Visible Veins in head and chest

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My DS is 16 months old and I am currently waiting for an appointment from my health visitor as I have questions related to his slow development (not walking yet, still very wobbly and talking, only saying mama). Also, he has been head banging before he goes to sleep on a night, during the night and just started when he has a tantrum.

This evening, when DH was bathing and dressing him for bed, he noticed that the veins in his head which have always been a little visible are now really prominent and the veins in his chest have become really visible too. Is this normal??

Obviously, I will bring this up at my appointment but I don't know when that will be yet.

TIA

For what it's worth, my DD is the same age (actually, a few weeks older) and not walking yet and loves to head bang. If I were worried though about development I would do exactly what you do and make an appt to see a HV- sounds v. sensible.

On the veins, if you are worried go and see your GP- MNetters probably won't be able to diagnose it for you TBH and would need to see your DS in RL. Many adults have veins which stick out- my DH's are very prominent, for example. I wonder if it was because your DS was hot after his bath?- wonder if it will look the same in the morning?

Sending reassuring vibes- it's horrible to worry about everything.

They were not so bad this morning. His veins are always a little visible but he doesn't have a lot of weight on him so I always assumed that was why you could see them more. They are back to normal now but last night they looked like a map, especially on his chest.

re the veins thing ,im sure its nothing my ds is 2.9 and has a very visable heart shaped vein on his neck and has got more visable as he has got older ,its so cute
my dd had a big blue vein going across the top of her nose that would get bluer if she cried

my brother has very visable viens on his chest and legs! what are they and what should i do about it?