Babies Legs Are Stiff

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Babies legs are stiff. My son seems tense stiff and likes to straighten his legs and hold his head up. He has loosened a small bit so far in his 15 weeks of life. By 4 months isnt bringing objects to his mouth.

Stiff arms and legs is an earmark of conditions such as cerebral palsy so its important to address your concerns with your babys doctor because youll require more than stretching as part of the treatment process. Its a stressful time period and most arent running on tons of sleep themselves so were more emotional baseline. FirstTimeMummaB Sun 27-May-18 224245.

We were just referred to a neurologist and Im so scared. This page is about babies with hypertonia. A babys leg motions and leg stiffness are hard to describe in words.

Low blood sugar can also cause shivering in babies. The only way to tell if a baby has abnormal leg movements is for the baby to do it when the doctor is watching at the clinic such as at the 2 week 1 month 2 month 3 month 4 month check-ups or on video. He smiled for the first time this week and it helped give me strength.

Kok and Bruyn as a disease with the onset at birth of hypertonia stiffness exaggerated startle response strong brain-stem reflexes especially head-retraction reflex. However for the last couple months she stiffens shakes her arms and legs and opens her mouth when she gets excited or. The typical clinical scenario begins with a prodromal illness lasting an average of five days and including fever flu-like symptoms and symptoms of infection of the upper respiratory tract.

Occasionally a terrifying thing happens where your infant turns bright red or even blue or pauses their breathing. Right now shes just beginning to crawl is trying to pull up. The baby feels stiff hypertonic or floppy hypotonic.