When I brought my 2-month old baby for his well-baby check, I was shocked to learn that he had a dislocated hip. The doctor called it dysplasia. What are the symptoms, because I didn’t see anything out of the ordinary.

Development dysplasia of the hip is a condition where the hip is dislocated – sometimes mildly, sometimes severely. Because it can be relatively mild, it isn’t always obvious early on if a child has this problem. Often, this is picked up at a well-baby check, just as yours was. The symptoms include:

– Uneven legs – they aren’t symmetrical
– Affected leg isn’t moved as much by the baby as the other leg
– Affected leg is shorter than the other
– When looking at the folds fat in the thigh, they are uneven, comparing the affected hip with the other
– Affected leg may outward, particularly in older children