floppy baby syndrome

Colloquial term for an abnormally limp posture in an infant when he or she is lying prone due to an inability to maintain flexed ligaments or muscles. Also called "floppy infant syndrome." We were only made aware of our child's spinal muscular atrophy when she began showing signs of floppy baby syndrome.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Everett	['evərit]
Kiley	KIE-lee	English
Jorge	HOR-khe (Spanish), ZHAWR-zhə (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Lykke	-	Danish
Maddison	MAD-i-sən	English (Modern)
Kristina	kris-TEE-nah (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian, Faroese,