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I’m a mess
I’m a compete mental mess. I can’t stop crying. I keep thinking there’s something wrong with my little guy (6months next week)
I feel like there’s always something - first he failed his hearing test (then they said it was cause there’s fluid in his ear but he can hear)
Then he had a belly button hernia that thankfully just went away.
Then he was diagnosed with infant torticollis. Which gets better with physio but is constantly switching sides.
Right now I’m working on his head control - he looks down a lot (especially when he starts getting stiff on one side) and it scares me to no end. I start googling stuff about head lag and if your baby doesn’t have full head control by 6 months then he might be autistic or cerebral palsy and I start loosing my mind and can’t stop crying.
I just want to know that my baby is going to be alright I’m so scared I don’t know what to do.
Has anyone experience the head looking down a lot? Or a little shaky?
I just wish I had a crystal ball where I can see 5 years down the line and know he’s going to be okay.
I never experienced this with my first. Please someone if you have any advice let me know.
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The unknown is scary, but you got this mama! As long as you’re there supporting him and loving him then you’re doing what you need to do. I know it’s hard but try not to scare yourself it’ll just make things harder, take things step by step. I know every person is different but I know people that are autistic and people that have cerebral palsy that live normal lives!
This isn’t really an answer to your question but have you ever explored postpartum anxiety with a professional such as a family doctor. It may be worth while in that you get support around any anxious or fearful thought patterns
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I’m sorry you’re going through this, but I would like to imput that everything you said is fixable and being fixed but your biggest fear is Autism ? If it was CP they would know by now. I’m autistic and so is my daughter and she did all this and is perfectly normal. I think you just need to calm down and trust the doctors and that stuff is being done. But please don’t let autism or CP be your biggest fear when they can live normal lives.