Symptoms of children with cerebral palsy: straightening and head tilting? Frightened parents must not know the reason

Doudehui, I have a question I have wanted to ask you for a long time. My baby is 2 months old. As long as I hold him upright, his head will fall back. What is the reason? When the baby cries, her arms and legs stretch out straight and stiff, but this phenomenon disappears when she is coaxed. Is this a sign of brain damage? I checked on the Internet and found out that if the baby loves to hit, he may have cerebral palsy! is this real? The head tilt of infants and young children can also be adjusted by hand, so as to prevent the baby from being pushed back when he is in a mood. At this time, the baby seems to have \”divine power\”. No matter how tightly the parents hold him, he still feels that the baby may break away from his arms at any time. This is not the most worrying thing for parents. The most worrying thing is, does this situation indicate that the baby\’s physical development is abnormal? Don\’t worry! Now Doudehui will talk about the reasons why infants and young children huff and tilt their heads back, and how to deal with them better! Why do babies like to twitch and tilt their heads back? Reason 1: The posterior cervical muscles develop earlier than the anterior cervical muscles. Every baby has to go through the development process of lifting twice, turning four times, sitting six times, rolling seven times, crawling eight times, and walking every week. During this period, the baby’s body is also Slow changes. For example, whether you can raise your head steadily requires the \”strength\” of the neck muscles. Generally speaking, the posterior neck muscles of infants and young children develop earlier than the anterior cervical muscles, so the baby will raise its head when lying on its stomach and will tilt back when being held upright by the parent. The phenomenon of backward tilting is caused by the fact that the neck muscles of infants and young children have not yet matured, so the baby will stand upright briefly while struggling to keep the head balanced. At this time, parents will find that the little head will soon be difficult to support, and will swing back and forth or turn in circles and lean back. However, parents do not need to worry. Generally, after the baby can hold its head up at around 3 months old, it will no longer tilt its head back. Before this, parents try to hold them horizontally and less vertically. If it is necessary to hold the baby in an upright position, be sure to protect the baby\’s head and neck. Usually let the baby practice lying on his stomach and raising his head. This method will help the baby learn to raise his head as soon as possible and control head movements faster and better. Reason 2: A way for babies to vent their emotions. Most of the kicking behaviors of infants and young children are actually the result of the rapid expansion of negative emotions or the difficulty in releasing long-standing emotions. Sometimes, babies are eager to express their thoughts to their parents, but because they cannot speak, they use crying and hitting to vent their anxious emotions (some older babies will have emotional outbursts and hitting because their parents do not buy them toys). Therefore, when the baby cries and his body arches up, that is the baby telling the parents: \”This baby is having a tantrum, why don\’t you find a reason to comfort me!\” When the baby is trembling, parents should not hold the baby because It is easy for children to break free, causing the risk of falling. It is recommended to put the baby on a soft bed, find out the reason for the baby\’s tantrums and comfort them, and this phenomenon will disappear on its own. Are stiffness and head tilt a sign of cerebral palsy? Don\’t think that as long as the baby has thrashing and head-tilting behaviors, it will be concluded that the baby has cerebral palsy. This will only increase worries. Because children with cerebral palsy not only frequently jerk and lean back, they are also accompanied by obvious motor development delays, such as being unable to raise their heads, turn over, having difficulty extending their hands, unable to sit, and their intellectual development lags behind children of the same age. Moreover, there are also difficulties in feeding, easy choking and vomiting,Symptoms of weakness or tightness in the limbs. If the above abnormal phenomena occur when the baby lifts up or tilts the head back, or if the parents are very worried, they can go to the hospital and have a doctor evaluate it, which is safer and more reassuring. Once it is confirmed that you have cerebral palsy, diagnosis and treatment should be made as soon as possible! Generally speaking, if the baby only occasionally tilts his head back or thumps up, and is in good spirits afterwards, parents do not need to worry too much and can just observe them closely. However, if the baby\’s mental state becomes poor or abnormal frequently after the lifting and head-tilting behavior ends, it is recommended to seek medical attention to find out the cause and provide timely diagnosis and treatment.