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5.5 month not responding to sound

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Saiaryal24 · 04/11/2024 01:02

Hi all,
My baby girl is 5.5 month old. She is not yet responding to voices properly. She does not respond to rattles sound as well. Her hearing test is fine, we have done the re-testing of hearing again on 4 month and its all good.
She responds when I sing Miss Rachel songs etc.. I feel like she still don't give preference to me and her dad as her parents as such (as she is social with everyone and treats everyone equally). She enjoys independent play time a lot in playmat(She can be on her playmat for hours alone)
We have called for early intervention as well. The team of ST and PT came and they just dismissed my concern saying she is social as she smiles to everyone. OT was not there on early intervention. She gives smile and makes good eye contact with everyone. She makes cooing sound a lot and mostly talks and laughs alone.(donot imitate/try to imitiate sound we make)

Is there anyone who have seen something like this behaviors with their kids but eventually grown the social communication skill later? I am unable to sleep and focus on anything lately. I would really appreciate your honest thoughts/replies. Thank you in advance.

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Row23 · 04/11/2024 06:32

She’s so young still and has plenty of time to change yet. Nothing you’ve written sounds concerning, especially as health professionals and testing have already said she’s fine.
It sounds like she’s just a lovely chilled out social baby - how wonderful!
Do you have anxiety? It sounds like you could speak to someone about the level of worrying you’re doing. It’s horrid spending your time worrying about things that are actually totally normal. It takes away the joy of being with your baby. It may be worth talking to your doctor regarding your anxiety

Saiaryal24 · 04/11/2024 12:03

@Row23 thank you for your reply.I am worried because the milestone tracker says she needs to track /respond to sound by age of 3month which she is not doing.Also is it normal for babies to play for hours independently without seeing mom and dad at this small age? I am mainly worried if these are some early Autism signs. And Yes I also have anxiety too,and being a first time mom my anxiety is like increasing each day.

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Saiaryal24 · 07/11/2024 05:37

Bumping my own post to get some replies

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