The presence of cerebral palsy in a four-month-old can be determined by the child’s responsiveness, muscle tone and motor skills.
1. Reaction ability: Children with cerebral palsy may show slow reaction, and will not change their visual position with the sound. For example, if the child is held and teased, the child usually does not respond, or if the child is teased with a red object, the eyes will not rotate according to the red object, and so on.
2. Muscle tone: Most of the children with cerebral palsy have elevated muscle tone, and very few have low muscle tone. Their limbs may become stiff and clumsy, and they may remain in their original state of straightening or flexing, for example, they may have difficulty in bending their bodies when dressing them, and so on.
3. Motor ability: Children with cerebral palsy may show backward development of motor ability, both gross and fine motor, such as inability to lift up the head in prone position, or inability to lift the hands in front of the eyes, etc. If the child has the above conditions, it is recommended that he/she should have a good motor ability.
If your child has any of the above conditions, it is recommended to go to the hospital for early rehabilitation treatment to avoid delaying the condition and causing other damages.