Head shaking

[sierra1]

My 7 year old son is shaking his head every couple on second. We thought it is because he needed a hear cut. we took him to get the hair cut and it subsided a little for a couple weeks, but never went away. Now it is getting worse. People are noticeing his shaking. I really am concerned his friends are going to tease him. Is this something to be concered about? Could this be an indication of something medically wrong?

[coffey4me]

These symptoms sound totally like the little boy in my class who has Aspergers autism and Tourettes SYndrome. The motions are called tics and can also come in the form of shouting, spitting, etc. The boy in my class hits himself and/or the table. The intriguement with spinning sounds like autism. I would get a second opinion from the doctor. I could be wrong of course but it sounds really familiar. Look up these two syndromes. See what you think.

[tim1414]

my 10yr son is now shaking his head we will take him to the doc today ,  we noticed first , he used to open his mouth wide , like he was trying to pop his ears , now we was walk in walmart an he jumped skip , i said stop playing , he said i just wanted to jump, i said stop , but i noticed 2 weeks later is head shaking up an down, like he saying yes , an he does it 2 times, now a week later , we watch him saying something not right , so off to the doc toady , but he's had ear problems, no tubes but i think he need them, but not sure if this is the problem, so im not sure if ur child is ok now i hope so , im woundering if  this will go away in time , tim concord nc thanks

[tim1414]

my 10 yr son shaking his head , we are taking him to the doc toady ,  i hope ur child is ok now an all is gone , but what did the doc say , thank tim concord nc

[specialmom]

Kids do find different ways to self soothe.  I will tell you that I have one boy with a developmental delay and one without and my son without has done more of this kind of thing than the other.  Try not to worry.  good luck

[Fancyface0953]

Hi, I'm reading everyones comments and noticing that my step son is somewhat like a few other children here.  As a baby he would rub his head on the carpet from side to side.  When I came into his life he was three.  At first it seemed to me that music would trigger it, when the song would stop he would still be shaking his head.  Then through the past few years, he shakes it all the time, non stop!  You can say buddy keep your head still and he will stop for a few seconds, but then he is doing it again.  He is in Kindergarden and the teacher picked up on it right away.  The doctor says its just a habit, some kids suck their thumbs and this is his habit!  It just doesn't seem normal to me, I know I'm just step mom, but I'm still worried!!!

[LeaderK9Ace]

i have always rocked side to side either from the hip up or sway with my head side to side and my body too from one leg to the other. I also either flap my hands in one the side of me or shake them. this has been sence i was 2 1/2 people thought it was cute nothing of it untill a doctor said i need to see a neuroligst wich said its a sothing thing. I dont think so really because people would make fun of me for it if it was sotthing i would of hid it i never realy knew i was doing it till people told me then i tryed hard to stop, i just couldn't and had to do it again it not all the time but over 20 times a day. i am 20 now and i notice in the past few days because i have new hand movements with the rocking like the flaping of hands is in front of me and sometime i do somthing that looks like i'm hitting the pinao the way my hands are in front of me. i have noticed those to because there right in front of me. I wish i knew what it was so i could take somthing to stop it i try so hard but i can't if  i know i'm doing it, and then somtime i don't know when i do it. I am 20 now and its not that cute no more and for me people seem to notice.

If any ideas please write back thank you, CD