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Eyes rolling ?

Anybody's else's newborn roll their eyes in the back of their head ?! My Babygirl will be two weeks on weds & she's been doing it a lot ! We were at the hospital for three days they did blood tests urine test n an EEG scan on her brain to make sure it wasn't seizures . Everything came back normal but it is sooooo scary !!! Even the doctors were telling me its odd but couldn't tell me what it could be . It's very scary & I don't want to speak negatively but I'm really starting to feel like something's wrong . If there's anybody out there who has experienced this please reply . I need some piece of mind , my family is starting to tell me I'm crazy but I feel like its not right . I just need to know if its just my baby or if its normal ? Idk what else to do ?
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9669297 tn?1405182179
The fastest way to correct her eyes is by closing them with your own hands whenever it happens. Just gently force her eye lids down then let go. When she opens her eyes back up, they'll be back to normal. Same thing for when your babies eyes are crossing, too. Some doctors know what they're doing, some don't.
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Its normal. My doc said they cant control their eyes for a while. My son does it too. They roll back or dont move together.
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I really think they're just learning eye control.
My daughter would go cross eyed the first month she was born and it freaked me out. She's 3 months And doesn't do it anymore.  
I say if she's not in any pain,  leave it alone for 1 month to see if she out grows it. It could be something she learned and she likes doing it. Just give it time.  
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8196769 tn?1397670669
Idk my little sister did that still does it's just lazy eye
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My baby cousin did that!!! Weirdest thing I've ever seen! Drs couldn't say what was wrong with her either! By the time she was about a month old she stopped doing it
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I did it when I was a baby, my mother was just as concerned as you were. It's nothing though, it's called being lazy and not wanting to have eye control hehe I wouldn't stress about it, I grew out of it and my eyes are fine. Babe is just taking it's time and being lazy.
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My nephew did it but it eventually went away. I was sooo freaked out.
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7408946 tn?1405998035
I understand that everytime i freak out about something my bf gets mad at me for it, but is ur baby doing it before she falls asleep? Or while shes wide awake?
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Go to another doc, you need answers. Hope everything is fine. Just keep calm.
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Me too . I recorded it . Took her in . A neurological doctor checked her out she did the EEG scan hospital for 3 days being poked and prodded and they told me nothing ! Sent me home with no answers except it might be reflux or something like that . But it's odd should I take her somewhere else ? Get a second opinion ? Idk what to do I feel like nobody is listening to me they think I'm trippin telling me she's a newborn & doesn't have control . My son never did this tho & I've never seen another baby do it ever . She rolls her eyes back makes funny faces & breaths really hard . It's like she's not even there when its happening ? Idk I'm praying to god my baby's ok I just don't know what to do & feel like I'm on my own no support even her dad gets mad at me when I talk about it . I feel like hrs in denial that something could possibly be wrong but I just can't help but be worried its my baby you know . & it's something I've never seen before .
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I mean,  my daughter did that when she was getting ready to fall asleep but that was it :/
Sorry momma.  I hope everything is ok.
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I'd record it and then go see a peadiatrician. Follow your instincts if you feel its not right.
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