Help My arms are not long enough!

It's funny but amazing the way our bodies change over the years, Our greatest senses develope over time as our brain learns to see and hear.

Today we are on the quest to find a suitable frame for an 13 month old baby / todler who is in desperate need of good glasses, unfortunately the child was born with a few learning difficulties which have been made worse by the fact their eyes have not developed properly and the brain has not learn't to see.

It makes me think how lucky I am to have had such perfect vision throughout my formative years and beyond. Unfortunately for me now having reached the 40's stage of my life and am now in need of longer arms! Anyone who now wears glasses for reading knows what I mean, you get to a certain point in your life which is around the "BIG 40" when trying to read means putting the book further away from you, this continues untill your arms just aren't long enough any more.

So here's my problem; Do I (a) Just not bother with reading glasses, (b) Make myself a pair of old fashioned 1/2 eye frames to look over the top for distance or at my patients, (c) wear Bifocals with a line in the middle or (c) try Varifocals?

The answer is I believe to go for Varifocals, why?

As I need to read patient record cards and look at my laptop whilst talking to the patient, only the varifocal will do all that and more.
Bifocals were a brilliant invention by Benjamin Franklin ( the American president) but they no longer meet all the needs of the modern person and lifestyle. Sure they may take a little while to get used to them but the gains in vision are much better.

So my thoughts today are with the child I can help see better and perhaps in a small way help them develope to become all they can be, and not on the fact my arms just aren't long enough anymore.

kind regards,
Alan.
DSM Opticians.
Silver End