my 3 month old looks down a lot,he looks up most of the time,but i'm concerned because he looks down and his head goes as well.when u touch him it goes back up.he does not have any problems and was born full term.any ideas people.i have already made an appt to see an ophtamologist for it.
Thank you so much Demiguise for responding to my post. I have made an appointment for my daughter. On an aside, I also noticed that she has a very small fontanel (about a 1/2 inch across) and will also bring that up with her pediatrician. I
I would call her pediatrician's ofc. & ask to ck. w/ Dr. abt.
this. At 4 mo., as you know, things are still developing. Nerves
& other things are growing & learning to transmit. It could
even be the length of the eye muscle to an autonomic shifting
from positions. Sometimes you don't notice a child has a
wandering eye until a certain age do to focus or learning
convergence on a object. My guess is that he will do ck. next
appt. & maybe refer you to a pediatric-Opthalmalogist. At this
age though, muscles can shorten as they strengthen if that's
the problem. It's important to track if both are equal in change
when rolling. Like 1 before other is sltly faster? There are
simple finger or toy tests they use to get attn. to trigger
different movements & also tell if any slt jerk happens at time
of eye-roll. It can be several things but timing is big. Need
to see Dr. for appt. or?. I have a nephew that had this yrs
ago. We noticed it only happened when he arched his back & not
when he layed flat. It was 30 yrs ago & they've come a long
way. I think it wasn't addressed till he was 1 1/2. He had the
smallest glasses to wear w/ a special ground lens to pull eye
muscle. After abt 2-3 yrs. eye stopped. Your case is different. But ck-out early on, & even journal if always everyday.