Baby Tremors?

you should email my friend gayla i think she had something like that... ____@____.com just tell her L. said to email you.... shes a friend of mine

i just saw everyones response... that is why i DID NOT give my baby any shots........makes me sick to see all of this happening to all these babies
everyone can email gayla...

My son had this when he was an infant. I will never forget his first seizure on Halloween night when he was 3 months old. I took him to his ped. and they explained he had infantile seizures. The trick for us was figuring out what caused the seizures. I had also developed a seizure disorder as a young child and I understand how they work. Mine are caused by trama to my head and his was inherited from his fathers side. After watching him closely I figured out his was caused by stress/hungry. If he cried for a bottle or had to wait for a bottle when he was hungry, he would go into seizures. The first year was hard but I learned to time his feedings to where he never cried or waited for a bottle. I also had to stay home with him to insure he never waited on the a feeding time. In fact I never allowed him to get stressed to where he needed to cry. I know people say to allowing your baby to cry is a good thing but my son never became spoiled by not being allowed to cry. Plus he outgrew his seizures by the time he was about 9/10 months old. He is now a very healthy little boy! Seizures can be triggered by ANYTHING. Some people know when seizures about to happen and some don't. Everyone is different but most triggers are common ones. Ask a doctor about things you can look for. Feel free to ask me anything as well. Good Luck!

Get it checked out. One thing that these ticks are an early symptom of is tourrette (sp?) syndrome. Believe it or not, it's something that can be controlled early on with therapy. A friend of mine had the same thing happen to their newborn and after many tests, they determined there was nothing wrong, but will be checked up on regularly as he grows. Good luck.

OMGosh! My daughter who now is 2 would do that when I would nurse her. I had not idea what was going on with her. I never even asked the doctor because she did not do it that often and never had any sort of side effects. I really don't what causes it, but I guess maybe some kids just do that. If he does it everytime he drinks a bottle I would go see the neurologist just to make sure everything is o.k., but my daughter grew out of it by the time she was crawling around 7 montths. Good Luck!

I noticed my daughter started doing that around nine months. After carefully observing her I noticed that she was having ticks...her head would shake usually to the Right and she would also shrug her shoulders. She has been to a Neurologist and they check for sezures...thank god she doesnt have them. She had a MRI and EEG done...both came back clear.

Diagnosis...Ticks.

I would go to a Neurologist just to make sure that everything is okay. Just to ease your mind...

Hi! My daughter just had a fibrile seizure in October. She's 16 months and we just went to the neuologist for the first time this morning. She had an EEG and everything was normal. These particular seizures are usually triggered by a high fever. When she had this I was due in 2 weeks with baby #2 and it was the scariest thing ever. The doc told me not to hold her down when she convulsed and to put her in room temp water. Now, my new baby is 5 weeks old and when he takes his bottle he clinches his fist and very consistantly thrusts his arms up and down. The doc said since he has a fam history of seizures it's likely he will have them too. I don't know if what he is doing is an actual seizure, but look into your fam history and see if there's any possibility there. I'm not so sure that it's not just a baby thing since they really can't control there muscles yet. Let me know if you find out anything. Good luck

I am an Occupational Therapist, and I would definitely recommend getting it checked out. I see that the other responses you've gotten say it could be seizures....which may be, BUT it could also be other things, too, so try not to be alarmed until you get it figured out. Sometimes shaking like that can be due to muscle weakness. And, shaking/tremors could also happen if he is having trouble coordinating sucking from the bottle....a lot of "extra" movements can happen as he is trying to coordinate the key movements in his mouth. Also, he may be having some immature visual responses (the eyes are the last to fully develop in a baby), and they may be triggering the movements. I think the fact that the movements stops when the bottle is removed is a really important element of what is going on. Be sure to mention that to your neurologist.....make sure he is looking at EVERYTHING it COULD be...not just looking for seizures. Good Luck!

My (now 2 1/2-year-old) son went thru the same thing, and still does it on occasion. He has other developmental issues, so we are seeing a neurologist. I highly recommend getting an appt with one.

If you are in the North Dallas/Plano area, I recommend Dallas Pediatric Neurology Associates at Medical City Dallas. (They are in Bldg A, Ste 307. Phone # is ###-###-####) We took our son to Tx Child Neurology in August, took a MONTH to get his tests scheduled, finally got them done in September, and here it is almost December, and I STILL do NOT have the results!!!! The dr we saw there even asked me "where" did we have the tests done, when we went back for his follow-up, after the visit and not mentioning the results!! (They were the ones who scheduled the darn tests!)

OK....off that soapbox now....A friend of ours at church has a baby boy who was doing the same thing, at about 7 months...They did the testing, and everything came out "normal" for her baby, but they still watch him carefully for similar symptoms.

Email me privately at ____@____.com, if you need more info on the doctors we are seeing. I'll be glad to share!

Hope everything turns out ok!

~J.~
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