Child Side Glancing

[mummyonboard2020]

Hi,

3 year old side glances, when watching tv sometimes. If she is like running away from me and then I call and she looks back at me. When she is concentrating on a conversation. I noticed she did when she was a baby but we thought I t was a habit. I feel like I catch myself doing it sometimes. Any experience in this. I have booked a dr appointment just to see what’s going on. There are not other development delays.

Thank you

No advice but I do this and always have. I only ever watch TV from the side and if I'm looking at people in a play or show, I do the same. I've trained myself to look at people in conversation so I don't look rude. No idea why I do it, it's just comfortable and feels natural. Over the years some people have noticed, but it's never been an issue / caused any problems - I'm in my 40s now.

My older brother does it, always has. He’s very smart (we’re both engineers) and an elite athlete. Like @Cakeandslippers, he trained himself to do it less as an adult. I hope this helps you not to stress too much, @mummyonboard2020.

Oh thank you that does help relieve the stress a little :)

Yes I I feel like I do it too. But I think because a kid looks cute doing it we are picking up on it a lot. Thank you

My daughter does this and has since a very young age. She had hearing and visual tests as a toddler as a result. She does have a slight astigmatism but otherwise perfect vision as a teen.

I wish I’d taken her to a cranial osteopath as a child as I now suspect she had neck tension from birth, but I have never had feedback on that theory from anyone with medical training. You might try a cranial osteopath to see if she is carrying neck or cranial tension.

My DD does this and is Autistic I was told it’s probably because she’s checking on how to react appropriately to whatever is on screen.

That’s interesting as I do notice my little one favours one side, did your daughters get better over time. Thank you

No, I’d say the habit is ingrained now and she always watches TV from the side of her eye, and apparently often does the same in the classroom.

She has a very slight asymmetry to her eye shape which I suspect is from the same issue - neck tension/favouring one side/astigmatism.

She saw a cranial osteopath aged about eight but obviously she’d done a lot of her growing by then!

It can be a trait of autism but it would depend if your child is showing any other signs that are of a concern. Always worth getting checked so sounds like your doing the right thing