Hi there
Feeling a little neurotic about this given my child is only 11 weeks old but my MIL from 3 weeks has been going on and on about how DS makes no eye contact and " might need glasses"
For weeks I'd been telling her it takes up to 10 weeks before children can focus and make substantial eye contact, it for so annoying with my MIL that I told my husband to tell her to stop bringing it up.
Anyway, fast forward and now mr child is 11 weeks and he's still not making eye contact, at least not when being held/fed.
I think he makes it sometimes when we stand at a distance but it's hard to know if he's looking at our eyes, other facial features or right through us.
He did plateau quite severely with his weight (dropped from 75th to 2nd percentile between birth and week 9 so I have been wondering if that's delay development.
More more in my mind is autism possibilities. I know it's ridiculous to try and label a 2 month old with ASD but it kind of feel eye contact is a big marker.
He babbles abs has some limited tracking, chews on his hands, smile (mainly when I tickle his cheeks) and he's just started to try and lift his head at tummy time (he LOVES tummy time so the issue with head lifting was that he was totally content and would just lie there and not try)
I've contacted HV who's referred us to ophthalmologist but it's a 10 week wait 😔
Anyone else had anything similar?