blinking

My second grader has suddenly started blinking all the time. Both eyes at once. So he went to the pediatrician the other day, who said it was probably a nervous tic but prescribed some eye drops and said to take him to the opthamologist if it doesn't improve.

And it isn't.

So I guess I'll make an appointment for him, but in the meantime, it is extremely hard not to mention it to him because it's so distracting, but the pediatrician says that if it's a nervous habit, mentioning it will only make it worse.

I think I remember my little brother going through a blinking phase. And when Henry was about 4 -- right around the time his little sister was born -- he spent an entire year clearing his throat incessantly which at the time, I thought might make me insane.