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jteach
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Jess
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Toddler Blinking Eyes Often
My dd is 18m. I have noticed in the past 2 weeks that she has been blinking, almost squinting hard, very often. Not sure what this could be. I was thinking allergies or vision problems. I googled it and saw a bunch of stuff about tics. Just wondering if anyones toddler went through this and what the outcome was. She is not doing it constantly by I am noticing it.
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Posted 6/7/12 9:03 AM  |
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Ian&EmmesMommy23
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Diana
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Re: Toddler Blinking Eyes Often
my DS wears glasses because hes farsighted. so my first reaction would be to take her to a pediatric eye doctor to rule out any eye issues. the earlier caught the better.
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| Posted 6/7/12 12:41 PM |
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bpmom
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Re: Toddler Blinking Eyes Often
Both of my older DS's did this about that age and I also thought there was a problem with allergies or eyesight so I talked to my ped about it. Turned out they were doing it for attention because I made a big deal out of it everytime I saw them do it.
Once I ignored the squinting/blinking, it stopped.
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| Posted 6/7/12 2:49 PM |
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bettybcafe
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Re: Toddler Blinking Eyes Often
I use to do that a lot during my elementery years...dont know why though. I do wear glasses but have nothing incredible wrong with my eyes. I still do it even as an adult. I think sometimes its just a nervous tic kind of thing because its not constant..just once in a while.
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| Posted 6/7/12 3:29 PM |
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jdbaby
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Re: Toddler Blinking Eyes Often
I would rule out a vision problem.
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| Posted 6/7/12 3:48 PM |
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lululu
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Re: Toddler Blinking Eyes Often
My son did it when he was about 2.5 and I read that it was common and to just ignore it. He stopped doing it after a few months.
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| Posted 6/7/12 6:57 PM |
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ny55angel
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Re: Toddler Blinking Eyes Often
It might be a stage, she's realizing she can voluntarily blink. But, if it continues for more then a week or two I would make an appointment for an eye exam with an opthamologist (an actual eye doctor) as opposed to an optomotrist who does not do a complete medical eye exam (the people usually working in the glasses places like wise eyes, Davis vision, Cohen's, etc).
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| Posted 6/7/12 7:37 PM |
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Alexmama16
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Re: Toddler Blinking Eyes Often
I wouldn't be too concerned especially at that age. I would rule out vision issues first as the previous posters mentioned. Have you noticed this only while speaking? Im a speech pathologist and I immediately think of possible precurser to stuttering. Very rare but something to keep in the back of your mind.
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| Posted 6/8/12 6:21 AM |
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