Excessive blinking in 18 month old

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My 18 month old has been blinking excessively this evening, she has had periods before where she’s done it and it’s stopped but tonight it’s carried on.
For context she was suspected to have epilepsy but it’s been fully ruled out and we have been discharged from neurology.
shes completely with it when it happens, she can be walking around, playing and chatting whilst its happening.
Ive read online it can be a tick or eye issues which I will get her eyes looked at for.
has anyone else experienced this?

Both my kids did the same thing around that age. Was just a phase in the end-I guess testing and exploring their bodily functions! Put a reminder in your phone-if she’s still doing it in 6 weeks, take her to the doctor.

Thank you that’s reassuring, omg tonight it’s been constant it’s really worried me!
I am going to ask the HV about what to do and if she needs any eye tests
thank you x

Obviously listen to your instincts and if there are other issues definitely take her sooner. My kids did not have any neurological problems, so I don’t know anything about that.

I just remember really being concerned when my first kid did it and the nanny said it was just her testing what her eyes can do. I recall the nanny laughing when the next kid did it-like “told you so!” 😅 IDK kids do weird, freaky things sometimes and it’s so hard to sort out what’s an issue and what is your own anxiety.

Sounds like a tic - all three of mine had various tics throughout childhood- my eldest’s were severe enough for a diagnosis of Tourette’s. They all grew out of them during puberty although ds1’s morphed into OCD. Tics are completely involuntary so it’s nothing to do with testing and exploring bodily functions. The worst thing to do is draw any attention to them as that tends to make them worse. All three had phases of tic-ing quite a lot in class and their classmates were fine - none of the other children ever said a word although I did have to ask a couple of teachers to ignore some of the verbal tics.

She basically had arm spasms when she was under 1, she’s had so many eegs etc and been under neurology and just came down to being nothing, like a tic! Hoping it’s the same for this. She’s also an allergy girlie so I’m maybe thinking it could be allergy related. I’m not panicking just yet x

Yeah best advice I got on handling all things mom-anxiety related was choose a date in the future, check in on the issue at that time, and try and forget about it in the meantime. She could absolutely have itchy, tired or dry eyes.

Ds1 started with arm spasms too when he was a toddler - the two things combined strongly suggest tic disorder. Try not to worry - loads of kids have them and they’re very rarely a problem. But do listen to a neurologist rather than someone else’s nanny ..

I’ve just read the letter and she’s actually not discharged fully from neurology until August, I will pop the PA an email and ask her opinion if they want to see her again just to cover all bases, they may just recommend an eye test or something x