Suspected neurological issues

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Hi guys. We have 9 month old boy who is currently being investigated for a neurological issue and specifically a form of CP. he has a hand preference in terms of grasping and feeding himself. He can get a food item up to his mouth with his left arm but can’t feed himself and will switch to the right. He is showing larger muscles in one of the sides and our family physio which looks after our daughter for another condition has said there is something going on. My question and it’s possibly because I’m clinging on to a bit of hope is whether there is anything else it could be? He can commando crawl using both arms and legs. However he is unable to sit unaided and is making steady progress since we started focusing on this. We are waiting on an mri. My wife with her mother’s instinct has accepted it. I will with a firm diagnosis and we will get through it. I just want to learn if there is anything other than CP this could be. Thanks

Could there be something 'mechanical' going on with his arm rather than neurological? Any nerve or joint damage? Also torticollis can cause asymmetry and hand preference. It does sound though like he has a lot of positives (good core strength and symmetrical crawling using all limbs!) which may point to it only being mild if it does turn out to be hemiplegic CP. I'm really no expert but sounds like it's good you're getting it checked out.

Oh sorry I misread what you said about sitting unaided. Sounds like he's making progress though.

Thanks for getting back to me. I’m going to bounce Torricollis off of the physio this afternoon. He really does have good core strength however there is a clear preference to his right hand side and a lack of pincer grip on his left hand in particular around his mouth. Thanks for suggesting something else other than CP.