This is totally random but - does anyone have a kid or relative who is color blind?
I know it’s way early, but we’re wondering if DS2 (turned 2 in June) might be. He is super verbal and bright and can identify so much stuff and speak in sentences, but doesn’t seem to be getting colors at all. I noticed this with the books we read at night, then his daycare provider brought it up too. He says everything is blue.
I did some reading on it and I color blindness is a lot more common than I thought - 1 in 8 males I guess.
sdlaura- I have relatives and coworkers who are color blind. One coworker basically sees the world in black and white. He said for a long time he literally thought the entire world was in on some mean joke about this whole color thing. He’s one of 11 kids and the only one who is color blind.
Relatedly, I’m beginning to wonder if DS has mild face blindness. I’ve wondered this about myself too. Like if he sees someone outside of their normal place, he has no clue who they are even if he’s known them well for years. Like we have a family that comes over a lot. We socialize. We spend every Halloween together. We swim. We make Christmas cookies. We saw them at a skating party at a skating rink and the mom spoke to DS and he responded with “I don’t know you.” And grabbed my hand. She’s Asian, and we don’t know all that many Asian people, so I would think she might stick in his memory. Nope.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Aug 25, 2019 17:15:49 GMT -5
sdlaura, yes my uncle and cousin (male cousin) are color blind. It's not every color, just certain ones. I don't know how they figured it out. I remember when we were dying easter eggs he always thought the purple looked black and for some reason (even though he knows he's color blind) he kept trying to fix it by adding more red or more blue to it.
His vision is totally clear it just some colors he has an issue with.
Post by greenmonkey1 on Aug 25, 2019 19:24:14 GMT -5
sdlaura My DS3 (turned 2 in April) does the same thing with colors, everything is blue. Green is starting to make an appearance in his vocabulary, but he isn't any more accurate in identifying colors. My older two were just like this and neither are color blind.
No experience with it but once they are a bit more verbal the eye doctor can test for it. It’s the tests where you say the number in the dots and the number and the colors are different.
Post by sandandsea on Aug 25, 2019 21:35:40 GMT -5
I think DS2 broke his pinky toe today at a local amusement park. He tripped on one of the little water dam gates in a water play area and now it’s purple and swollen and hurts. So we just bought some flip flops so he has something to wear to school tomorrow. I’m traveling for work all day tomorrow so I’m praying he’s okay because dh will already be stretched to do drop off and pick up for both boys.
Thanks ladies. greenmonkey1, that’s comforting! Not that color blindness would be the end of the world, of course. DH was making fun of me (sweetly) for worrying, and we were both reminded of one major reason I work full time - I would worry too much about random stuff if I had the time.
sandandsea, I routinely break my pinky toe. I feel like it’s broken more often than not. Hopefully it won’t hurt him too much and will heal on its own!
sdlaura I was just around my nearly 2.5 yr old niece and she also said everything was blue. DS1 is actually color blind but it was diagnosed much later than 2. When his younger brother was identify colors and DS1 was still getting them wrong, that’s when we took him to be tested. It really hasn’t had much of an effect as long as teachers know that he needs extra help with worksheets that require you to use colors in some way.