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My 6 month old doesn't respond to my voice

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Deolow · 15/12/2020 13:58

Hi everyone.. have been going out of my mind with anxiety.. my daughter is 6 months old and completely ignores me when I call her name or talk to her..usually I just give up seeing that she is not responding.. she does startle at loud sounds, like me sneezing for instance.. I am also not sure of her eye contact, it does seem to be too little eye contact..but then again she does give me some eye contact, but as she is my first child I don't know how much eye contact is normal.. I am just so worried that I am not sleeping or eating enough as I should..
Some days I do feel more positively because she does interact with me more and even smiles at me.. have anyone experienced this and everything turned out to be fine?

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lorisparkle · 24/12/2020 22:49

I would talk to your health visitor and if no luck your GP. Even if your LO is hearing loud noises they may not be picking up the whole range of speech sounds. Much better to get it checked out and be told it is fine than to wait.

Mas05 · 07/04/2022 18:32

Hi OP
Any updates regarding your child? My 5 months ild baby respond to other people voices but ignore mine.

ponny · 08/04/2022 06:34

5 months is too small age to respond name.. my baby is 9 months old . he just started to respond to name.baby changes very quickly . dont worry my baby was same i also worried too much untill now..

Mas05 · 08/04/2022 19:00

@ponny thanks for your response. The thing that worries me is that he respond to other people voices more but ignore mine.

Sonorus · 09/01/2023 06:52

Hey, you have an update? I'm seeing this with my 5 month old. Doesn't turn to voices. But turns to music or rattles. I'm worried

Mas05 · 09/01/2023 10:08

@Sonorus hi my son is 14 months old and respond to all voices and his name also. They start responding to their name from 9 months amd it becomes consistent at 12 months. As long as baby is responding to noise thats fine. 5 months is too early to respond to name.

Sonorus · 09/01/2023 10:37

@Deolow you have any update? Going through something similar..

Sonorus · 09/01/2023 10:40

@Mas05 thanks alot for your reply! That's great to know! Did your little one turn to voices at 5 months? I know he hears well, since he will turn to his dad's voice promptly. But only few times. Mine he ignores alot even when I'm right next to him. He's busy staring and the curtain and chatting away. He also doesn't give me eye contact when i hold him. On his back he is fine, gives eye contact and smiles sometimes too. I googled, which was a mistake which points to autism for selective listening and poor eye contact. So I'm very very worried now. Guess i am just looking for some reassurance

Mas05 · 09/01/2023 13:45

@Sonorus believe me i was worried about exactly same thing and googled alot which was a huge mistake. He only used to make eye contact when on back or very far, never when close or while holding him with anyone. But his eye contact started improving after 6 months. I was also worried that he turns to other people voices but not mine. But that was typical. And if you say something right next to them they doesnt respond at all, this is totally typical behaviour for alll babies, even toddlers as they know you are right next to them and they dont seek you out. Dont worry give him some time as he is just 5 months old. In few months time you will see how quickly they are doing all stuff.

Sonorus · 09/01/2023 18:20

@Mas05 Thanks a lot for patiently replying to me. Is it really that typical for babies to not respond when literally sitting next to them? It gets me so so worried! Eye contact as well? My baby has also just found his voice i guess.. and he's shouting on top of his lungs at our curtains, which to be honest are not even high contrast. The light does seep through them though. I'm sorry if I'm asking more questions, it's just that im in a state of frenzy today

Mas05 · 09/01/2023 18:45

@Sonorus its okay i can understand as i have been through yhis. Believe me all baboes do that, they font respond when you say something sitting next to them as they know you are sitting next to them. Babies scream and screech at this stage, they have found that they can make this noise and enjoying it, eye contact tbf mine was exactly same and after six months his eye contact started changing alot and now he does everything with eye contact. Je even dtarted pointing at 9.5 months with EYE CONTACT which is really really adbanced. So dont worry babies do stuff at their own pace. Dont compare him with other babies as all babies are different.

Sonorus · 09/01/2023 19:07

@Mas05 thank you very much for sharing this with me. You have given me a lot of hope and positivity today! I can now sleep peacefully. Thanks a lot once again! My best, best wishes to you and your little one!☺️

Aagi07 · 25/09/2023 19:53

Hie any update please I m in the same situation. Really worried. Thanks

Aagi07 · 05/10/2023 18:35

@Sonorus hello, any chance if you could update abt your little one please . I m in same situation with my son. Thank you 🙏

Motherhoodmysti · 26/11/2023 15:04

Hi! Any update? Have the same here with my almost 6 month old. Can't stop worrying. @Sonorus @Mas05 @Aagi07 @Deolow

Mas05 · 26/11/2023 15:24

@Motherhoodmysti my son is 2 years old now and totally typical baby, he just changed from 7 months, just give your little one some time, every baby develops on their own pase. We have 4 babies with same age in the family and each one developed at different rate and at the end of the day they are all typical and doing gestures, chatting away. Don't worry mama i know it can be difficult sometimes but i would suggest enjoy your baby... you will miss these days :)

Motherhoodmysti · 26/11/2023 15:55

Thank you so much for your reply. Makes me feel more positive. And am anyways very happy spending time with her, of course, would be nicer without all the worries. :)

cdg92 · 24/01/2024 15:29

Hi, my 7 month old who was 3 weeks premature doesnt seem to respond to any voices. He does startle at loud noises but even that only sometimes. At birth he had an audiogram done and he passed it. I am a bit worried…it this normal? He does babble….

Mas05 · 24/01/2024 20:25

@cdg92 when you enter and say something to anyone does he look where the voice is voming from? Or if there is any noise that is different does it try to look for that?

Marie120818 · 23/04/2024 02:05

@Deolow now that he baby is about 4 how did he turn out

MeMyselfQuietly · 27/09/2024 23:49

Hi, any updates here? My 6.5 month old will not look at me if I hold him in front of my face and he will not respond to my voice. If I leave him on his playmat and come back later, he wont turn his head. However, he will laugh and smile and make good eye contact when on his back. He wont look at strangers nor smile to them. He recently started blowing raspberries. Im very worried about autism :(

PolaroidPrincess · 07/10/2024 08:49

@MeMyselfQuietly you might get the OP's attention if you use an @ Wink

Saiaryal24 · 07/10/2024 19:31

@MeMyselfQuietly @Deolow my daughter is 5month and exactly same like you described.she also donot like to cuddle with me and want to play independently more.did you mentioned to your GP? Are they concerned? Have your child started responding now? I am worring to extreme stoped sleeping and eating properly.Could you please please reply please.

MeMyselfQuietly · 07/10/2024 21:26

@Saiaryal24 my son is gonna be 7months in few days and he definitely is showing improvement, and much more engagement so try to give your baby bit more time. I talked to GP and also PT (he cant sit unassisted yet) and they didnt seem concerned. I’ll continue track his progress. I bought a book on amazon ‘an early start for you child with autism’ - it has great activities for kids you can do, regardless if the child has it or not. Im also super anxious and have good and bad days with my anxiety and also cant eat/sleep sometimes. I also started talking to therapist to help me navigate. Feel free to dm me.