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Thank you Aditi for your suggestion. I shall definitely do that with him. We do understand that it mustbe difficult and uncomfortable to wear the patch and have been acknowledging his feelings too, but I shall definitely wear the patch for four hours like he does and ask him for his inputs abt going about it. thanks for the suggestion.

Part of His response answers your question. While i understand your concern - i would have more faith in him.

And yes what aditi's suggests is simply mind blowing stuff - the best way to empathise as well as empower a child!

Hey Trupti
I see a lot of SHOULD from parents angle but not from the child's angle. He MAY be uncomfortable. How about putting a patch yourself for a day and experience it yourself with him. Appoint him as your consultant - ask him how to wear, what all precaution to take, how manage reading with patch, and so on. At the end of the day both express:). And now after experiencing yourself - work out a plan with him to wear patch.

he thinks his eye will get affected if he does not wear the patch and he will not be able to see. he feels we are forcing our own rules about when to wear a patch. he is apprehensive that he wont be able to see or read books after wearing the patch.
We have taken him for an eye check up and also from our own observations we have found out that he can very well see even after wearing the patch. he is able to do things like read, draw, paint, play, etc while the eye is patched up. we have tried giving him ample time to decide when to wear the patch but he does not on his own tell us to put it for him and we cannot afford not to patch his eye even for a day.

What you have mentioned is what you think and you have said and done. Would like to know what he thinks.

We have explained him the reason why he needs to wear the patch everyday, and also have spoken to him about how it has helped him till date. I do give him fishes too. When he does not wear the patch, I do get anxious because patching has been recommended for everyday till he is six years of age. We have told him this too. Sometimes I even get angry when he does not wear it. Sometimes, I leave it and tell him that it will affect his eye. When he wears the patch, I encourage him, in different ways, but i never bribe him to wear the patch.
Shall try to talk to him about what he thinks are the consequences of not wearing the patch.
He promises to wear the patch "tomorrow" not today and till date has not kept his word (ever since this problem started). Most of the times I have to force him to wear the patch which is very stressful.
He used to wear it peacefully for many days till recently. I even reflect on those times with him and tell him how it was not stressfull for both of us at that time.

Pl answer these:
Why he is resisting (his version / reasons)?
What HE thinks are the reasons to put the eye patch and What HE thinks are the consequences of not putting it?
In HIS words how does he relate it socially - vis-a-vis siblings, and other children who see him wearing the patch
What alternates is HE offering?

What is your response (internal feelings) as well as external response when he does not put the patch?
Have you given him enough fish - not praise - but FISH?