Just Us Girls

Today Síofra and I had a day out together; Paddy was in the creche, Daithí was in work, so it was just us. We haven't had many days like this, and it was a really enjoyable day.


First of all, we had to go to the Children's Hospital because Síofra had an appointment with the orthoptist. Long story short, about a year and a half ago her playschool teacher noticed that her right eye would occasionally drift out to the side. We've had a series of appointments with the orthoptist and a consultant, and for the past 3 months Síofra has been wearing an eyepatch 6 days a week, for 2 hours each day. Today's appointment was to see if this has made any difference--great news, the strabismus has improved greatly, as has Síofra's control of it. To be honest, I've only noticed it about 10 times in the past year, usually when she's tired. But the doctors can measure these things more accurately, and I was so pleased that our diligent use of the patch has worked. Síofra only has to wear it 1 hour a day now, and we go back in October to see if there's more improvement.




After the appointment we got the bus back into town and had a wander around. We got her school shoes for next year, which was very exciting. We got her uniform last week, but I'm saving the debut of that on this blog until September! Needless to say, she's super cute in it.










Then we had lunch in Eddie Rockets. Here's Síofra enjoying her ice cream.









Finally, we headed back towards the creche to collect Paddy, stopping at the National Gallery for an hour and checking out the art. Síofra really enjoys going there.

It was a great day, just us girls!