HV came for DS2s 1yr check, and I insisted that she do a measurement of his head circumference, even though it wasn't standard. I'd been worried for a few weeks as it had been a struggle to get his tops on over his head (hand me downs from DS1 that had fitted him fine at the same age). His head just seemed too big.
According to the numbers, he's jumped from the 25th percentile as a newborn to the 98th as a 12 mth old. His weight and length have not jumped centiles, just tracked on the same curve.
He also has a few other things going on - fussier than normal (could be teething or related to recent vax), very visible veins in forehead/head, bulging left eye....just not seeming right.
Went to the doctor on Thursday and now have an urgent referral for him to be checked at paediatrics.
I guess I'm asking whether anyone else has experienced this and it's been nothing. I'm obviously worried about hydrocephaly, and have very close history of anacephaly so am freaking a bit!
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12month old has jumped centiles for head circumference - hydrocephaly?
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SouthBySouthWest · 30/08/2013 20:57
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