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never2far




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Jun 15 2015, 8:34 pm
My son is 10 weeks now and he rarely looks at us. He always seems to be looking up or at the nearest light. He does track my finger once I get his attention but it is difficult to do so. BH he has been smiling for a few weeks now but it is usually is response to auditory stimuli not visual. I did not ask the Dr about this at his appointment 2 weeks ago although he routinely checked his eyes and wasn't concerned. Is this something I should be worried about?
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rachel6543




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Jun 15 2015, 8:46 pm
http://www.aoa.org/patients-an.....sso=y

This article might be helpful
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Miri1




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Jun 15 2015, 8:48 pm
Not sure if this is so out of the range of normal.
But follow it, and don't hesitate to see a specialist. I've found some pediatricians to be too relaxed with developmental stuff.

At 10 weeks, a baby wouldn't be looking for you across the room. If you place your face about a foot away from his, can you catch his gaze? If so, maintain that, and do it a few times a day, talking to him or singing.
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amother
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Post Mon, Jun 15 2015, 9:00 pm
I am one of those mothers who check everything out , and dont rergret it bh. Children development is a so important, and mom knows best, and trust your instincts.
Go check out the eyes, you can't loose anything .
Maybe call early intervention too.
What babies look at says alot about whats goinf on in their brain,
There is a current study at yale university about it. My daughter was part of the study.
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nanny24/7




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Jun 15 2015, 9:05 pm
I agree with other posters that you may want to consider checking this out and/or evaluating your baby.
I just want to note that babies are born with their hearing fully developed but not so with their eyesight.
I have heard of babies who didn't see well for the first 2 - 3 months. Afterwards they caught up in their physical eyesight development and were totally just fine. This is typical of preemies, but have heard this be the case even with babies that are born full term. You can't know though if that's the reason for lack of eye contact which is why you may still want to check it out.
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never2far




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Jun 15 2015, 9:17 pm
Thank you very much for your responses. I will have it checked out ASAP.
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the world's best mom




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jun 16 2015, 3:57 am
I had the same thing with my ds. The first thing to do is go to the eye doctor. It turned out my ds was very far sighted.

However, they will not do anything for him at such a young age. Sometimes vision is just late in maturing. I think they said to come back after he turned 6 months old. It did correct itself in my ds, though he ended up with eye muscle problems that I think were unrelated to the delayed vision.
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amother
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Post Tue, Jun 16 2015, 4:53 am
This was the first sign of ASD in my son. I detected it at about 6 weeks. Ran to the pediatric opthamologist who happens also to be a family friend and I shared my concerns with him. He said that his eyes are structurally fine and that he indeed does see. Beyond that it was too early to establish anything else. You are right to be concerned. It might not be ASD but you should check it out. It could be something else or nothing.
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amother
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Post Tue, Jun 16 2015, 7:01 am
One of my children was the same. He didn't look a faces and didn't smile until late either. I eventually found that if I held him further away he seemed to see better. But he never communicated like my others as a baby. Didn't babble etc even though his hearing is perfectly normal. At almost 3 his speech is very delayed. Less than the 1st percentile, a year or so behind. He was assessed and we've been told he does not have ASD and his other development is normal (physical and cognitive) so it is an isolated speech delay. I think it is all connected, his lack of interaction as a baby to what we're dealing with now. We don't really have any answers but keep on top of it. There's a good chance you'll be fobbed off at this point but keep pursuing if it doesn't improve.
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wiki




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jun 16 2015, 5:55 pm
My daughter hardly smiled at all or made eye contact until near three months. We'd get passing, flitting moments of eye contact, only a few moments a day.

A few weeks later, she'd improved tremendously, and BH continued to develop very normal or even precocious social and verbal skills. But I was terrified during her second and third months of life.

I agree with the other posters that there is reason to investigate further. I just wanted to give you some more hope that it really could possibly be nothing, and your baby's eyes are learning to focus a little bit delayed.

Was your baby born early? Mine was almost 2 weeks early, and I read online that potentially it may have been a causal factor, for what that's worth.
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amother
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Post Tue, Jun 16 2015, 7:02 pm
not to scare or panic you...but did your baby pass the newborn hearing test? if yes, has your pediatrician since noticed a lot of fluid that might be muffling your baby's access to sound?
my baby is now a year old and is profoundly hearing impaired. before he was diagnosed, I was convinced that he was hearing but now seeing. BH, his vision is perfect, but he had no auditory stimulation, which meant he wasn't looking at me, etc. when I would try to grab his attention.
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never2far




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jun 16 2015, 7:46 pm
My baby was born 12 days early, you think it could be related?
BH he passed his hearing test and is very responsive to auditory stimuli. He is smiling and cooing so I am pretty sure he can hear. I made an appointment with the pediatrician so we will see what happens.
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imorethanamother




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jun 16 2015, 8:45 pm
Like other people said here: Go see a pediatric opthamologist to check things out.

I have one child with ASD, and with my other kids I was terrified when I thought they weren't really looking or tracking. One child got diagnosed with immature vision. He was fine, never developed ASD. Just took a while longer to mature.

You're a good parent to notice.
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never2far




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Jun 28 2015, 4:02 am
One more question since the dr doesn't want to see him till he's three months (next week) and I'm getting more nervous. When the baby is lying down he maintains eye contact nicely and will even look at/track toys. He does the same when I am feeding him
When he is being held up right though he actually seems to do anything to avoid looking at people. Is this something that will develop since I know he can see, or is he avoiding the social aspect? I know ultimately I need to wait to have him seen by the dr but any input would be helpful since I'm making myself crazy.
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