7 Month Old with a "Chill"/"shiver"/"tick"

I have a friend who's niece is 4yrs old that has a tick. It is due to some sort of stress in her life. They ran an EEG and nothing neurological or physical problems. You will probably think that what can a 7mo or 4yr old have that would cause them to stress out. Is there anything that has changed lately that your daughter was use to or something on the lines of that. With the niece, she is upset that mom is now working a couple of times a week and she does not have mom picking her up from school. Hope this is a start.

My 2 1/2 year old niece shivers every time she pees. It has been going on for as long as I can remember.

My son did this too and we googled it. =) It turned out it is common and it goes away after awhile. It did with our son. If you notice any other unusual things, and it continues for a couple months, then I would talk to a doctor.

Hi M.!

Crazy that you posted this because I have been freaking out about my little guy too. He's 5 months old and does this too. I've noticed it a few times...before a bath, when he's hungry, excited, etc. I think it's his nervous system trying to take everything "in." I also googled it and found that it isn't that uncommon. There was a site that called it "infant shuddering." Like one of the other posts, I was terrified that he might be having seizures, but I don't see any other issues. But I do plan on mentioning it to the doctor in a couple of weeks at his next appointment!

Hope this helps!

ps...I am an SLP in the schools too w/ my first born! :)

My daughter also had the shivers or chills. The doctor said it was her going pee-pee. Hope that helps:)

Hi,
I have heard of babies or toddlers doing the "shiver" type thing while they are peeing in their diaper. Check her diaper when you notice it or keep a journal of when it's happening.

I notice it in my son sometimes too (he's 9 months). I wouldn't say it's frequent but it happens fairly regularly. I always assumed it he was peeing too. My mom said I did the same thing and my husband claims he still does!

M.,

You might want to get the 'shiver' on video and get to a pediatric neurologist. Is it recurring in clusters?, you mentioned it's becoming more frequent.

Of course, babies make all kinds of funny movements for various reasons and it's likely just that, but I have to share something with you ...

My 4 yr old daughter has a seizure disorder and at first I was the only one who could see it. The pediatrician - and even the ER doc wouldn't believe me because her 'episodes' are so very quick and she has no disorientation before or after, and.. at the time if you were not looking right at her for at least 15 minutes you would miss it (impossible during a typical Dr's appointment). She would have a little shiver and her head would drop for a fraction of a second and then she'd be fine again.

I Don't mean to frighten you, and it's probably not the case in your little one, but seizure disorders can be extremely varied - differ from person to person. We finally took a video of our daughter and after five visits to Doctors and ER, made our way to a pediatric neurologist who immediately acknowledged that these were, in fact, seizures after viewing the video. Her EEGs came back normal because it is occurring very deep in the brain. My little girli is seizure-free with just a small amount of medication and she's just like every other normal 4 yr old.

Don't give up - if the doctor brushes it off...you know when something isn't right and if it might possibly be seizures, there is potential for more serious seizures and this can cause brain damage if left unchecked.

I hope I didn't cause you more worry - trust your instincts!

W. :-)

P.S. There are only a couple of pediatric neurologists around here - we see Dr. Priti Singh she is based up in the burbs but has an office in Crest Hill where she sees patients twice / week (she is awesome) ###-###-####.

Hi, we actually just experienced this within the past few days and I took our little 10 month old to the doctor today. She has shivers about 10 times a day, and she is totally normal before and afterwards. They last about half a second and she continues to go on with her normal activity. It worries me than it worries her. The doctor said it's an underdeveloped nervous system and it'll last a few weeks and then be gone. I think if you're worried, absolutely talk to your doctor, that's what they are there for. One thing he mentioned is that as long as she's hitting her mile stones (babbling, crawling, clapping, etc) it's a great sign. And as long as the don't "shut down" for a moment or longer after the shiver, it's a good sign. I know how you feel though....it's concerning.