Re: Question on eye squinting while talking

[Guest guest]

My daughter did something different-she would tilt her head like she was

concentrating from one eye and she often did this toward light. The eye

doctor said this was a behavorial thing and all of her kids outgrew it. My

daughter does this only rarely now. Carolyn

[Guest guest]

>My daughter did something different-she would tilt her head like she was

>concentrating from one eye and she often did this toward light. The eye

>doctor said this was a behavorial thing and all of her kids outgrew it. My

>daughter does this only rarely now. Carolyn

My brother did this also and now he is 29 and he still does it. My middle

son is 12 and I noticed that he does it. The eye doctor said don't worry

about it.

[Guest guest]

:

My soon-to-be three year old was similar in that he

would look sideways at things, mostly while watching

TV. This was not surprising as I did this as a child

and still do. In both of our cases, my son and I have

a congenital nystagmus, which causes our eyes to

oscillate at certain angles. To resolve the

oscillation, I (and now my son) tilt my head to lessen

or stop the vibration. I don't know if this is

related to the nystagmus but I know my eyes don't

focus the same as " normal " eyes; my son's don't

either.

You have two avenues that I know of to check this out.

You can go to either a pediatric opthamologist or, if

you can find one, a nuero-opthamologist. Or, if you

can find one, you can go to a behavioral optometrist.

I think behavioral optometry is a controversial topic

but all I now is, we got therapeutic prism glasses

from one and my son no longer looks sideways at

things (he actually does do it every once in a while

but by and large, it's stopped). So, by experience, I

know it's worked for us and it may for others as well.

Good luck!

Jim

--- <saphire75@...> wrote:

> My son ,age 3 w/ apraxia, has start doing

> something that is peculiar. He will tilt his head

> back a little, squinch one of his eyes shut and

> cheek

> up and he will point and say what he wants to say

> about something. I find it rather odd. He does it

> daily. Does anyone know what can be can be causing

> him to do that?

>

> I have been a member of this board since was

> officially diagnosed last June, I read a lot of the

> posts but I don't post very often. Thanks for your

> input!

>

>

> mother of Christian 6, 3, and Kayla 2

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi :

I don't think I can give you a definitive answer, but it sounds just

like a benign behavior that may be an attention-getting strategy. Is

he aware he is doing this when he does it ? Have you pointed out

that it looks funny to him? Find out what the source is - maybe it's

a thing he learned from a TV character...

Larry Laveman,MD

Consultant, CHERAB

http://www.apraxia.cc

> My son ,age 3 w/ apraxia, has start doing

> something that is peculiar. He will tilt his head

> back a little, squinch one of his eyes shut and cheek

> up and he will point and say what he wants to say

> about something. I find it rather odd. He does it

> daily. Does anyone know what can be can be causing

> him to do that?

>

> I have been a member of this board since was

> officially diagnosed last June, I read alot of the

> posts but I don't post very often. Thanks for your

> input!

>

>

> mother of Christian 6, 3, and Kayla 2