Hi,
I posted here a couple of months ago about the fears I had for my ds after we had a horrible birth with very scary consequences. A lot of you on this board were very kind and supportive . Anyway, we've had our first "red flag" from the paed;
It looks as though my (now 6.5 months) ds has a degree of low muscle tone. This is what the paed told us a couple of weeks ago. We are now waiting for an appointment to see a physio. We don't know when this will be but in the meantime I would like to do all I can to help him and I was wondering if any of you might be able to describe some strengthening exercises. I massage him everyday which he seems to enjoy, (sort of).
He is not yet sitting up unsupported, his head control could be better. He's not really rolling over - he can only roll to left on to his side. He's not doing "push ups" but can get up on his elbows for a short while. On the plus side he can bear his weight on his legs for a good few seconds at a time, so I suppose the low tone might be mainly in his upper body and arms, although the paed did say his legs felt floppy too, so I don't know...
thank you for reading!