I was right – schools are closed Tuesday AND Wednesday. I think they actually could’ve gone, well, if a dang snowplow ever came down our road, maybe with just a two hour delay tomorrow. But now the weather guys are saying the next storm, due tomorrow at noon, is going to dump another 10-20 inches on us. I swear, we’re quickly surpassing Snowmagedden and moving on to the Snowpocalypse. Anyway, I’m sick of talking about snow and I’m sure you guys are sick of reading about it too.

So instead, you can all give me your professional opinions (AKA: Parent-educated Guesses) on something that has perplexed me for the last three years. It’s this:

It’s a little hard to tell from this picture, but this is an example of something that Zeeb does ALL. THE. TIME. No, it’s not playing chess (or “Chest” as Zeeb calls it). It’s his head. He tilts it. Not just a little, like when you’re thinking a deep thought. A lot. One side or the other, he doesn’t seem to favor the left or the right. And sometimes he tilts it so far his head is resting on his shoulder – or he’ll let his noggin plop down on the couch or table.

I know from pictures we have that Zeeb has been doing this since he was a toddler, maybe even before. When we first got Zeeb he did it so much, and especially when we were watching TV, so that we were absolutely convinced that something was wrong with his eyes. Like they didn’t focus right or something. But we’ve had multiple doctors, including a pediatric eye specialist, check him out and everyone agrees his eyes work just fine.

The eye doctor said maybe it was “chiropractic.” I took that to mean his head was too heavy for his little body and his neck got tired sometimes. Not for nothing but when Zeeb was younger his sweet little head was kind of disproportionate from his body. (Not in a “uh oh somethings wrong” way … just, you know, on the big side.) But now I think his body has caught up and everything is pretty proportionate. But he still does the tilting thing constantly.

I don’t know why, but it really bugs me. It just looks odd. Like really odd. So I find myself “reminding” him to pop his head back up, saying things like “Zeeb! Head!” Which probably isn’t fantastic for his ego in the long run. I think at this point it’s something of an ingrained habit, so I’m not even sure how to change the behavior. And I’m still wondering if there’s an actual physical reason why he does it.

My latest theory is maybe it’s a hearing thing. Doctors have commented that Zeeb has a LOT of earwax (like so much you can’t get an accurate read with an ear thermometer) so I wonder if maybe he tilts to hear better? Is that weird? Anyway, I figured I’d get some of that ear wax clearing stuff and see if it helped any. Anyone know of a good kind/brand?

And now, in desperation, I’m putting this out to you, my internetty friends. Any thoughts on the cause of the head tilt? And am I a horrid mother for putting this on the internet? What can I say, I clearly have way too much time on my hands right now, what with being snowbound for an eternity and a half and all. Humor me.