just a quick message because I'm going to try to have a sleep with him before the cleaner comes!
I just have this little suspicion that ds2 (9mo) might have cerebral palsy. The main thing is that his right leg seems so much weaker than his left leg. When he tries to stand, he never puts his weight on it, when he sleeps it seems to be always bent up and when he moves from a sitting to a prone position he often gets it stuck underneath. And it's shorter than the left leg too.
His eyes are also misaligned - although they both follow things around the room one of them seems to be looking inwards more - and when he claps his hands one hand is usually a fist. I haven't checked if it's his right side which is affected in these cases.
I may be completely wrong. My middle sister had multiple disabilities including partial paralysis on her right side, so I might be ultra-sensitive to these things.
But if I'm right, what should I do? Do I wait until his '8 month' check (whenever that is) to mention it to the health visitor, or do I book an appt at the GPs?
And what will they do? Will they tell me that (as with so many other things) they can't tell for sure until he's older? Will that mean that we can't get any help (like physio) until they make a proper diagnosis? What help might we get if he is diagnosed?
Oops, not such a short message after all (as often happens when I post on mn). Feel free to direct me to archived discussions if this has all been covered before, or to websites that you feel might be useful.
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could ds2 have cerebral palsy?
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SamN · 12/04/2005 12:22
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