The Online Pediatrician

Joseph H Matusic, Jr, MD, FAAP, HIMS AME

830 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 200

Charleston, WV 25302

(304) 343-1863

(304) 344-1755 fax

Joseph H Matusic, Jr, MD, FAAP, HIMS AME

830 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 200

Charleston, WV 25302

(304) 343-1863

(304) 344-1755 fax

Joseph H Matusic, Jr, MD, FAAP, HIMS AME

830 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 200

Charleston, WV 25302

(304) 343-1863

(304) 344-1755 fax

Joseph H Matusic, Jr, MD, FAAP, HIMS AME

830 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 200

Charleston, WV 25302

(304) 343-1863

(304) 344-1755 fax

JITTERYNESS

Jitteryness or chin quivering is present in up to 50% of babies and is normal. In the past, some doctors thought that this jitteryness was due to drug withdrawal, but studies have shown that normal babies and "drug babies" are equally jittery. If the jitteriness stops when you touch or hold that extremity, then it is normal.

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