8 Week Old Refuses To Look At People

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Her eyesight seems fine... she will look at objects. She smiles lots - at noises and at objects (she has favourite objects that she grins at) - but never at people. She will do anything to avoid looking at faces... she'll move her head away, and even close her eyes if you try to move into her line of vision.
I thought babies were meant to love faces! She's never looked at my - or anyone's - face as far as I can remember.

Is she ok?

Thanks in advance for any advice :)

I remember being paranoid about this - and it was something DD grew out of.

Is she looking just over peoples shoulders, or as if she is looking just past you?

When they are this little, they like to look at the edges of things, including faces. Can be disconcerting but its totally normal.

They also refuse to look at people when they are over stimulated or tired, so you might find first thing in the morning you get a little eye contact.

I would try not to worry and wait a week or 2 and see if things change. You should get more eye contact as she gets bigger.

Oh thanks for that... I'm so glad to hear it's something they can grow out of! I was starting to get myself all panicked and worrying about autism and all kinds of things. Her brother has ADHD baaaaaad and there's a few ASDs in our family so I'm a bit paranoid about some things she does.
Maybe she's just easy to tire/overstimulate :)

My brother did that.. he looked past us (I was 16 when he was born so more like a 2nd Mum) at lights, and plants.... my Mum was quite worried but I can safely say he is a totally 'normal' man now...:)

My own DS2 did that too.. and he really didn't smile (til he was 11 months old!)and seemed to actively avoid eye contact. It did turn out he has mild ASD and lousy eyesight but he is now very sociable and loving ...but does need his glasses on and has worn them since he was a baby! Try not to worry too much..some babies do take time.

Incidentally most children with ASD have perfectly normal eye contact until toddlerhood when they withdraw. I work with children who have very severe autism and most of them were 'normal' (hate that word) babies...

My DS was like this - I posted on here about a week ago when he was almost 8 weeks. He would avoid our gaze deliberately avoid our eyes and crane his head past us to stare at a blank wall or curtain. I was hugely paranoid that he had autism/sight problems or maybe just hated me! He is 9 weeks tomorrow and in the last few days has just suddenly started looking us in the eye on a regular basis! He will also grin at us now. it is amazing how quick they change xxx

its a typical thing to worry about - i did. babe is most likely just very interested in everything going on around her. don't read too much into it. try and relax/enjoy her - be a bit silly and making funny noises/rasberries on her. get her attention that way

My dd was like this, I also really worried about ASD, or that I hadn't given enough eye contact etc, she's now a happy & sociable 3yr old