I've been wearing glasses since I was an infant. I'm used to them so they aren't that bad. Contacts are a huge pain in the ass and I can't see as well with contacts as I can with glasses. It took me 20+ years to find a pair that actually look good on me (odd face size) so I treasure them now and I bought four pairs of them so I don't ever have to worry about it again. As a bonus I've found out I can sleep in them comfortably.
So the only time I ever take off my glasses is in the shower.
As an aside I always wondered how they are able to measure an infant's vision before they can really communicate.
Apply a cycloplegic such as atropine to the eye to force the eye muscles to relax and focus as far away as possible. Then use a retinoscope to shine light on the retina and observe it while adjusting lenses over the eye.
Thanks for the information! Are you an opthalmologist by any chance?
As far as babies being able to communicate in other ways, my mom noticed that it seemed like I was having trouble with vision well before I could talk, that's how I ended up in the opthalmologist's office in the first place. :)
I'm not an ophthalmologist but I did a lot of reading and talking to optometrists when I couldn't quite get a prescription I liked. It was one of the tests I considered.
For what it's worth I solved my own issue by insisting on a slightly stronger prescription (-0.25) for my myopia. It's well worth a try, especially for driving at night. The easiest way to tell if it would help is if green traffic lights look significantly blurrier than than red traffic lights in the distance.
They measure infants (and adults for that matter) by measuring the eye. The whole "which is better" routine is just a personal preference thing. There are a couple of startups in here in Boston that strap a VR looking thing to your head and that tells you your prescription.
So the only time I ever take off my glasses is in the shower.
As an aside I always wondered how they are able to measure an infant's vision before they can really communicate.