6 weeks old - is it normal to have floppy arms?

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Hi all, I'm feeling slightly paranoid as my older DS has low muscle tone, developmental delay and Autistic traits...

Anyway, just wondered if it's normal for a young baby to often have floppy arms. When I feed him [my baby] he'll often let his arms just hang by his side. If I lift them, they are floppy and just drop freely when I let go. He's not like this all the time, just some of the time.

I'm worried he may also be showing other signs of having low muscle tone but hoping I'm just being slightly hysterical and paranoid...!

Does anyone know if this sounds normal? Or should I push to get him checked?

IIRC correctly, DD was often like this when she was tiny.

For me it was a source of entertainment (lifting her little arm up and watching it just flop back down whilst she was feeding!) so I certainly wouldn't think anything of it (although I didn't have another child to compare to) and she is now 22mo and has no problems.

Have you spoken to your HV?

Ahh, thanks Flisspaps (your name still makes me chuckle!) that's really reassuring. It is kind of funny (if I wasn't so bloody paranoid!)...

Spoke to the HV and she said he seemed fine but he was crying and scrunching up at the time so she never saw his tone when he was relaxed. I'm hoping DS's physio will give him a quick once over when we see her next week...