"i wouldnt sdayu she was clumsey, but she does fall often'

[misdee]

dd2 had paed appointment last week. she isnt clumsey as she can balence, help with dressign herself. but she does fall often. she is 3yrs old. the paeds are meeting to discuss her, and will probably discharge from their care. which leaves me dealing with the bruises, bashed nose, cuts and abrasions.

[aloha]

Didn't you post about another possible explanation for her falls Misdee?

[misdee]

they checked outher hips and leg length. all normal.

[aloha]

Oh, how strange. Does she look where she is going? Eyesight OK?

[misdee]

Eye sight has been tested, but i noticed today she was looking at her feet when she was running. but usually she looks ahead.

[misdee]

am thinkingit may be her ears/eyes?

[Caligula]

Do you think she has some reason why she keeps falling over Misdee?

because my dd is also incredibly clumsy and falls over loads and spills things and bashes into things. Her keyworker at playgroup remarked upon how often she falls over. Is it a sign of something?

[Caligula]

Ears - eustachian tubes?

[aloha]

Hmm, really can't think. It does sound a bit extreme to fall over so much. But must go to bed!

[misdee]

i have no idea caligula. she was first seen when she was about 20months old, she walked at 10months but was falling just as often. she has learnt to fall so she doesnt hurt herself, and she has a high pain threshold anyway. the one thing that sticks out in my mind was shortly before her 2nd birthday, dd1 came running in from the garden saying the dd2 feet were bleeding. dd2 hasnt even noticed, but she had cut both feet open somehow.

[Caligula]

ooh - it's very odd that she didn't notice - that sounds painful.

[misdee]

the blood had dried as well. felt bad cleaning her cuts up, but she had an infected just a few weeks earlier when she had fallen over and we hadnt noticed the cut.

[misdee]

infected elbow.

[Caligula]

Sounds like her nerves aren't very sensitive. Have you mentioned her very high pain threshold to them?

[misdee]

not yet. will see GP again.

[misdee]

offto bed now. night.

[Caligula]

Night misdee. Hope your GP is useful!

[beckybrastraps]

I was really clumsy as a small child (in the falling over, falling down things, falling off things sense), and had loads of tests that I don't remember the details of (my mum says they definitely looked at eyes and ears, and did some other things she didn't know the purpose of). They didn't find anything, and I'm still really clumsy as an adult. Like your dd, I have learnt to fall like a stuntman! Of course, this is no help to you at all. Sorry not to be able to offer useful advice. If it's not something they can fix, I hope it's something she can learn to live with.

[sausagedog]

Ds1 was forever falling over. He was diagnosed with a cataract at 2.5yrs old. Only had it in one eye - virtually no vision - you'd never have known. No depth perception therefore fell often. Too busy playing to be bothered about scrapes and cuts (even quite bad ones)

[misdee]

i got a letter today from the paed. says she has delayed co-ordination and should catch up.

[misdee]

oh and dd3 is her 'older' sister PMSL!!

[butty]

Misdee, it may be worth while asking for an appointment with an ear specialist as it could well be glue ear of which you are describing.
It can cause a real lack of balence as the inner ear is the central nerve for balence.
They can treat glue ear with antibiotics or gromits if needed, but thought i'd mention it as it sounds all to similar to dylan, although he has physical disabilities and cannot walk, he has glue ear and they think that also hinders his balence etc...
If you've already had this checked out, then ignore this message, just thinking of possible causes.
Butty.xx

[RedZuleika]

Like beckybrastraps, I was always falling over as a child too. My legs would be covered in bruises and was constantly getting a b&ll&cking from my mother for ripping another pair of tights or trousers. My eyesight isn't great, with astigmatism in both eyes, but this has been corrected since the age of six. Ears were checked too.

I'm now in my '30s and still fall over more than is usual. Perfectly flat bits of pavement etc. Sometimes it's that my ankle gives out under me, but sometimes there's just no earthly reason for it. Also - if I close my eyes in the shower, I often feel dizzy and as if I'm going to fall. I clip doorframes as if somehow my judgement of distance is flawed. There's nothing wrong with my reaction time, however.

The anecdote about the bleeding feet rings bells too as I can hurt myself (and did as a child) with no recollection or sensation of having done so. Cuts and burns in the kitchen are particular favourites these days.

I know this doesn't help your child(ren) to any extent, but I'm just suggesting that there are more of us out here, with no idea what causes it - but still with all our limbs intact.

Amusingly, for me at any rate, an interesting corollary is that when heinously drunk I fall over less than the next person - just wobble like a weeble...