Baby 16 weeks (4 months in 8 days) and still cross eyed?

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I uploaded a pic of DD to her grandmother earlier when i noticed one eye was definitely 'cross eyed' or pointing more towards her nose.

I know she's not quite 4 months yet, but, everything i read up about what she should be doing by then (she does everything else) states that, that should be gone and to be concerned if it's not.

I then went on her old pictures and noticed literally every single picture has it. Always the same eye, now, im pretty worried lol. My DP seems to think it's no big deal and it'll go away on its own but reading up about it states not getting it sorted ASAP can cause it to become weak and not function properly and now im just super anxious about it.

Anyone else's DC had cross eyes still at this age and it resolved by itself? Or, if not, whaf was the case? Am i over reacting? Or AIBU to state that i want to get it checked out??

Definitely get it checked out (I would contact GP or HV and ask them to refer you to the appropriate eye clinic / orthoptist) and in the meantime it might be worth googling ‘pseudosquint’ and seeing if it sounds similar to that as the facial structure of some babies can give a false impression of a squint.

Best of luck!

Absolutely take her to the gp for referral. If one eye is turning in/out it can be a sign of lazy eye. My daughter developed a sudden onset squint at 3 years old and when she had her eyes tested she had very little vision in her bad eye. The earlier it's picked up the better, hers improved with patching. My son started wearing glasses at 18m old, we had no idea his vision was so bad.
He was referred by his health visitor, it was a sibling referral due to his sister having glasses at a young age. So you could call your health visitor for advice, they might be able to help.

Thank you both for your replies! She had her eyes checked at her 72 hour check and all was fine then. It did say its completely normal up until four months and obviously now that's fast approaching! I'll get on it in the morning! Will they still be doing referalls etc atm?

My niece had this, I can’t remember what it was but she needed glasses from a baby

@Puddlelane123 if im honest that does sound more likely she has different eye shape on either eye and more folds on one than the other but, probably worth checking out anyway!!

@Pictureofcats thank you, super anxious now!

Ive just been reading up about pseudosquints and real squints and it seems more like the latter. Anyone else agree? Still going to get it checked but i think maybe ill wait until all this Covids blown over

Dd had a mild cross eye that was picked up by an oncology student when we were visiting dm one day in hospital.

I took her to a few sessions with a paediatric osteopath. Treatment consisted of fingertip pressure on points around her skull. I think it took three sessions.

I was very pleased with the results. I don’t consider myself a believer of quackery, either.

Try not to worry, although I know how anxiety provoking anything vision related is. They will absolutely still be taking referrals now, although I have no idea what the waiting times to be seen will be. How does her vision seem otherwise?

I couldn’t gauge from the photo easily as am on my phone and it wouldn’t load properly, but a tip I was given was to look at where the light hits the eyes in the photograph and to see if it is the same in both?

Please don't worry worst case scenario is she needs corrective surgery. Which is a very simple 10 min procedure with very few risks and high success rates.
I know that the thought of your DC having an operation is scary but this op is no worse than an ingrown toenail.
Also they won't operate until they are 4 or 5 years old as their skull needs to grow to a size that they can get at the eye muscles without causing damage.
Both of my DC have had this problem with both eyes and they fixed it in 1 op which is better than the 3 I needed to fix mine, and they don't use stitches like they did when I was a kid so much better than it was.
If you have anymore questions feel free to PM me

Go to HV and they will refer you to eye hospital to check. I had same with my DS people kept saying it was normal and it would straighten up but he was my third so I knew it wasn't quite right. He did turn out to have a squint - easily fixed when he was a toddlet. He also had some minor refractive errors so wears specs now but I'm glad I went with my instinct.

Not normal at this age. Def get it checked out

My ds looked like he had a squint until he was about 3. As I have a severe squint it was checked by both the hospital (under a year old) and orthoptist (2 yrs). Its just the way he looked!

@GrumpyHoonMain everything ive read says it normal until 4/6 months when it should stop.

@Puddlelane123 she has grear vision, follows things well, able to grab things well, so has deptg perception etc. Seems to hit the same in the photos :)

Thanks all ill definitely get an appointment soon and see, think i may wait til 6 months as others said it resolved by then.

My husband has a severe strabismus so all of my kids have been checked over by opthalmology.

With my oldest, he was referred at 4 months because he still had a visible squint. He has had glasses from 11 months old. The other two didn't have an obvious strabismus so they weren't referred until 2 years.

I would definitely mention it to your health visitor or GP when you next speak to them. Opthalmology aren't seeing routine appointments in our clinic, they are still accepting referrals and adding people to the waiting lists.

@mrsseverussnape thanks for the reply! By obvious, was his eye pointing completely opposite? Hers dont seem to be pointing inwards as such just the white to the eye is a bit less, light hits it the same. When i did sime research it looks way more like a pseudosquint rather than a proper squint.

Im a bit anxious about doctors at the moment given everything going on and myself being a higer risk and potentially passing it to her.

My HV hasnt been around or in touch since 6 weeks but ill try get in contact and see what they say.

she has grear vision, follows things well, able to grab things well, so has deptg perception etc

I thought my DS had great vision too but he didn't! He was also able to follow and grab, but it turned out his eye sight was pretty terrible (easily fixed with glasses though). High chance that it's like you think and she has a pseudosquint but it is worth being checked out - they are likely to refer you for a checkup even if it's just to confirm it's nothing.

@ploughingthrough did your DS have the light reflect different in his eyes? Ill calls HV and see what she suggests

I had the same concern for my son and asked for a GP referral to have his eyes checked around 9 months, we were told he had a pseudo squint and given a follow up appointment for a years time as well as a number to call if we were worried. Turned out they right as it had resolved after about 6 more months.

Your pic looks similar to mine back then.

My nephew had a squint from birth and was referred just before his first birthday. They reckoned it wasn't a true squint, it was just he had a wide bridge of his nose which made it look as if his eye was turning inwards. He's now 21 months and there's no trace of it anymore, as he grew and his face changed it became less obvious.

Yabu to be 'super' anything.

This doesn’t look like a squint to me. The corneal reflexes are in the same place on both eyes - is the reflection of the light in in the middle of the coloured part of the eye in both eyes.
LOTS of babies look like they squint but don’t really. Still best to get it checked cos obviously nobody on here can tell you anything for sure but it looks normal to me.

I was convinced one of DD's eyes turned in more than the other when she was younger - I was told that is was a bit of an optical illusion as she had quite a wide bridge in her nose and it would correct itself as her nose grew out. If I remember how the HV explained it - you need to look at the position of the pupils in photos rather than the edges/iris. If the pupils are at roughtly the same position it's not a true squint etc. DD is almost 4 and probably fixed itself by the time she was 1yr. Definitely worth getting it checked out by your HV or GP though

‘ie’ not ‘is’, sorry

@OlaEliza elaborate please. Why is using the word '"super' unreasonable, why do people on this site pick on lingo? If thats the only reason im being unreasonable to you, theres absolutely no need to comment.

@LucyAutumn @Marellaspirit sounds veru similar, ive been lookjng up on eye doctor websites and proper squint diagnosis and how they look at it properly, i took a good photo with flash on and they line up near on perfect and think its just the skin folds. Im gojng tk make an appointment after all this is over as i now dont think its anuthing to worry about too much see pic attached

@Talcott2007 sounds identical to my situation! Now ive taken a photo with flash the light lines up! Thank you!

@Alocasia thank you ive attached a better picture! I dont think its a real squint now after my research into it a bit more! Will still get it checked but think ill wait til all this CV has blown over x