Can anyone shed some light???

[Glitter247]

My dd is 6months old and has stopped smiling at me and no longer shows interest in me talking to her. Also doesn't really look at me or my dp anymore she's been like this for about a month now.
Does anyone know why she could possibly be doing this?

@Glitter247 when you clap or do a loud noise either above below or to the side if her head repeatedly will she look that way/flinch etc? If not it could be a hearing problem. Rather than showing interest in you is she showing interest in her hand instead- could be painful teething?

Is she focusing on something else eg crawling? I’ve always noticed they can be very singularly focused when they are learning something big and almost seem to regress

@LouiseTrees No there's nothing wrong with her hearing she becomes interested in toys or especially television, if she sits on my knee she's constantly looking round the room. She will occasionally look at me just doesn't seem interested

@Selfsettling3 Yes, she focuses on toys, more television than anything. I can sit there trying to talk to her and she'll occasionally glance then go back to looking at what she was originally looking at. She's pretty much stopped smiling all together.
Only time she smiles is at cartoons or whistling noises.
She still talks away and giggles just unsure why the sudden no interest in attention from anyone she used to smile loads.

She hasn’t pretty much stopped smiling it’s just that her attention is not with you all the time now. She is showing interest in other sights/ noises and responding appropriately
by the sounds of it.
She’s just developing that’s all. Does she responding if you blow “raspberries “ in her tummy?

Don't worry, they get obsessed with different things as their vision changes and improves. DS2 spent ages laughing at stripes in the wallpaper! I think once they can see further than your face they want to look at other things, they've been seeing the same thing for months. She also won't have any anxiety about you leaving yet because she doesn't understand that you're a separate person who even can, so there isn't the need in her mind to be constantly looking for you like an older baby does.

Keep the TV occasional at that age. It can pull their attention a bit "too much" and transfix them whereas they should generally be happy to kick about on a blanket or look around at different things.

@giggly I've tried blowing raspberries don't think she likes it too much though just frowns

@BertieBotts I thought it was because she's becoming a little more independent. I try to keep television minimal but whenever it's not on she just looks at it and talks to the screen. She doesn't show an interest in many activities

Is she talking to her reflection? So cute

She's only little, they don't really do activities at that age. They just explore their environment, first through sight and by six months they tend to br grasping and bringing things to their mouth to feel and taste as well. Then over the following few months they will start to try and move around and get towards things they want to explore. It's all about exploring at this age and actually until about 3 or so, they don't really do imaginative play or engage in activities except for in an exploring way.

This is quite a good article: www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/the-myth-of-baby-boredom/