This week I have a shiner. One of the kids jumped up as I bent down to grab them similtaniously. This resulted in said child head butting me in the glasses and the resulting injury is due to the glasses frame belting me with the full force of a toddlers head behind it.

This inspired me to think, there are many problems only glasses wearing Mums will understand. The first obvious one, as highlighted above is injuries caused by glasses. Astoundingly, they didn’t break. But there is a reason for this. I bought expensive ones this time. Which brings me to the next problem only glasses wearing Mums will understand, but this is a broader problem, in that it affects sunglasses wearing Mums too: should I buy cheapies or lash out for expensive frames?

Now as a glasses wearing Mother, you can see the problem here. And no, it’s not about style (well, it might be a little bit about style) but mostly it’s about budget. I’m as guilty as the next prescription-glasses-wearing mother in getting my health care fund reduced frames in the first week of January each year. It’s not a summer fashion thing, the rebate resets to zero on January first, and I may or may not have been wearing frames with some DIY hack holding them together since last January.

But should you opt for a bargain-two-frame-meal-deal or go for quality and pay a bit more? I personally spend a bit more, as they tend to be far more resilient than their cheaper counter parts.

But these are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to problems only glasses wearing mums will understand. Glasses are fascinating, babies love to grab them, toddlers love to smudge the glass or bend the frames. Once after a Mister Maker episode, I awoke from a power snooze to find dad had helped them turn my Ray Bans into googley eyes.

Sometimes, in a sleep deprived haze, you’ll be thinking as a glasses wearing mum, that it seems particularly foggy inside, before noticing your glasses are filthy, and may have been for days.

You notice when out and about that people, after speaking to you for a while are tilting their heads oddly when talking to you. After many hours, you realise this is because your glasses are perching at a wonky angle on your face as a result of falling asleep on the couch after the kids were down, before taking off your glasses.

Are you a glasses wearing mum? Can you relate to any of these problems? Share this post with all your glasses wearing mum pals!