Hi all. My lg is 5 and half month. . .
My main main concern of her is eye contact. She has very limited eye contact with anyone. It upsets me that it’s not with me which could of been because of a bond but it’s with most people too. She can follow us as a family if Dad goes upstairs she’ll follow his direction. She will watch people in a new environment but not their eyes. She’s never once looked up at me to get my attention. The only people she’s ever looked up at is her sister (3) and cousin (5).
Which I thought was because of head control but it is fine as we were in a restaurant and she soon looked up at the spinning fab... I’m finding it difficult to interact with her , I sing songs, read books, play tummy time, do this little piggy on her toes etc but she’s just not interested.
She occasionally has a social smile back but it depends who for. And only laughs if been tickled or there’s movement involved eg her sister jumping on the bed. She is breastfed and never looks at me while feeding. The rare time I’m out and she has a bottle of breast milk with dad or grandma she doesn’t look at them either. I can’t lay back and sit her leaning on my knees and chat with her. I can’t have her in my arms or on my knee for interaction as she’s just not interested. She’s very ‘passive’ and really only makes a fuss when she wants feeding, in the car seat or when she’s put down in her cot.
I am starting baby led weaning in 2 weeks and dreading that there’s not going to be any interaction .. when I say interaction I mean you give a baby the soft food, they explore it put it in their mouth, they look at you , they let you know if they dislike or like , they get excited etc all to do with eye contact.
It feels totally different to my first child which I know not every child’s the same. I’m just so hung up on the eye contact. If that’s her personality that’s fine but the eye contact again ...
Has anyone had anything similar? I have severe anxiety from trauma last year and a degree in child development so mixing them two together doesn’t really help.
For anyone who says it’s too early to say anything , in some cases it’s not I personally think. . The US do early intervention and have research to back this up..
I just don’t know what to think please share your journey and don’t run away from
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Red flags in a 5 month.
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Tilly09 · 07/12/2019 11:35
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