USAFeyez06
05-04-2008, 05:00 PM
Ok, my little one is just about 6 months old and within the last few days, she has been demonstrating some odd behavior.
When she is sitting in her chair or standing in her stationary toy, every once in a while she will move her head to her right side (to her shoulder) like 2 times in a row and then stop. She just did it again before, but went to the left, too... and that time it looked like she was frustrated and wanted to get out as she did it multiple times in a row.
I have also noticed that she has been congested on and off (allergies, I think). The last several nights, she has been sleeping terribly. She will go 2-4 hours at a time, wake up screaming (or scream in her sleep once in a while) and when we try to walk her around (which always works) we try to put her back down, she will start screaming and crying again. The only way I got her back to sleep last night was by nursing her. She is a pretty high needs baby, but this is out of character for her.
She is teething (she is getting her 2 top fang teeth in although they haven't broken the skin yet).
I called the doctor and she wants to check her ears tomorrow to rule out an ear infection, but she also said that it may be fluid in her inner ears (from the congestion or allergies and may not necessarily be an infection). That it hurts and it could be why she is tilting her head at times. When I mentioned teething, she said usually with the molars and teeth far back, they may tilt their head in the direction of the pain, but that her teething pain could be causing this, too. She said children's benadryl may help ease the congestion and fluid in her ears.
It's not an infant seizure (I have seen those before) and is exhibiting no problems with eyes, vision, babbling and speaking, and is right on track for all her milestones, if not early on some. I know that babies can develop little "quirks" and certainly throw their heads around especially out of excitement or frustration, but I was just wondering if anyone else has seen or heard of this before. I cannot tell if it's volutary or involuntary, but for the most part it looks like she just throws her head to her shoulder on purpose a couple times.
She nurses from both sides fairly well, so I don't think it's a sore neck muscle or anything, but I suppose it's possible.
Any thoughts, ideas, experience?
When she is sitting in her chair or standing in her stationary toy, every once in a while she will move her head to her right side (to her shoulder) like 2 times in a row and then stop. She just did it again before, but went to the left, too... and that time it looked like she was frustrated and wanted to get out as she did it multiple times in a row.
I have also noticed that she has been congested on and off (allergies, I think). The last several nights, she has been sleeping terribly. She will go 2-4 hours at a time, wake up screaming (or scream in her sleep once in a while) and when we try to walk her around (which always works) we try to put her back down, she will start screaming and crying again. The only way I got her back to sleep last night was by nursing her. She is a pretty high needs baby, but this is out of character for her.
She is teething (she is getting her 2 top fang teeth in although they haven't broken the skin yet).
I called the doctor and she wants to check her ears tomorrow to rule out an ear infection, but she also said that it may be fluid in her inner ears (from the congestion or allergies and may not necessarily be an infection). That it hurts and it could be why she is tilting her head at times. When I mentioned teething, she said usually with the molars and teeth far back, they may tilt their head in the direction of the pain, but that her teething pain could be causing this, too. She said children's benadryl may help ease the congestion and fluid in her ears.
It's not an infant seizure (I have seen those before) and is exhibiting no problems with eyes, vision, babbling and speaking, and is right on track for all her milestones, if not early on some. I know that babies can develop little "quirks" and certainly throw their heads around especially out of excitement or frustration, but I was just wondering if anyone else has seen or heard of this before. I cannot tell if it's volutary or involuntary, but for the most part it looks like she just throws her head to her shoulder on purpose a couple times.
She nurses from both sides fairly well, so I don't think it's a sore neck muscle or anything, but I suppose it's possible.
Any thoughts, ideas, experience?