Dad with a serious dilemma here. need advice. my wife took my 5 month old son to the doctor today for his?

checkup. the doctor told her that my sons head size changed from the 40th percentile to the 70th percentile in a matter of months and that he started at the 25th percentile.


the doctor also said one of his eyes is a shade larger than the other.





the doctor said to schedule an appointment with the eye doctor.


in addition, they need to schedule an appointment for an mri for his head. my wife was pretty upset about it but seems to have calmed down.


she said she is more worried about the eye and thought maybe his head growing big might not mean anything.





i googled infant rapid head growth and found several articles that there is a link to autism with that like this one


http://www.nbc11.com/health/2334372/detail.html





i am freaking out myself. i am assuming the doctor didnt mention this to my wife since she didnt say anything about it.


should i mention this to my wife before she finds this out for herself? would other mothers want their husband to tell them this and worry more?Dad with a serious dilemma here. need advice. my wife took my 5 month old son to the doctor today for his?
tell her!it is her right as a mother!and say her that she is worry this feeling is send to her child, so it's best to remain calm!Dad with a serious dilemma here. need advice. my wife took my 5 month old son to the doctor today for his?
so your son may have a medical condition...is it going to cause you to love him any less?





Yes it could be autism, a very mild case that can have no affect on his life if dealt with early...or it could be one of many many other things...





doctor's don't casually mention potential conditions because the things your pediatrician found can be attributed to far too many things...further tests are needed.





do yourself a favor, stay off the internet and playing doctor until the doctors find out what the problem is...THEN go online and research how to deal with it.
well, i dont have any kids of my own and if i did, i probably would want to know. that doesn't mean though that she should know. if that's the case, God forbid, shell find out soon enough. just pray and have faith that its nothing. good luck
Rapid head growth could be caused by numerous things. Telling you wife about your findings will only scare her needlessly. Wait for the test result then deal with what you have to deal with.





Best of luck.
Call back to the doctor's office and try to get ahold of him. You can often leave a message and he will call you back. Tell him that you and the wife are very concerned about results from your son's visit today and you'd like to talk to him about it on the phone if possible - just to clarify some things.





Good luck! :)
I would say that educating yourself including your spouse is the best thing to do. If you go into your doctor and say I have done research on this and found these things could it be this, there are many times that you can find something the doctor may not have thought of. They do appreciate those who are proactive not reactive. Also it could be a tumor in the child's head. With the appearance of the eye getting bigger this could be a tumor pushing the eye out of the socket or merely just one growing faster than the other. A Family member of mine had their eye pop out of the eye socket from a growing Brain Tumor. Keep yourself open to most possibilities but there is no need to scare yourself. Be prepared. Checkout the link below if you have not been there already. This is one of the best sites out there for medical advice.
I would go ahead and tell your wife. I mean its stressful and it hurts everyone wants there child to be healthy but i think if thats the case it would come easier if it came from you than a doctor. if the doctor does confirm it; it will be easier on her. Good Luck.
Talk to the doctor first. Don't upset her if it's not a possiblilty. Talk to the doctor, call him ask the risks. If it looks like he thinks it could be then talk to your wife, but dont jump on it to her till you know for sure.
Look in the mirror - everyone has one eye slightly larger than the other.





I don't know about rapid head growth, but I do know that the really simple test they've come up with for autism is name recognition. Very simply, if your kid's name is Joey call ';Joey'; at him. If he looks up at his name he's fine. If he ignores it even after a few calls, then you can worry.





I don't think the doctor is thinking autism either - I'm pretty sure MRIs don't show that. Try to calm down - your child isn't in pain and his life is not in immanent danger. MRIs can be very comforting. I had an MRI of my head once and it's really nice to look at it and KNOW that the problem isn't there because you can see so much detail you know there's nowhere for the problem to hide.





Good luck to you and your family
Better safe than sorry, if you tell her now and are prepared more to comfort her and get her through this then it would be best to do it now. Then for her to find out on her own.
I am trying to put myself in your wife's position and think that the doctor has told her enough in the circumstances before any complete diagnosis is known. The doc will not know this until all avenues have been explored and would not like to panic your wife putting ideas into her head about things that might not be. She will be distraught if you tell her what you have seen on the net and I don't think you should mention it. Just carry on treating your baby as you alwlays have, and give your wife as much help and support as you can. Go with them to all the specialist appointments and make sure you understand what is said. Once a definite diagnosis is made, then you can plan together what you will do, but please be sure that there is so much that can be done and will be done for your son. Stay positive for all three of you.