How did I miss this? My nearly legally blind 6 year old.

Boy do I feel stupid! I am the proud parent of two amazing kiddos, and had a major epiphany with my 6 year old daughter. She started kindergarten this year and has been thriving. It seems she got so much out of pre-K and her teacher was truly an angel from above. Little one started complaining of headaches in the past few months and I thought it was likely the heat or dehydration and offered water. It was time for her physical so I asked my husband to see if they can do a check on her eyes. He called me on the way home and said, she needs to be seen.As a parent with dreadful vision myself, I took this very seriously and got an appointment for this afternoon. They did the autorefractor and that immediately showed an astigmatism. Okay, so I have that pretty severely in both eyes. As soon as she sat in the chair, the doc asked who in the family had bad eyes. I sheepishly raised my hands. He went straight to work and she excited read her letters (she is so proud to know them all... and their sounds. It's a big deal in Kindergarten). As the print got smaller, she made mistakes. The doctor then put the corrected lenses on her. Again, she excitedly started reading the letters until we got to about 20/60 and then mistake after mistake. G's were C's or 0's. H was an N. She clearly demonstrated she knows her letters but could not see them. The doctor is concerned that her vision may not be fully correctable and it stands at about 20/200 without correction. How in the world did my child walk around borderline legally blind for so long? She has gone to every well visit, has thrived in school, and is able to get around. She has always been a bit clumsy but so am I. The guilt I feel is tremendous because the doctor believes her eyes have always been bad but kids are resilient and she's learned to compensate.TLDR: Mommy sucks and didn't realize her sweet baby is practically legally blind. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2NuYi8w