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amother
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 Wed, Jan 01 2025, 5:16 am
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I always remember my babies grasping my finger when touching palm of their hand very tightly. My newborn now doesn't do. Maybe lightly and not tight. Read somewhere that reflexes are sign of healthy brain. Is this an Area of concern?
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dinglehopper
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Wed, Jan 01 2025, 6:38 am
This is when you go to your pediatrician and ask.
Yes, lack of newborn reflexes are an issue.
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amother
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Wed, Jan 01 2025, 10:08 am
| dinglehopper wrote: | This is when you go to your pediatrician and ask.
Yes, lack of newborn reflexes are an issue. | so why don't they check this at first doctors visit or in the hospital?
What kind of issue is that?
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amother
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Wed, Jan 01 2025, 3:39 pm
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Are they supposed to grab finger even during sleep when touching the palm of their hands?
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amother
Yolk
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Wed, Jan 01 2025, 4:01 pm
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I just tried on my two week old baby and he didn't grab either. He seems perfectly healthy.
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OddoneOut1
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Wed, Jan 01 2025, 4:03 pm
It could mean that your newborn's reflexes are not yet integrated.
look up reflext integration- there are methods that are used to help babies, toddlers, into adulthood integrate absent reflexes.
There are solutions
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amother
Calendula
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Wed, Jan 01 2025, 4:15 pm
| OddoneOut1 wrote: | It could mean that your newborn's reflexes are not yet integrated.
look up reflext integration- there are methods that are used to help babies, toddlers, into adulthood integrate absent reflexes.
There are solutions |
Reflex integration means helping the body get rid of reflexes that it's holding on to. Not develop reflexes it doesn't have.
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OddoneOut1
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Wed, Jan 01 2025, 4:19 pm
| amother Calendula wrote: | | Reflex integration means helping the body get rid of reflexes that it's holding on to. Not develop reflexes it doesn't have. |
The OT I spoke to used the MNRA method and definitely used it to introduce reflexes (includeing grasping) - You stimulate the reflex and then manually do the motion until the baby incorporates it. I assumed it was called integration- maybe its called something else?
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amother
Jean
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Wed, Jan 01 2025, 4:20 pm
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It's one of the things that's usually checked at the first doctor's visit. Lack of reflexes was the first symptom that led to my child's diagnosis.
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dinglehopper
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Wed, Jan 01 2025, 5:08 pm
| amother OP wrote: | so why don't they check this at first doctors visit or in the hospital?
What kind of issue is that? |
They definitely check this is in the hospital.
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maestro
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Wed, Jan 01 2025, 5:26 pm
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Reach out to the Guttmann sister on their what’s app number - 646-535-8363. They are OTs that specialize in all reflex integration programs. You van bring them out (elicit) then. They answered me when I had this issue.
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amother
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Wed, Jan 01 2025, 6:40 pm
| amother Jean wrote: | | It's one of the things that's usually checked at the first doctor's visit. Lack of reflexes was the first symptom that led to my child's diagnosis. | what was the diagnosis if you don't mind sharing? Is there always a diagnosis of some sort with weak or absent reflex? Was your child missing a few?
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amother
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Wed, Jan 01 2025, 6:41 pm
| dinglehopper wrote: | | They definitely check this is in the hospital. | in my discharge notes it only said about the moro ? Reflex.
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