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[quote=Anonymous]My 18 week old is a darling, happy boy, has gained about 5 pounds since birth (originally 8.2 oz, uncomplicated vaginal delivery at 38 weeks). He smiles, coos, laughs and tries to mimic...but...I can't shake the feeling that something might be a little off with him. He is extremely stiff-legged sometimes,  (for instance, I can barely shove him into a carrier because he will lock his legs up so tight),l--particularly in his left leg; and conversely, I've always thought his left hand in particular felt very floppy. The thing is, neither is constant. When I mentioned the floppy hand to the ped when he was a few weeks old, he was able to get him to grasp strongly,  so said not to worry about it, so I didn't. But I made the mistake of googling stiff leg muscles tonight--which all pointed to Cerebral palsy or less likely epilepsy--and now I have a pit in my stomach and am thinking back through all the other little things I've noticed since he was born.

Although he has since stopped, he used to hold his neck completely back when we'd hold him for the first several weeks of his life, and would often arch his back, which I read at the time can be the result of a neurological issue. He also had about 6 odd little episodes when he was a few weeks old that at the time we called "hulking out"--his whole body would get extremely stiff and he would scream out in agony and his eyeballs would shake from side to side (horizontally). It was scary--seemed almost like a seizure--but it was over quickly and doc said not to worry about that either, so I didn't. But even thinking back to birth, my LO had a smashed left nostril and it took him about a week or more to be able to fully open his left eye (which also appears to have a stork bite or some sort of faint reddish birth mark).

I suppose I'm just looking for some third party perspective on this, bc my husband thinks I'm a Hypochondriac already and so automatically dismisses any of my concerns, and my ped is super laid back (which I typically appreciate). [/quote]

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