I'm worried about ds's lack of head control

[emkana]

He is 17 and a half weeks old now.
When on front, he can lift his head right up for a while, looking around, but when held upright or propped up to sit his head is still very, very wobbly and that worries me a lot. Anybody any experiences?

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From what I can remember, ds and dd were both still a bit "bobble-headed" at that stage. Saw a friend's dd last weekend who is nearly 6mo and ENORMOUS, she is also quite bobble headed when being held upright. You are bound to worry, you've been through a lot lately. HTH xxx

Hi emkana. I can no longer remember when my children were 17.5 weeks old but if you are feeling concerned, as you obviously are, then I'd book an appointment with your GP (or Health Visitor if you have a half decent one) asap, just to set your mind at rest. They will have seen lots and lots of children, all developing at different rates and should be able to reassure you or perhaps recommend little exercises that you might be able to do to help him or whatever.

Thanks for your answers.
The HV is referring ds to a physiotherapist, but I'd still be interested if there were other people wiht similar experiences.

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cant really remember but i thought most babies had wobbly heads that age. it is worrying for you though im sure.my ds didnt roll over back to front or vica versa till he was 19months, he was like a woodlice on his back !

my ds didn't really start to hold his head up properly until he was about 16 weeks old. I remember it specifically because it tied in with me starting to think about weening and it was the first time I'd gone to see ILs on the train and I'd let him face forward in the sling. In mact my mother was more concerned about it than I was and every time I spoke to her she'd ask about it and said I should be worried and that maybe the ventouse delivery had caused some permenent damage - silly woman.

If you're really concerned can you cee your hv? does he move his head around to follow objects etc, also, if you pick him up do you still have support his head totally or does he have some control.

I think they all develop at different rates - my sister's baby could hold his head up at birth which I found really unusual.

He does have some control, if I pull him up by his hands he lets his head hang back at first but once he's upright he can lift it up to look at me IYSWIM. Also he can lift his head to look around when he's on his front. He's just so unsteady still when upright, I couldn't put him face forward in the sling for example because he's bobbing around quite a lot.

In my limited experience that doesn't sound unusually wobbly. What age do the sling manufacturers recommend that they face forward as actually it must require quite a lot of neck/head control to not bobble around when you are strapped to someone, if you know what I mean?

I think he sounds fine. They are all different, my Dd was really wobbly, she hated being on her tummy as she couldnt lift her head.
She couldnt sit alone till 8 months, and i took her to have a photo done at 10 months and the photographer wanted her on her tummy facing her cousin, and she couldnt hold it up properly then either! She walked at a year though and is perfectly strong now!

I know this is an old post. But is there any update?
in the same boat. 18 weeks old baby . Thanks