3 yr old - balance problems?

[mattttt25]

i have a healthy, active 3 yr old girl (will be 3 on nov 26th). this weekend, we were tailgating before a football game and she was sitting in the bed of my truck. i leaned over to kiss her, she moves, and tumbles off. it was nasty looking fall (i would have broken my neck), but being a kid, she was perfectly fine after a few kisses. on sunday morning, we went to breakfast and she was sitting in a regular chair (which she has done for almost a year now). out of nowhere, she falls off. again, she's fine after a little comforting. yeasterday afternoon, we are outside picking up leaves, and she falls over twice while leaning over to pick up the leaves.<br /><br />something up with this, or just a coincidence? do children this age go through a balance issue? or should i be looking for something? all i can think of is possible ear infection, which is throwing her balance off. she seems perfectly healthy, i just seemed to notice all these events this weekend and it has me a little concerned.<br /><br />thanks-

 

[Pogo123]

Re: 3 yr old - balance problems?

Personally, I would have her checked. <br /><br />It could be just an inner ear upset/reset issue, but then again . . .

 

[one more cast]

Re: 3 yr old - balance problems?

Maybe she has an ear infection. Is she dizzy?

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: 3 yr old - balance problems?

Go to doctor! Get a look now.

 

[ndemge]

Re: 3 yr old - balance problems?

Yup, get it checked out, never know.<br /><br />Either somehting is causing her to go off balance, like an ear infection starting, or.... Is she one of my kids that I don't know about? Cause sounds a lot like most of my days.

 

[LadyFish]

Re: 3 yr old - balance problems?

Inner ear infection would be my guess. Toddlers get them all the time.<br /><br />You might want to take her to the docs for some ear drops and to be sure this is the problem.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: 3 yr old - balance problems?

Yes, get her checked out. One of my grandsons just went thru this.<br />He would get up from the couch and take a couple steps and hit the floor.<br />He had an inner ear infection.<br />They put some drops in his ears and gave him some antibiotics and he was fine in a week or so.

 

[Haut Medoc]

Re: 3 yr old - balance problems?

Get her checked......It does sound like inner ear infection.....More common than you would think....JK

 

[PW2]

Re: 3 yr old - balance problems?

Many times kids have an underdeveloped tube between the inner ear and the outer ear that requires plastic tubes be inserted...These days it is not a huge deal, but get it checked out with a pediatric ENT specialist.<br /><br />In my experience, a GP may or may not discover the problem, but an ENT specialist knows exactly what to look for. Of course not sure if it applies to your kid, but my youngest had them, and it made a world of difference for her.<br /><br />Good luck.

 

[NMplayer]

Re: 3 yr old - balance problems?

PW is right on . I deal with kids on a daily basis. You want an ENT

 

[tommays]

Re: 3 yr old - balance problems?

i would go to the doctor<br /><br />but my son had problems at that age that were so bad he could not even balance well enough to ride a bike till he was 7 <br /><br /> at 21 you would never no he was a sickley kid who was in the hospital with breathing problems at the drop of a hat <br /><br />now he boxes in collage and is the picture of good health <br /><br />and my daughter had so many ear drains put in i lost count but she grew out of it also and is in perfect health at 18<br /><br />tommays

 

[mattttt25]

Re: 3 yr old - balance problems?

thanks all. we'll get her to the doc.

 

[theriver]

Re: 3 yr old - balance problems?

hope its just minor, but please let us know how things work out.<br />take care.