needhealing777
05-15-2005, 10:57 PM
My granddaughter seems to breathe rapidly most of the time..does this seem normal? I don't remember my kids doing this, in fact,their breathing was so shallow I always had to check to see if they were breathing..
ALSO: she seems to have a lump on one side of top of head going down to a little past the middle towards forehead and we do not remember this being like this since birth. Is this something we should be concerned about?
siren1024
05-16-2005, 10:53 AM
My son had both of these things. He still has the little lumps on his head. The ped. said his were harmless and they have to do with the way the skull plates grow together and the way the baby likes to lay his or her head. I'd mention it to the doc next time just to be sure though. But once they have hair, you don't notice them anymore.
Also, the nursery ladies at my church also always mentioned the rapid breathing when he was a newborn. I think he outgrew it after 2 or 3 months. My DD doesn't do this. I asked the doctor about it who said as long as he didn't seem to be struggling for breath (you'd be able to see retractions below the ribs if he was) not to worry about it. I still did, because my DH has a family history of severe asthma. My son ended up with RAD, or Reactionary Airway Disease (also known as baby asthma) where the airways are much more sensitive than normal. This led to Cough Variant Asthma. He never wheezed, but he would cough until he threw up or turned a little blue. He only did this when he had a virus or his allergies were acting up. (it started around 8 or 10 months) I was told this is common in children with a family history of asthma. The good news is, children with RAD outgrow it by 5 a majority of the time and my son is nearly 2 and hasn't had any symptoms in 6 months or more. He still has some nasal allergies, but nothing bad. Whether or not this has anything to do with the rapid breathing as a newborn, I don't know. But I really think it's not a coincidence. My son was also delivered at 37 weeks, and may have had some minor lung immaturity. Wasn't your grandaughter a little early?
Of course, once again, mention it to the doc, but that was my experience and the first things I thought of when I read your post.
