I'm really worried about the development of my baby girl. She is 14 weeks and physically very strong, always has been but I'm concerned she is lacking cognitive development. She doesn't look at me when I'm holding her, at all. I fact she actively avoids my face when she's being held. She will look at me when she is on the floor or change mat but not for very long. I talk to her and smile and pull faces and only occasionally will she react by getting excited. Most of the time she looks away from me.
She does smile but not very often. If I've been gone from a room for a while she sometimes smiles when I come back in but often ignores me. She loves her play mat and is happy to lie there for ages.
The reason I'm worried is that there doesn't seem to be the interaction there. I see other babies watching their mothers and getting excited and smiling when they pay them attention and getting cross if they are ignored. I know you shouldn't compare babies but I can't help it and we see a lot of different babies of a similar age and a few weeks younger and they all seem more interactive and engaged. I'm worried she doesn't have a good attachment to me or that she has some cognitive development issues. I'm starting to hate meeting up with other mums because of this and after I do I just want to cry. People comment on how laid back she is and how she doesn't need any attention but to me it's not a good thing. I just want her to be ok.
Sorry this is so long, I'm trying to not think about it so it doesn't transfer to her but today I just feel sick with worry over it.