14 week DD arching her back

[meg5577]

my 14 week DD is arching her back when you want her to sit on your knee is this normal

I reckon it's either wind or her body being a bit misaligned during her birth.

I would recommend a cranial osteopath (CO) but I'm very pro cranial osteopathy.

MY ds couldn't lie on his back in his first few months and as soon as I took him to see a fab CO who specialised in babies and kids,he could then sleep perfectly on his back and didn't cry as much.

His birth was quite stressful and he was a ventouse delivery so lots of trauma to head and neck etc. He responded straight away to CO and after only 2 sessions was a different baby. I do wonder that if I had carried on taking him, he perhaps wouldn't have needed speech therapy. Their jaws can also sometimes need some CO too and it can apparently really help for teething/colic type pain.

It's not that cheap but because it's so effective, you may only need a few sessions. I think I paid £28 for initial check (they take labour and birth story to see how traumatic physically birth was) it was about £26 thereafter. It looks as though they're just lying their hands on baby's head but it really does something! There's a national register of osteopaths here

Thanks for your help

Does she also cry or sick a lot? Back arching can be a sign of reflux (or silent reflux if accompanied by lots of crying but no sick). DD1 did this all the time and had very bad reflux, DD2&3 have never done this and didn't have reflux.

Or it could be her just being awkward. Babies love to be awkward!

I agree with TruthSweet - this could be reflux / silent reflux. Suggest having a chat with a "baby friendly" GP?

I think dd does this when she's fed up and wants to be in a different position. She does it when she's been in one position for a while.

But, if other mners think it could be something more serious it can't hurt to get it checked out. Could be nothing though.