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Suggest Treatment For Anger Disorder And Seizure In A Child

I have a 4 yr old grandaughter who has to rock herself to sleep at night. This consists of the same pattern. She puts her left hand over her chest, tilts her head back and sometimes it looks like her eyes don,t close all the way she rolls her eyes. the rocking is very aggressive an can last from a couple of minutes to 15 mins, until she goes to sleep. The parens said they have checked with a dr and they should not be concerned. I am conserned because it looks more like a programmed seisure.
Wed, 24 Jun 2015
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The posture you are describing is typically body rocking. This is extremely common in children of age 6 months to 3 years. It is not uncommon to see children using body rocking as a means to soothe themselves and typically at bed time to fall asleep, as described in your description. The only worry could be that you have to make sure that the child does not hurt himself while doing body rocking. Only rarely it is associated with developmental anomalies like autism. So, be assured. Its definitely not a seizure as per your description.
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Suggest Treatment For Anger Disorder And Seizure In A Child

Thanks for query The posture you are describing is typically body rocking. This is extremely common in children of age 6 months to 3 years. It is not uncommon to see children using body rocking as a means to soothe themselves and typically at bed time to fall asleep, as described in your description. The only worry could be that you have to make sure that the child does not hurt himself while doing body rocking. Only rarely it is associated with developmental anomalies like autism. So, be assured. Its definitely not a seizure as per your description. Hope this helps.