Benobrien Smith

Infant brain damage is a common cause of infant cerebral palsy. Many infants in their very first months of life will show symptoms related to infant cerebral palsy. Some of these symptoms include lethargy or the lack of alertness, fussiness or irritability, abnormal crying, trembling sucking and swallowing problems, low muscle tone, abnormal posture, body twitching, fluttering of the eyes, and even seizures, During an infants first six months they may also show other symptoms such as muscle tone, holding his or her hand in tight fists, one side of the infants body may move more freely than the other side, and the infant or child may not eat properly, they may force the food out of their mouths with their tongues.

Certain milestones such as rolling over, sitting up, crawling, walking or talking are reached at a much slower pace when a child has this condition. Cerebral palsy in infants is not diagnosed over night. This is because the infant’s nervous system is not fully developed. Generally speaking a child’s motor skills stabilizes by the age of three. Healthcare professionals will monitor the infant or child and will often conduct an evaluation to determine if the infant or child has infant cerebral palsy.