6-months old dd's left eye slightly smaller than the right one.

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It looks as if her left eye is more droopy, rather than the eye opening being smaller. Some times its more noticeable than others, at nights for example, when she's more tired, it is very obvious.

Have any of you come across this before, and if so, can anything be done about it? I haven't mentioned it to my gp yet but Im planning to book am appointment before Christmas.

Hi. I had dd 8 month check up last week and it was something that came up as dd used to have it when tired but recently gone. Hv said its extremely common in young babies esp when tired and that it will get better in time. She said only to worry if i noticed a squint

my dd had this very noticable when she was a baby and especially when tired.
she is 3 now and its 99% gone. Id say I could still see it until she was about 2, but others probably couldnt, it was only because i knew it was there.
We never took her to gp but could be worth doing if you are worried

We had same and had it checked at 1 year hv once over- wasnt concerned but referred us anyway and the ophthalmic nurse said it was just growth rates... Few months later she seems to be right all all balanced now!

If it is a minor squint (only really shows when she's tired) it can be easily fixed. I was born with one and remember wearing an eye patch for a while when at home to exercise the weak eye.

You'd never know now unless you looked really hard and I happened to be sleep deprived...

is it her eyelid that droops? The upper one?

You need a referral for this, if the droopy lid is covering part of the pupil, it can permanently affect her vision - deprivation amblyopia
It also could be that their is a problem with something behind the right eye, causing it to appear larger.
It is probably nothing, but you need a referral to an ophthalmologist.

My DS has this and was much more noticeable as a young baby. He is nearly 2 and only does it when he is very tired. I think it evens out eventually.

Great, thank you so much!its very reassuring to hear its likely to be a problem she'll grow out me. But as some of you have suggested, I'll take her to our gp too. Karolean, her eyelid doesn't cover her pupil so i don't think unlikely to affect her vision, but I'll ask the gp about that when i visit.

If it is the eyelid it's called ptosis. My son has it . It can be fixed if its covering the eye and affecting vision. We have seen a plastic surgeon and we are going to wait another year before we decide .

Why sometimes(when he wake-up's from sleep)my 3 month old baby boy left eye looks smaller than right eye?did it leads to squint?
Iwhen he was 1 month old my mom told regarding this ..I am worring so much about his eyes ..did it leads to any vision problem?