Hi there,
I’m wondering if anyone can give me some advice. I have a little girl who is just turned 18 months old. She was a very high needs, sensitive baby for the first 3/4 months of her life she was highly sensitive and would need to be glued to my chest constantly and was just very much hard work. She had colic etc.
As she got older she has improved massively on this aspect but is still highly sensitive. I am aware that this can be due to her temperament but I have had some cause for concerns as of recently. I’ve noticed that when other people are in our house she barely will pay any attention to them, basically ignoring they are there. Her interaction with others is limited. She doesn’t have great eye contact either but when she does make it, is usually fine. She doesn’t respond to her name either, isn’t saying any words and gets quite upset easily.
Other than that she’s a great sleeper, great eater, babbles constantly, has no issues with textures or sounds etc. I worried she might be autistic but very hard to tell if it’s that or her nature. I am worried sick as others are starting to notice her lack of interaction with them. Any help would be greatly appreciated if anyone with similar stories where their child came out the other end.
I will mention she was getting a lot of screen time and we have since gotten rid of it altogether and have noticed a bit of a change.