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Originally posted by livi
Well, this would be the first of my 470 posts where I feel I should be able to contribute a little !! 
Firstly, the most important tool for a pediatrician is actually seeing the kid in the flesh, so to speak. A verbal history will not be enough.
But. I presume he is otherwise a healthy baby, eating well, gaining weight, reaching the expected milestones in terms of motor and verbal development and just generally an energetic and happy kid ?
This episodes. How long ? Stay conscious ? Crying ? Shivering or jerking ? The whole body ? Only the limbs ? Only one side ? How is he behaving directly afterwords ? Sleepy ?
All in all, at first glance of your description, I would expect this to be normal. We get a lot of this from worried parents. Small children have a tendency to scare the crap out of their parents with the most peculiar behavior.
BTW, checking the temp is most likely worthless.
As said you would need to see the child, preferably when it happens.
Best,
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Yeah, as I said he eats well sleeps well and he is reaching all the milestones somewhat "early."
He started crawling a couple of months ago and has been standing up holding on to somehting for probably 6 weeks. We're expecting him to walk soon, he seems to be in a hurry to really chase the heck out of the cat though he's pretty quick crawling after them.
Being the consumate troubleshooter I had already thought of trying to reproduce it - it's a great idea - thought about it last night as I was typing the question out and he was asleep.
Anyway, his reaction when it happens is pretty minimal - he isn't upset, he's aware as usual but it doesn't seem to affect him any more than it affects me when it happens to me. It just doesn't happen as often to me. He's not sleep or anything like that. It seems to be his whole body and not a particular side.