Infant, Eyes Rolling Back when Feeding on bottle

[Griff917]

My 4 month old baby's eyes have been rolling backwards when ever she takes a bottle or sucks on her pacifier.  As we have seen it with her no other time, so the eye movement seems to be directly related to her sucking.  She has had a battery of tests done at the hospital, including CAT scan, EEG, spinal tap, blood test, all of which have come back okay.  The neurologist and pediatrician have temporarily diagnosed her with Duane Syndrome, although after researching this myself I do not believe that she has this as her eye movement only seems to be related to feeding, her eyes appear normal and her vision seems fine.  She is going to a pediatric opthamologist soon for further testing.  Has anyone ever heard of a connection of eye rolling to feeding??? Please let me know.

[John C Hagan]

If its related to feeding it could be a "Bell's Reflex"  (do a Google search of that term). Which can be normal.

If it's Duane's Syndrome you should  note the following when the child is not feeding: one or both eyes do not turn out towards the ear, one or both eyes roll up when the eye looks towards the nose, one or both eyelids widen when looking towards the ear, one or both eye narrow when the eye looks towards the nose.

JCH III MD

[KatieP]

My 2 children both did this sometimes, when they were tiny, and I never thought it was anything other than normal. They used to remind me of little feeding sharks!!! Neither have any problems, hope that reassures you:)

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS]

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[Pooja_p81]

My son is18 months old. he rolls his eyes 4-5 times in a day. His eyes go up while sitting, in arms and even while walking. It looks as though he' is coping with some stress like a head ache. If you see him do that and call for him, he gives you a smile, as if he was being naugty. if you don't call him, he would do that 2-3 times and carry on. He is otherwise a normal kid. I am worried about him. i need to know if it is an indication for something serious. please advice.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS]

Discuss this with your pediatrician.

JCH MD

[ladytalking]

My daughter did that and we had all the test , They found nothing, The Dr said, " I think she noticed that when she did that we reacted . Try not reacting and see what happens

[madnmas]

Oh my goodness!!! This is the most normal thing!!!

Both my children did it and the baby I babysit now does it when I feed her. My kids were breast fed and this baby is bottle fed. The way I look at it is it comforts them so much and they love the milk so much (and in addition to making them sleepy) it's like pure contentment. Really, it is perfectly normal!!!!