My middle daughter (5 years old, in Year 1) has recently developed what I think must be tics - one is sort of jerking her head to the side, the other is a grunting / growling noise in her throat. They are not constant, but more like she gets stuck on them and does it repeatedly for a short period of time.
I read up on it a bit and I wonder if it's been triggered by tiredness or exhaustion. It's that point in the school year, my youngest is a terrible sleeper and tends to disturb us all during the night. I don't think I've had more than 3-4 hours sleep in a night for weeks, so I can certainly identify with feeling knackered!
School also mentioned it, but when I mentioned to her teacher that I've made a GP appointment she acted really disapproving and said they wouldn't recommend that at all, I could make her self-conscious and it's a short-term thing which isn't causing her issues. Now I feel like I'm being super angsty and over-protective, but am I really being unreasonable by taking her to the doctor? I have done some reading and I know it could be nothing, but from my understanding it could also have specific causes.