Accommodative Esotropia

Accommodative Esotropia
This refers to a crossing of the eyes ("esotropia") caused by farsightedness. Accommodative esotropia is a type of strabismus. Strabismus refers to any misalignment of the eyes.
Children who are farsighted easily and automatically focus on objects at distance and near through "accommodation". Accommodation refers to the contraction of a small muscle inside the eye to cause the natural lens in the eye to change its shape and allow images to focus properly on the back surface of the eye. As a result, a child who is farsighted usually does not have blurred vision. However, in some children who are farsighted, this accommodative effort is associated with a reflex crossing of the eyes. Hence the term, "accommodative esotropia."
Accommodative esotropia can begin anywhere from 4 months to 6 years of age. The usual age of onset is between 2 and 3 years of age. Source.

So are you wondering why I care about this?

Lexa has it. I took her to the pediatrician on Tuesday for a list of things that were nagging me and got refered to a pediatric opthamologist. And Accommodative Esotropia is the diagnosis. The problem is that sometimes when she looks as far as a distance of about 3 or 4 feet her left eye turns in. The first time I saw her do this I was really taken aback.

Lexa got a glasses perscription and should get them fitted sometime next week. I'm kinda sad that she has to have the encumberance of eye glasses at such a young age - 2.5 years old, but glad that we caught this early enough that it's only glasses.