Strabismus baby- help

[ARIA2017]

Hi everyone.
I'm looking for advice regarding strabismus in a baby.
My 4 month old baby seems constantly to have her right eye pointing inside.
This has been more noticeable over last month. Should I bring to an ophthalmologist? Can this be resolved by itself.
TIA

Hi I'd take your baby to the doctor and they refer baby on to ophthalmologist if necessary. Try not to worry, it can be very normal for babies eyes to wander or turn when they're so little. If baby does see an ophthalmologist they may suggest patching they eye, this is very easy while they are so young! Once baby gets to around 10-12 months they may want to pull and remove the patch, but younger is easier.
If you are recommended to patch, it's likely you'll be reviewed in hospital every 6 months, this seems scarier than it is, but it is just to make sure that when you make the "bad" eye stronger, the good eye doesn't get weaker.
Hopefully some of that is useful to you, all being well a doctor will tell you it is perfectly normal and baby will grow out of it in a couple of months.

Make an appointment. My one year old developed this and needed eye patches. At 8 years old he now wears glasses which control the turn to a certain extent.

Take her to the GP in the first instance.

Your health visitor can help get you onto the local eye clinic list, if you can't get a GP appointment.

Take for a check up. It's very easy for a specialist to determine if it's a true squint or just the bridge of their nose being a bit wider. I took my concern with DS to the Health Visitor and she referred to the eye hospital for him to get checked.
It may well be nothing, as it is quite normal in young babies, but if it's a squint then the sooner it's dealt with the easier.

Your GP or HV can refer you for an assessment by an optometrist (if you’re in the U.K. of course, if you’re elsewhere you may be able to self refer). They’ll refer on to the opthalmologist if necessary.

I was told that it’s quite common for babies to have strabismus due to the low bridge of the nose and learning to focus, but one of my twins developed a squint about 12 months old. We eventually got to see an opthalmologist after an optometrist confirmed - he does have strabismus but they also found a visual impairment we had no idea about.

If it is only strabismus, surgery can be performed to help straighten the eye - this is usually done in the U.K. around the age they start school from what I’ve been told. It is important to get it checked out as it can affect the way their vision develops - I know a few children who’ve had patching from a young age to help with this but it hasn’t been appropriate for us as they think DT2 has significantly reduced vision in the eye with the squint.

My DD has this but not until she was nearly 3. We got a referral to the local eye hospital via the health visitor.

Thanks everyone. We live in Ireland, not sure about the procedure, but I'm going to give a call to our HV. Hope they can refere her to a specialist.