doctor dilated his eyes and looked at his optical nerves and a couple other structures of the eye. She noted that they all looked great and appeared healthy. She did state that when babies are developmentally behind, their vision can be delayed as well. This may be the case for Jacob. The doctor also stated that after doing a quick assessment and looking at his MRI that he may end up having issues with his peripheral vision and processing. It is too early to tell with this. Jacob will go back when he is one year old to look into this further. And also during the assessments Jacob was a little ham and would give his gummy, drooly little smile at the tech and doctor every time they were trying to get his attention. Of course he would all of a sudden start to interact with the doctor today! Stinker!

So the good news is she feels he can see something. How much and how he processes it, time will only tell.