Baby Crying Stiff Legs

This condition also called stiff baby syndrome is when the baby stiffens her body most notably her legs and arms particularly when being picked up.

Baby crying stiff legs. The baby feels stiff hypertonic or floppy hypotonic. He has very stiff arms and tight hands and his legs are somewhat variable to how hes feeling. Infants with very stiff muscles may clench their hands and feet such as clenching their fingers into a fist or curling their toes or cross their legs in a scissor-like fashion when picked up.

This page is about babies with hypertonia. The refluxing baby will often stiffen his legs and body and arch his back throwing his head back. The baby has cortical thumbs.

Breath-holding in babies and children. However if theyre crying loudly every few minutes and their cries are growing louder and longer and if they have other symptoms like fever vomiting or bloody or mucus-like stool or appears otherwise severely out of sorts you should. Back arching is a common reflex that babies exhibit when they suffer from very acute or strong pain.

Even if your babys stretches last a long time and are very frequent thats absolutely fine provided they are happy or they are just grunting or groaning a little. So when he is lying on me he will grump and moan and then go rigid and slide down me and when he is on the floor he does the same stretches himself out and goes all stiff is this normal. Its usually harmless but can be scary for parents particularly when it happens for the first time.

Be sure to talk to your doctor though when you notice baby stiff legs along with the following symptoms. If your child seems stiff or rigid he may have whats described as high muscle tone hypertonia which means that his muscles are chronically contracted. When the baby is picked up the legs get stiff or crossscissor.

They have stiff legs or you feel them cramped up. A genetic disorder also known as. My babys posture looked just like your boy when he was born.