At 3 months her hands are still ALWAYS like this PIP

babydoll22308 · January 2014

I am hoping for LO to start swatting at toys and 'playing'. But her hands are always in clenched fists and at her chest! Anyone else? When did they stop? Ha I know its fine. Its just kind of funny.

taylormarie923 · January 2014

Same here, but the fists are constantly in his mouth.

trackgirlparis · January 2014

taylormarie923 said:
Same here, but the fists are constantly in his mouth.

This! She is sooo slobbery!

vvg28 · January 2014

She is a doll! Fist clenched or not.

mancila60 · January 2014

LO just started opening them more and he is almost 4 months. But even with his fists clenched he would swat at things. Although he still wants his hands in his mouth and I'm hoping it's just a phase.

PixiesDust · January 2014

Like PP i've only noticed over the past few days that DD's hands are more relaxed. She's also only recently started swatting at toys and successfully grabbing hold of them (mostly by accident i think). When her hands are fisted, they're almost exclusively in her mouth.

She's 3mos 2 wks

EmJ&B · January 2014

Fists here too . . . 99% of the time

sleepy33 · January 2014

Mine is not reaching or batting yet, but he is slowly unclenching the fist. It's funny, but he'll relax his last 3 fingers and still clench the pointer and thumb, like he's making the 'ok' sign. It's like each finger is slowly unclenching.

Sarasmith84 · January 2014

Same here .

sfshorter · January 2014

For the last 3 or 4 weeks DS's hands have been relaxed for the most part. He flips me off constantly. He's grabbing the toys on his play mat now too. He loves that mat more than he likes being held now. If he's awake and not hungry, that's where he wants to be.

AmandagStark · January 2014

EmJ&B said:
Fists here too . . . 99% of the time

This is us too!

SnoopyLuv · January 2014

DD1 did that all the time up until she was a year old, she still ate and stuff of course but in all our pictures she's making fists. I wouldn't be concerned.

Teresa1489 · January 2014

trackgirlparis said:

taylormarie923 said:
Same here, but the fists are constantly in his mouth.
This! She is sooo slobbery!

This!!

lefnc82 · January 2014

Same here, he relaxes them sometimes when he's swatting at his toys but mainly keeps them balled up still.

yesthisiskim0401 · January 2014

brit1983 said:
Fists all the time. He holds them up in front of his face like he is a boxer. He also always has his thumb tucked in between his pointer and middle fingers.

Ditto this - especially the thumb thing lol! A2 punches at her toys. I'm not sure if she's trying to or if her arms are still spastastic.

Mama2be12345 · January 2014

Fist baby here. She's starting to open her fists on her playmat and when she's on the changing table just over the past few weeks but whenever she's sleepy or overstimulated they are tight and at her chest, pretty funny. She loves sticking her full fist in her mouth now too, crazy babies!

blondolphn · January 2014

It can be a sign of neurological problem, but not until later on. That's what I gathered from a super quick Google search.

sarah_norton · January 2014

Our LO just started grabbing at things this week. He's 10 weeks. It's really helped having him play with those grid like toys that he can get his little fingers through and grab easy. He likes to hold his bottle now too. But his hands are still in fists a good part of the time. Especially his left hand more so than his right.