Repetitive sideways glancing in 19 month old

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About a month ago my 19 month old son started to look at things from the corners of his eyes. He does it while still and also while walking. I took him to the gp who said it is probably nothing but take him to an optician for a visual aquity test. I did this and the optician confirmed his eye sight is fine.

He is still doing this sideways glancing and it can be repetitive where he just can't seem to stop- he will look at an object over and over again. To try and describe it better he is basically looking at an object and then turns his head away from the object but continues to look at it from the corner of his eyes.

I am going to take him back to the gp as it just does not seem normal to me. I have not seen another toddler do it and other mothers have commented on it as they have never seen this sort of behaviour. I was wondering if there are any other mums out there who have seen this sort of thing before and could shed more light on it?

Ask to be referred to a paediatric ophthalmologist. They are best qualified to see if anything is wrong, not an optician. If your GP wont refer you you can always pay to go privately or perhaps just go to your nearest eye hosp, they should have a paediatric unit. You are right to want to get to the bottom of it.

thanks for the advice, I think a paediatric optamologist is an excellent idea and will talk to the gp about it.

Hi, I noticed you post is quite old now and was wondering what the outcome was. I'm currently having the exact same issues with my 26 month old son who also has significant speech delay. We are passed ourselves with worry. I've only ever heard of one other little one doing this which is a friends son and he just grew out of it. Xx

Both my sons have done this and I'm sure it's been a tic as they have had other tics like blinking a lot, throat clearing etc. Best to get it checked if you're worried but if it is a tic it's best to try to completely ignore it and it will probably go away in a month or two. Although it's very difficult, drawing attention to it can make it worse.

Thank you pj67 that is what were hoping. My little one has done this since before Christmas and ignoring it hasn't seemed to have work, we are now just distracting him from it. Weve had a referral to a pediatrician and some other professionals due. to this quirk, speech delay and lack of understanding. It's a very worrying time, I'm just praying it's nothing more than delays and a quirk