Hello, looking for some advice and I have posted on a few other threads re the same
My son is 5.5 months and I am concerned about some of his behaviour / traits
In general, he is smiley and happy. Smiles when someone walks into a room etc, he does reach for toys,
However, someone mentioned to me that he is very 'placid' and in general I get comments along the same lines, that he is very content, well behaved etc. I guess what I used to think was maybe a nice compliment is something i am now really concerned about after someone mentioning he is too content and they have never seen such a placid baby (this was someone on my road when he was in the pram where he does usually fall asleep). Since then I have been noticing a few things which really worry me and wondering if anyone can advice if I need to need to get the ball rolling to do further checks:
1)I can leave him in the bouncer for ages and he won't complain
2)When someone walks into a room, he will get excited and smile. He will also look at you from a distance.
3)Sometimes he will just stare outside and almost be in his own world, then he will suddenly become alert again and look at me / anyone if we are in front of him
4)I often feed him in bouncer, and now sometimes highchair as we have started some purees. When feeding bottle in bouncer he turns his head the other way
5) He doesn't give eye contact at short distance. If he is on my lap, and I sit him on top of table and look at him, he wont look at me, but will look at other person if they are there. He gives eye contact lying down or at a distance
6) He is in the upright pram now. He seems to just drift off. If someone calls him, he wont respond and doesn't really look around. He almost switches off and usually always falls asleep (even if he has just had a nap). He is facing me and doesn't give eye contact. I am not sure if something is wrong, or if it is even the angle of the seat
7) He sleeps all night from about 8pm until 7am. Sometimes have to wake him for a morning feed and then for example today, he went back to sleep for another hour. I wonder if he is sleeping too much.
He does generally cry when hungry
8)When he wakes up, he often just plays in his cot and doesnt make a sound
9) He can roll back to front, but not front to back. On his front he does have good head control, but is moving backwards when he tries to shuffle - seems to be stronger arms
In general, my son seems to be a very placid baby who doesn't cry a lot, along with the lack of eye contact at short distance is beginning to really worry me
Appreciate any feedback