Hi, I was hoping for a little help and advice regarding my daughter, she is 1 in 2 weeks time but we have a few concerns regarding her development.
She has never rolled over fully, she will only roll half way but she keeps her legs like she’s in an L shape so it stops her goings right over.
When we do tummy time with her she has a little bit of a little look around but then gives up pretty quick then she will just lay her head on the floor until we pick her up. She doesn’t attempt to use her arms to push up and if her arms are under her body, she doesn’t try to get them from under her.
The odd thing is, even from birth she seemed very strong, the force of her neck and head would be really powerful, maybe she’s just not got the strength in her stomach.
She sat up pretty late as well at around 9-10 months, she still needs cushions around her though as she’s not 100% steady and will fall from time to time, she also doesn’t try to stop herself falling, she doesn't put her hand out and when she does fall she stays in the position she’s fell in and doesn’t attempt to move.
She doesn't bum shuffle and has never tried; she’s also has never tried to crawl.
When we stand her up hold her, she doesn’t seem to take her weight properly through her legs, there’s been a few times I’ve had her stand against furniture but she does loose the strength fairly quick.
We had the 12 month review from the HV a few weeks ago and she said she seemed to be meeting most goals for other things but did agree that she seemed a little behind with her mobility.
The HV referred her to see a physio but said she wasn't overly concerned about it.
When we seen the physio it was only a short appt, but she assessed her on the floor sitting and putting toys a little away from her to see how she would try to get them, unfortunately she didn't really try much and was getting a little upset at the time, but the physio did spot something while she was trying it and said the she has got a little bit of a tremor when she was moving, she said this may turn out to be nothing and hopefully not but she wants to keep an eye on it in case its something like ataxia.
We are due to see the physio again in a few weeks for a longer appt.
For a while the baby has also had what seems like uncontrolled eye movement, she will be moving her head around, sometimes quick and she looks like she is looking in different directions and her eyes seem to roll back and she looks like she’s not got control of them, usually we will call her name and she will stop after a bit then seem ok.
We didn't mention this to the physio at the time but does seem to be doing it a little more recently.
We have mentioned it in talking to a nurse at our GP's and also when we took her to A&E one time for something unrelated, both said to keep an eye on it but they didn't appear to be worried, the Dr in A&E seen her briefly do it and he said he got the impression it may be sensory as she seemed to be looking at things at the time. He was happy at the time that we were able to stop her and he felt this meant it wasn’t seizure related but to keep an eye on it.
We are going to ask our GP about getting a referral to a paediatrician regarding this to make sure there’s nothing wrong as she appears to be doing it more recently.
We are just a little worried in general there may be something amiss and if we should be as concerned as we are about it all. In general she is a very happy baby and is very laid back, we did think she might be a little lazy, but had hoped she would catch up, but up to now doesn’t seem to be.
Any advice would be much appreciated
Regards
James