[DaVinci]

Hi there,

My wife has become concerned recently that our LO may be showing signs of Epilepsy. He is a week short of 5 months old.
Recently he has begun tapping with his left hand and his entire arm - like you would tap on a seat next to you to motion someone to sit down. He doesn't do this all the time but quite frequently and at different times - ie sat in his car seat, sat on my knee, in the bath etc
Another symptom is sometimes when he is feeding (either BF by his mum or a bottle from me), he sort of shakes his head in small motions side to side, and a little up and down. Only lasts for a few seconds but it is a bit scary seeing him do it as it does look like the beginnings of a minor fit - however it always seems to pass in 5-10 seconds.

Has anyone seen these sort of behaviours/symptoms before? Is it something to worry about? We're taking him to the docotrs next about it anyway but just wondered if anyone had experienced this with their LOs before?

[DevonMum]

Hi there,

My wife has become concerned recently that our LO may be showing signs of Epilepsy. He is a week short of 5 months old.
Recently he has begun tapping with his left hand and his entire arm - like you would tap on a seat next to you to motion someone to sit down. He doesn't do this all the time but quite frequently and at different times - ie sat in his car seat, sat on my knee, in the bath etc
Another symptom is sometimes when he is feeding (either BF by his mum or a bottle from me), he sort of shakes his head in small motions side to side, and a little up and down. Only lasts for a few seconds but it is a bit scary seeing him do it as it does look like the beginnings of a minor fit - however it always seems to pass in 5-10 seconds.

Has anyone seen these sort of behaviours/symptoms before? Is it something to worry about? We're taking him to the docotrs next about it anyway but just wondered if anyone had experienced this with their LOs before?