I hope you are all doing well and staying safe !
My baby is 5 months old today, she started having eye contact and cooing around 1.5-2 months old, but she became super quiet and stopped cooing at 3.5 months old. I have been waiting for her to start cooing/ babbling and interacting with us again, but shes been very quiet. At first i thought she was quiet to focus on learning to roll. Now although she can roll back and forth and hold her head up well when shes on her tummy ( her head is still not holding well when she's sitting up even with support ), she is still extremely quiet. Now she stopped rolling over while awake( she only rolls in her sleep now) and started learning to spin around and scooting using her knees ? Besides that, She only loves her teething toys and putting everything in her mouth nowadays.
We still talk to her a lot, play peekaboo and sing / read to her but she just looks at us. I noticed she pays attention to what we are doing a lot, like when we cook, we eat, when we walk by or when we talk to each other, she observes everything, but when we play with her she also just looks. Sometimes when i breastfeed her she looks at me and smiles at me, but barely.
I dont know if anything is wrong with her vision, (we have great vision), because i noticed when we are sitting close to her, she looks at us but doesnt show any excitement or talk, but when she lies on her back, and i stand up and talk to her from a distance , she starts kicking and making raspberries and her face starts brightening up. She giggles and gets excited when shes playing on the mat in the living room, then i stand in the kitchen, wave at her and call her from a far distance. She also giggles when we play chasing ( like my husband holding her and i chase her from behind ) but also from far distance. when we hold us straight up, she smiles at us over the shoulder, but now when she's on her back or sitting up with her neck wobbling. I wonder if she can see us ...
Like we really have to try hard to make her laugh and giggle. But in general, she is extremely quiet and zoned out. She makes raspberries but doesnt coo/ make sound like she did 2 months ago. Will she babble again soon ?
About sleep, she sleeps well, some days she cries when we put her to bed and she sees us leave, but when my husband checks in and tells her we are here she stops crying right away.... she smiles every time we comes to pick her from her crib.
I am so sorry for being so paranoid, im mad at myself for worrying too much too. Ive been patiently waiting for her to be more interactive and alert , but she seems very mellow and quiet... we hope that shes healthy and try not to compare her with other babies, but if something is wrong , we also hope that we can catch it early so we can help her...
For the last month, she became more cranky, she wanted to be held most of the time. She played well on the floor by herself until she heard our voice, she would start whining and want to be picked up. She got better for the last few days since she is learning crawling now so shes not paying attention to us anymore. But she is still super quiet, even when i try to play or talk to her, she just looks, doesnt respond or make any noise.
Is there any chance she has autism, i cant stop worrying because i have an autistic cousin and we always regretted that we didnt take her to therapy sooner... Thanks a lot !