my boy was deemed to have low muscle tone at around 9 months. at around the same time he began eating voraciously and breast feeding less. i was worried he was not getting enough liquid (he would not drink from a cup) so i started to phase in bottles of milk by 12 months. he took to it pretty easily but the weaning process illustrated to me that he actually was not very good at self regulating his own intake (he had always breastfed for long periods).
he would suck air until i took the bottle away from him and all feeding sessions would end in tears. same with solid food - he appears to be a bottomless pit.
now at 14 mo. he does not crawl or push up/down from sitting. i am his physical regulator - when he melts down i help him move to another place/position. so in trying to keep this short i am wondering if there is anyone with a similar experience who can offer advice.
can the hypotonia be affecting his feeding? his moods? his language? and his body?
he has a personality that most describe as very serious. at home we get some smiles but only in the last few months. he has been very hard to read cues from all along. he has had a mourneful, writhing, high pitched cry that has prevailed all his life. this has made us wonder about possible digestive issues.
we have begun the long road of testing and specialists and therapy but it has not made our daily lives any easier and when our son crashes out at night sometimes one of us takes a turn to weep. he is our first child and we are tattered. the tests say he is DD across the board up to 6 months behind. are your babies often sad, tired and lacking that bubbly baby thing that we read about and waited and waited for?? how do you cope? i feel like he would leave with a stranger and never wonder where mum or dad was again......