Those with 5 to 6 week olds...

Junebug060609 · June 2014

How much eye contact are you getting from your LOs?

ajsweeton · June 2014

I get a fair amount from DD at random times. She will usually hold eye contact while eating fairly regularly. So will DS, but he is much more interested in looking at everything but me the rest of the time.

SurprisePartySue · June 2014

Usually during eating. Other than that I swear she's looking at a ghost the majority of the time.

Junebug060609 · June 2014

Yeah, dd rarely looks when eating. I get some looks, and some fleeting smiles, but mostly she is interested in the ceiling fan or the window.

My concern with this is that ds is autistic. To put it mildly, that is on my radar...

@typeset Your two cents?

chillypenguin · June 2014

I am getting some, but not a lot, of eye contact so far. She is 6 weeks old today. She is less alert than DD1 was at this age, but DD2 was also 3 weeks early, so I wonder if that has something to do with it? Most of the time she just looks around at everything else.

cnbean · June 2014

I get some eye contact, but usually only at feeding time. Otherwise he is looking at everything but me!

lfleming84 · June 2014

We get quite a bit from him at various times. He just hit 1 month the other day. During feedings he holds contact for the majority of the time. If you are close enough (1-2 feet) to his face, he will usually look right at us or others.

danabsd · June 2014

If I recall correctly I don't think eye contact is something that they look for until at least 2 months. I could be off...

Junebug060609 · June 2014

Sounds like there is a wide range right now, which I know in my head is normal. Like I mentioned before, having an older kid on the spectrum...to put it mildly my eyes are wide open about seeing signs. It helps to hear that what she is doing is totally normal.

MickeyM04 · June 2014

Little to no eye contact from DD. Maybe during feedings but not always. And very fleeting when it does happen.

Jennyinheaven · June 2014

Good eye contact starting this week(6) she is also starting to make faces in response to us

Mimaloo · June 2014

I get a lot from DD as does DH. She likes to look at us - more power to her.

KBowen715 · June 2014

I'm so glad I read this thread. As someone with a career in neurological development, it is easy to get caught up in stats and research instead of taking a normative sample from those around you. My little guy is 3.5 weeks and I feel like we've held eye contact only a time or two and it was freaking me out. Glad there seems to be a range.

Junebug060609 · June 2014

KBowen715 said:
I'm so glad I read this thread. As someone with a career in neurological development, it is easy to get caught up in stats and research instead of taking a normative sample from those around you. My little guy is 3.5 weeks and I feel like we've held eye contact only a time or two and it was freaking me out. Glad there seems to be a range.

That's why I asked. My daily life is one of abnormal (well, it's normal for us...) neuro development. Sometimes I need to take a step back and get my bearings.

Also, <4 weeks is for sure too early to be concerned with eye contact. Their eyesight is pretty limited that early on.

MissLadyTay · June 2014

Not as much as I would like. But he will make eye contact briefly on the changing table. No real smiles yet either, which freaks me out even more.

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