My instincts are telling me that there is something not right with our long awaited child and I am suspecting hypotonia. My husband however thinks that the problem is in me as I suffer from anxiety and can’t judge the situation adequately.
Our lovely baby boy is 7 weeks old and was born after ivf pregnancy with a number of minor complications including reduced movement and growth, a swollen kidney and a dramatic birth. He looks absolutely perfect and the first time he latched for a feed I had such profound feelings of love I haven’t experienced before. The world changed that day.
we have been going on well and he has put on a lot of weight moving up from 25% to 50% centile despite problems woth breastfeeding. We have just had our 6 week HV check (done at 7 weeks) and it brought up a massive worry for me o did not have before. My LO just started to smile, tracks black and white pictures well, puts his head straight when laying down but otherwise he is completely floppy.
he has almost no head control - although I can see him trying a little bit at times when I sit him for burping or on a shoulder. We have done little tummy time but started doing it regularly now. He cannot lift his head off the surface and maximum he can do is to turn head from one side to the other. He is so floppy like a rag doll when you pick him up , and his movements in cribs are still very much as of a newborn - jerky with limbs being mostly flat across the matress. He also a bit fussy at breast and possibly has a weak latch and cry (but he is my first baby and the only newborn I have dealt with so not sure how you can tell?). He does choke on milk a bit and it looks like it’s quite difficult for him to feed.
he is due to have his 8 week check next week with the GP where I of course will raise all of the concerns but wondered whether there were other children who were so floppy at 7 weeks old without any issues later on?
i am so sick to my stomach and hope my instincts are indeed wrong and it’s just the anxiety talking but looking at 2 month old milestones on pathways.org for gross motor skills all I see is atypical presentation in my baby boy.
it also looks like he might have the almond eyes so worried about Prader-Willi syndrome.
please tell me if you experienced anything similar?