Eye contact / attention in 6 month old

[Cluhol]

Hey, wonder if anyone has any advice or if I'm being a bit irrational and over thinking? (as usual)
I've worried about my daughters development for a while now after she stopped cooing for a month but this skill has come back now and she growls and coos now (Yey!)
But I've noticed she's fairly anti social, she smiles back at you (not every time or all the time but she does), she does laugh when u do something silly like tickle her belly or make a funny noise.
But will she HELL look at me if I chat to her or say or name. She will look if I sing a nursery rhyme and smile. She loses interest quite quickly!
The other day in Morrisons she was in the seat in the trolley (the laying down type) and we saw two people we knew and they both and me and her dad tried to get her attention (from a distance I may add 😂) , but she just didn't look, it was like she couldn't hear. She can hear though cos when baby bum goes on the TV her head shoots to it 😂.
It's really hard to get her attention and get her to look at me and I keep worrying something is up developmentally or learning wise.
Am I over thinking it?
Is the world a more interesting place than people trying to give her attention and smiles??
Xxx
Thanks for reading ❤️

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I think you are expecting too much of her - responding to her name is not expected until at least 9 months old.

Thank you, just to clarify I didn't mean specifically her name, I meant her attention to voices / people in general! X

I was thinking about this today. My baby is so hard to play with because she just doesn’t respond to anything. She is not interested in books or songs or games. She really only laughs a bit if she is tickled or thrown in the air or if I do a really stupid dance. I bend over backwards trying to make her smile. She also doesn’t make much eye contact. I was wondering if it could be the early signs of autism or something but who knows.

I know what you mean. I wonder too, but who knows. There are times when I feel she's so typical then other times when I'm so worried /:

@Cluhol hi any updates on your daughter?

Hello, it's been a while. I used to look back on old threads and wish there was an update.
UPDATE :
NO, I wasn't going crazy. YES my daughter has additional needs and is almost at the end of her autism assessment. That being said, she is so funny, so interactive now, definitely knows her name and has even started saying some words.

My advice to you, mama, who means well, wants the best and uses that blooming baby milestone app - DELETE IT.
That app is not helpful, and it stole the first year of motherhood from me. I was obsessed, and sad and worried.
Now I have accepted my baby girl has additional needs, but, I wouldn't change her. She is the light of my life and makes everyone around her smile. Her path is different to most of her age, but that's okay, it is what makes her, her.

Please try not to worry. It's easier said than done, but take it from me, you're probably not going crazy, trust your Instinct, but enjoy your baby no matter what.

Xxx

@Cluhol were there any other signs around 6months?
My boy also doesn’t seem very social, sometimes he won’t respond to his name (I know this is much later anyhow) but to my voice in general. For example if he is busy playing or looking at something interesting and I leave him and come back in 5min and call him, he won’t turn his head. Only if I make a noise he hasn’t heard before. He will smile back if I have his attention. When he sees daddy or older sister, he will smile at them. He likes watching his older sister and laugh/smile at her. He will play peekaboo with me. But sometimes he will just look at me and turn his head. I met today a friend in the park and she tried to engage with him but he just wasnt interested at all. Im very worried, specially after reading your post.
Is it worth going to see someone even now? Is there anything we could do with him to help him out already? Thank you!!