22 month toddler looking from corner of eyes very often during the day.

[aaigogu]

Hi,

My 22 month old son has been looking from corner of his eyes while walking since last 6 months and now he does it even while sitting. We took him to neurologist - he asked us a lot of qts and also evaluated/observed him closely during appointment and said everything seems perfectly fine with him but did mention that looking out from corner of the eyes is one of the symptom of autism and would like to see us in 6-8 months. I was wondering, if someone had similar experience and was their kid diagnosed with ASD or did he/she just grow out of it in few months and is doing perfectly fine now.
We have started giving him Nordic Fish oil since last 1 week. Hoping desperately that it helps him to stop looking from corner of his eyes.
We are also seeing OT next week. I pray to god everyday to make him stop doing it.

Has he had his eyes tested?

Have you tried using the MCHAT screener for ASD? It might give a bit of guidance :)

m-chat.org/en-us/page/take-m-chat-test/online

Yes. Pediatric Optometrist said every looks perfectly fine.

I took the MCHAT and that was fine too. Risk score is '0'

Wondering what else I could do to make him stop doing it

If the mchat score was zero and this is his only 'worrying' behaviour, I think you need to calm down. Children this age do things like this. When my DD was a similar age she would rock back and forth violently in her pram and high chair, it looked most alarming! She also went through a phase of doing funny things with her eyes - she was just experimenting. She is nearly five now and she is neurotypical.

Totally agree with previous poster that if he scores a 0 on the Mchat then I honestly wouldn’t worry at all. Toddlers do weird things! My 21 month old scores a 0 too yet he also sometimes tip toe walks and lines up his trains which Dr Google says are red flags. Except in this context they aren’t and the same with your son. Take care!

I used to do it and I'm not autistic AFAIK. I did it when I was concentrating hard (e.g. watching TV, which is why my parents initially wondered whether I could see alright). I didn't do it when I was walking though or doing things close up like drawing. But the harder I had to concentrate while looking at something in the distance like the blackboard, the further my head turned. This meant things got bad around the age 13, though I did grow out of it at around 14-15.
Apart from an unrelated eye disease that started I think at 19 (typical), I'm fine.

Thanks. I just hope & pray that he stops looking from corner of his eyes soon!!

@aaigogu any updates?

My son is 5 years old now and he is doing perfectly fine. He is in Sr kg. And no concerns at all whatsoever. Also he has stopped looking from corner of his eyes. We just had to be Lil patient.

So ur child is not autism? He is fine as u said he is now 5 years old my son is now 22 and he does it since 1 month im just wondering our doctors said same he is fine he has no autism but im waiting.

He just grew out of it. Now he doesn't do it at all. Just give him time

Thanks fors answer im happy to hear that ur son is fine God bless him.
How long did ur son this side looking and did u give him anything like omega fish oil?

OP said they administered Nordic fish oil

He did it on and off till age of 4 and after that he stopped it totally. No omega fish.

My son does it when he is hearing interesting things like music or animals sounds or when he is sleepy tired sometimes when he is watching trees im just a lil worried about autism did u visit ergotherapie or did u anything special do make him stop doing it. Thanks for fast answer

For my son it was just a phase on and off .... from my experience we couldn't do much .. he just got over it by himself. Just have to be patient.

Let me know and I will be happy to answer your qts.

Please @aaigogu help me my son does it same on and off he is now 28 months old how can i help my son we are worried too please

Hi,

My 18 month old boy has been doing the same since two three months.
he has no other traits of autism, however i catch him casually zoning out and side eyeing.. sometime whilst having food, standing m, sitting… he just randomly starts to side eye. I’m extremely worried.. I dont know what to do.

i would be grateful if someone could share their experiences.

many thanks

What was the reason what said doctors no autism thats means that normal toddler can does it too the side glancing ?

Did the Nordic fish oil help my toddler has been doing this for four months.I got his eyes checked nothing wrong.He also has been tested for autism which I was told he doesn't have.

Sensory processing disorder is the cause of the side glancing. Lots of kids have SPD, but they don’t have autism, I think the numbers are that 80% of spd kids just grow out of it.

Thanks alot whay can we do for Sensory processing disorder does thode kids need anythıng how can i hrlp my son ?