Hi all, looking for a bit of reassurance.
Over the past few days my 5 month old has started to stiffen up in his trunk. Like trying to put him in the car seat he’ll lock his legs and we have to bend him into seats. Same as on our lap he’ll stiffen and straighten his legs out and arch backwards.
Everything I’ve googled is saying hypertonia but it’s only come on in the past couple of days. He was crossing his legs at ankles but doesn’t seem to be doing that anymore.
He’s always preferred standing when being held by someone rather than sitting on someone’s lap when facing them. He’s been rolling back to front for about a month and back to front more recently. All other motor skills seem normal.
Googling always sends you to worst case scenario so wondering if any of your little ones have been through this phase and is it normal? We are working on his sitting but at the moment just bends forward or arches backwards so don’t know if it’s a protest to him being made to sit.
Any advice? Thanks!