Hi, I'm completely new to posting on the web, but am so glad to have found Im not the only 'mom detective' out there'!! My son has had the same tic since he was 4 months old. He is now 4.5 years old. At first we thought it was his reaction to overstimulization/excitement since then he wasn't even talking yet and would do 'his thing' which is very hard to describe, but here goes: mouth open, hands outstretched to his sides making 'milkmaid' gestures (my pediatrician gave me that name). As he grew, he added jumping to that tic. It is not TS, per drs., just 'a tic' that he may or may not grow out of. For the record, he spoke in sentences by 8 months, abc's recited in full by 10 months, can read a little now, is very happy, goes to preschool, has friends and is a kind boy. No ocd's, loves dinosaurs and can name most of them, but not in the ocd way. He is aware of his tic, and has told me he feels 'relief' afterwards. I have explained to family and friends to accept that as part of who he is, and to not bring attn. to it. He will already answer certain people that give him 'looks' when he does it and say things like..,." Im just so excited that I can't control myself!" It breaks my heart when we are out at say Target and he sees something new and exciting to him and he 'stims' as I call it (since I used to work with autistic children and this is a commonly used term in that field), and people sometimes will stare. Im overly sensitive to that anyway, since I did teach autistic adults prior to becoming a stay at home mom, and we dealt with that on outings all the time. I do think he may have some add, or just ignores me when I want him to 'clean up'. Selective hearing there maybe! lol My questions are many----I do think that certain things other than external stimuli bring it on, and have seen it increase when he is over-tired, after junkfood, and oj. (the season changes discussions (pollen) I found to be quite interesting since I think I've seen him do it more as of late) He is otherwise healthy, growing fine, 50% for height and weight since birth. He was a major spitter upper as a baby, but he was always gaining weight fine, so the dr. said he would grow out of it, and by 10 months, he did. I would like to know about the elimination diets, the natural remedies that any of you have had success with, etc. Im sorry this is sooo long, but, I have never talked to anyone besides everyone that tells me there's nothing I can do about it, which is irritating. He is a fussy eater, but has normal bowels. Any advice or input or comments would be appreciated!!!!!!!! thanks.
