It doesn't seem all that bad now if I'm honest.
I have an appointment with the Doctor tomorrow afternoon, just to check him over quickly. :)
My Mam and I figured out a pattern to it.... when he get's told off for doing something, when he knows he's being watched, and when he gets irritated or angry.. These are the times it is more prominent. Which, leads me to believe it is indeed, stress related.
Knowing that my Little Man is stressed is terrible, but at least it's nothing more serious.
However, this is still all speculation, and I'm certainly no expert. Confirmation tomorrow, hopefully. :)
Beth
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Childhood Tics
I've never even thought about what 'Childhood Tics' could mean until last night.
Little Man came home from school yesterday, and I noticed he was blinking excessively, it seemed like he was doing it every couple of minutes, and I've never noticed him doing anything of the sort before.
I asked him if his eyes were ok, and he told me they were 'cold in the corners'. I then went through all the standard questions with him... were they sore? Were they itchy? etc. etc. And despite being only four years old he's pretty sensible.
I left it at that, after being unable to determine what was wrong. And decided not to mention it again, but as the evening continued he continued to do it. :( Worrying me crazy. It was so much worse when he got up this morning, his head was twitching when he was blinking.
I spoke to his class Teaching Assistant today as well, and she said she'd noticed him doing it a fair bit yesterday. :'( But didn't bring it up to him. She also told me she would keep an eye on him for me.
I did what every Mammy should never do, and googled it... :o Tourettes, Tic Disorders, Neurological Problems, ADHD... you name it I got it... But I'm doing my best to be sensible and realistic, and I'm fairly certain it's nothing more serious than a 'Transient Tic Disorder', if it's even that.
Another Mother, posted that her son developed a tic when she was due to have another baby, and her GP put it down to stress.
This is a VERY probable cause of Little Man's tic.... I've had 2 days in hospital, which obviously worried him. Dot could potentially arrive any day now, which he realises is going to change his life. And his routine of seeing my parents is out the window.. which doesn't cause us a huge problem, but can make him feel very insecure. Plus he had a viral infection last week, and went back to school this week.
I am really hoping it goes away on it's own very soon... but if it gets any worse, I will be taking him to the Doctor. Just to get him checked out. A few weeks ago he started sniffing excessively, and this disappeared on it's own without us even noticing.
All day, I've been feeling completely and utterly devastated by it. My happy little boy is suffering from something I have no idea how to deal with. I feel like I've let him down. Like I've done something wrong.
I have discussed with J, about not mentioning the baby quite so much, and not winding him up.. as J has a habit of teasing him, by making a point of kissing me. And I think this could be having an effect on him.
I hope it's no worse when we pick him up. I'm dreading it actually, as I have a feeling it's going to be worse. :(
We are off up my Mum's for tea tonight, to hopefully give him some comfort.
Beth
Little Man came home from school yesterday, and I noticed he was blinking excessively, it seemed like he was doing it every couple of minutes, and I've never noticed him doing anything of the sort before.
I asked him if his eyes were ok, and he told me they were 'cold in the corners'. I then went through all the standard questions with him... were they sore? Were they itchy? etc. etc. And despite being only four years old he's pretty sensible.
I left it at that, after being unable to determine what was wrong. And decided not to mention it again, but as the evening continued he continued to do it. :( Worrying me crazy. It was so much worse when he got up this morning, his head was twitching when he was blinking.
I spoke to his class Teaching Assistant today as well, and she said she'd noticed him doing it a fair bit yesterday. :'( But didn't bring it up to him. She also told me she would keep an eye on him for me.
I did what every Mammy should never do, and googled it... :o Tourettes, Tic Disorders, Neurological Problems, ADHD... you name it I got it... But I'm doing my best to be sensible and realistic, and I'm fairly certain it's nothing more serious than a 'Transient Tic Disorder', if it's even that.
Another Mother, posted that her son developed a tic when she was due to have another baby, and her GP put it down to stress.
This is a VERY probable cause of Little Man's tic.... I've had 2 days in hospital, which obviously worried him. Dot could potentially arrive any day now, which he realises is going to change his life. And his routine of seeing my parents is out the window.. which doesn't cause us a huge problem, but can make him feel very insecure. Plus he had a viral infection last week, and went back to school this week.
I am really hoping it goes away on it's own very soon... but if it gets any worse, I will be taking him to the Doctor. Just to get him checked out. A few weeks ago he started sniffing excessively, and this disappeared on it's own without us even noticing.
All day, I've been feeling completely and utterly devastated by it. My happy little boy is suffering from something I have no idea how to deal with. I feel like I've let him down. Like I've done something wrong.
I have discussed with J, about not mentioning the baby quite so much, and not winding him up.. as J has a habit of teasing him, by making a point of kissing me. And I think this could be having an effect on him.
I hope it's no worse when we pick him up. I'm dreading it actually, as I have a feeling it's going to be worse. :(
We are off up my Mum's for tea tonight, to hopefully give him some comfort.
Beth
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