Infantile Cerebral Palsy is either a one-sided or complete injury of the nervous system that is common in infants. The term cerebral refers to the hemisphere and palsy, describes the disorder of body movement. This will limit the movement of the affected person and often may be accompanied by agitated sensation, body weakness, social impairments, perceptual problems, communication disability and epilepsy. This takes place when the motor control center of the brain is damaged during conception, in the course of childbirth or during the first 3 years of life. The fetus may have suffered a temporary loss of blood supply, thus leading to brain damage or during child birthing process in which the baby is denied of adequate supply of oxygen.

Cerebral palsy is grouped into four categories in accordance with the form of movement disorder, namely the spastic, athetoid, ataxic, and mixed.

The early signs of cerebral palsy noted in infants are developmental milestone delay such as in learning to walk, roll, crawl, and smile. Some children have hypotonia or decreased muscle tone and hypertonia or increased muscle tone, thus the child may seem to look stiff and rigid.

Cerebral palsy can be treated in different ways. Common methods that would help the infant strengthen his limbs are physical therapy, exercises. Speech therapy is also important to help to regain the control of throat and facial muscles.