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Question about my daughter's behavior.?

My daughter is 3 now and she does this thing when she gets excited where she opens her mouth really wide and tenses up. Also accompanied by arms raised in like a tense bicep flex pose. She has done this since she was little. Does anyone know what is going on? I imagine that her body cannot process the stimulus that makes her excited and that's the way she handles it. We talked to her pediatrician about it and she doesn't think it has anything to do with Tourette's. But I wonder if anyone has seen or experienced this before and can shed some light on this behavior. Thanks

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  • I have 3 sons with various levels of autism, my youngest son does something similar when he gets frustrated where he bites his fist and either pounds on his head with the other fist or just swings the other arm around in an agitated fashion, I can't tell if your daughter has mild autism, but if she does, it's not unusual as boys are more likely to be born with the autism gene, but it's still rare, but it does occur with girls as well, just not as common.

    If she doesn't have any other "symptoms" other than what you described, then if she's meeting all the other benchmarks for "normal" development for a young girl. then as long as it doesn't interfere with her growth or progress developmental wise, I would just keep an eye on that behavior to make sure it doesn't become anything else more serious, like Cerebral Palsy.

    If she can't stop herself from doing this behavior you're describing, the best thing is to get her checked for C.P. as it often strikes young children, better to have it be a false alarm than to be caught off guard if it's something serious like C.P.

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  • Gordon
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    It may not be tourettes but it is likely some kind of neurological quirk.

    This could be something that you can help her with later in life by knowing what it is at a young age, so I think you should continue to ask questions until you have some credible answers. Wish I could give you a precise term but you should rely on qualified people rather than y/a

  • 7 years ago

    Oh kids can be funny, they do the strangest thing, yes my little boy did that or similar, but a year later he stopped and now doing an even different excited movement!

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    My litle cousin does the exact same thing and she is completly healthy. Its nothing to worry about believe me :)

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