My 3 year old has never lost his startle reflex or at least that is what what his first peditritian would tell me, when I woud complain about this when he was 6 months & 1 year. Because of moving, he has had 2 new ped's and neither of them have been concerned with the fact that he does this. However, he is now 3 years old and he will continously, jerk, hands and arms fly up, when he is calmly asleep. He can do this 40 times a night- How can he get any good rest like this? It is just like a newborn sleeping and them having a startle reflex- its just he has never outgrown it.
Background: My son was born at 37 weeks on the dot, was on 12 hours of oxygen and now have mild to severe behavior problems that we are now getting help for and have been seeking help for since the age of 2. My pregnancy high stress, and was on bedrest at 28 weeks, and in at 29 weeks, it felt as though, he just went crazy/ fast movements/ jerking type motion/ my doctors thought perhaps he had had a stroke, but test showed he was okay. Other then that, my son has been a picture of health. My son, does not sleep through the night, he wakes up, constantly, not after the startle reflex, but on his own, and this could be why his behavior is so poor.
We have been to 3 doctors, 1 psychologist, school experts--- nobody is concerned about this, but I am---- should I be concerned about this startle reflex, it doesn't seem normal, I don't know of anyone else's children still having it. Is there somewhere I can take him to get him checked out, is there tests that I can demand his ped administer, I am in the dark on this, any help would be great- thank you.