Please tell me this is normal

My daughter is almost 8 months and starts shaking her head back and fourth randomly we went to our pediatrician yesterday. She was just doing it at night before bed for a few seconds but very happy while doing it now she’ll do it periodically throughout the day, but they said she was just trying to self serve herself. I do know she has teeth coming out so I don’t know if that could be a reason please help
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My daughter did that too. She is 15 months now and still does it but her doctors also told us it was her self soothing herself

Hey mama! Looks normal me!! I have a 2.5 and 1.5 year old and they both went through a similar stage. My 1.5yo still does this sometimes though she’s growing out of it. When they get to be 6-9 months they level up with the amount of they’re able to move, and they start experimenting with their world in funny ways.

@Kestrel this truly makes me happy I’m a first time mom and and it just freaked me out a bit thank u

It is a way to self soothe, lots of babies do this…some adults do it too but it looks like tapping your fingers or singing the same 2 bars of a song or fidgeting with your keys. It doesn’t mean anything unless it’s severe.

@Bethany thank u so much

My daughter did this! She grew out of it. Doctor also told us she was soothing herself

normal. i worked with baby’s 6 months to a year and they all did this. idk what it is but it’s very normal behavior mama

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