Wandering eye/Paed recommendation...Melb....

Warning - a million questions coming up!

Just in the last few days I've really noticed one of Isabelles eyes seems to stray inwards at times. I looked back on a bunch of photos too and it doesnt happen all the time - just sometimes. Ive been staring at it all day today too and its stressing me out. I was going to have the MCHN check it at our next appointment but that isnt for 2 weeks yet. I looked in lots of photos that ive taken since she was born too and Ive noticed it in some but not all of the photos. You can kind of see it in my current ticker.
Is this normal at this age and is it possible that she will grow out of it? Has anyone elses bubby had this and should I be worried? How do they treat it?Should I go to the GP? Do I need a referral for a paediatrician?
Any recommendations for a great paed in eastern suburbs of Melbourne?
20 questions sorry and thanks in advance from the paranoid/stressed mummy.:(

:hug: Sorry i don't know the answers to all of your questions, but if you are worried you should talk to your GP. You do need a referal to see a specialist. If you need to see a specialist, my friends little girl has an eye prob and she sees a doc at the RCH, who is apparently very good. I think he is a paediatric opthamologist.
Her little one has a different prob though, she has one lazy eyelid.
Sorry i can't be more specific. Good luck, i hope it is nothing and just her trying to work out how hers eyes work and focus. x

A lot of babies may look like they have a lazy or turned eye, but most of the time it is due to something called 'epicanthal folds' which is basically the skin at the inner corners of the eyelids folded in a certain way - it becomes less noticeable with time. If you feel Izzy does have a turned/wandering eye then yes, definitely have a chat with your MHCN about it. The paediatric ophthalmologist Ange may be referring to is James Elder (he's great) who's at the Royal Childrens Hospital. Another great ophthal is Lionel Kowal who is well renowned in our circles for treatment of lazy eyes.

At this stage, try not to stress...if there is a problem, there is plenty of time to have it looked at and treated (years in fact!) *hugs*

Also - it can take a few months ive heard for bubs to gain fall muscle control of their eyes

Hi - my daughter (now 2yrs) was born with a congenital ptosis (drooping eye lid) - it was quite noticeable when she was a baby, particularly when she became tired - appearing like one eye opened wider than the other, but now has almost completely resolved and I cannot notice it at all. The MCHN thought it resembled lazy eye and the paed ruled out lazy eye but thought that one eye could be working a little harder than the other and we were told that at worst she may one day need glasses to help the weaker eye - he wasn't sure though and referred us to a specialist. Emily was checked by two eye specialists who weren't concerned and felt there was no need for any follow-up. We were told by the eye specialists that as she grew and the muscles developed it would go, and that seems to be what has happened. The specialists we saw were based in Box Hill and I just tried to check the yellow pages to see the name of the business and I THINK it was Dr David Ehrlich.

Tan

I notice the same thing with my bubs eye sometimes (in fact she's looking at me right now and I can see it!). My CHN says it is just something we will watch, but like the other girls have said it can take a while for them to gain full control of their eye muscles so I'm not worried. We will just wait and see. I think there could be much worse conditions to have really!
Funny thing is, my paed. hasn't ever noticed it at our consults and I always forget to mention it to him!

Izzy is beautiful!

My DP had to have surgery to correct a squint as a baby (when conservative methods such as patching the "good" eye failed) and he had, from birth, an obvious and consistent inability to move his eyes together. He NEVER looked straight, as his left eye had such short muscles on one side and such weak ones on the other it couldn't straighten up. It was always looking at his nose.

As such i'd say your DD is fairly normal - we called our DD "the boss-eyed wonderchild" until she was about 12 weeks as she'd still occasionally lose it and end up staring at her nose until her eyes got stronger.

If you're concerned by all means mention it to your GP or MCHN, but i wouldn't panic just yet.

HTH

Bx

I love belly belly! Thank you thank you thank you ladies! Im feeling much more reassured and I guess we will wait and see and I will try not to worry too much. My MCHN appointment is on the 20th so will see what she says then. I know there are many more things that could be wrong but I still tend to stress!

Thanks Lee!! Funny thing is a few times Ive scrolled through pages and seen your picture of Laila (who is two days older than Izzy BTW!!) and I thought it was Izzy!! Hee hee!

Hi Tan,
At Natalie's last checkup, the MCHN noticed that when she shines a light in between Natty's eyes the reflection isn't even. Aparently that's something to get checked out further.
We are seeing an eye-lady (I don't know what her qualifications are!) in mid-October, and the MCHN appt was back in June. LOL, it seems that eye muscle problems aren't necessarily something you need to see to *right now* IYKWIM.
It has been very reassuring for me to read this thread too! Thanks :)

I was born with a lazy eye/squint. Apparently it was never bad enough to fix though. I have never been able to look straight people always ask what im looking at when i am infact looking at them because it looks liek im looking over their shoulder lol. Also if i close one eye and then open it and close the other i have to adjust my sight other wise i go cross-eyed.

hi tan

Friends and family all used to comment on DS having a lazy eye, i asked the GP when he was only a few months old and he said his eye would be fine it just looked like it turned in because of the very wide bridge of his nose, he told us not to worry that he would grow out of it. Around his 1st birthday it started to look worse nd i was worried but now i don't even see it anymore, i will get the CHN to check it at the 18 month check, but i don't htink there is any worry there.

Don't stress just query your CHN on it when you go in 2 weeks time.