May 2015 Moms
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Eye contact/ Baby turns away when we look at her
ladyteach0505
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I hope I'm stressing out for nothing, but are babies at three months supposed to hold eye contact? DD will look at us when she's flat on her back, but it seems like a lot of the time we'll get right in front of her face and she'll turn away from us. I've got an appointment with the pediatrician, but I have a feeling if Autism is our concern they'll tell us there isn't anything to be done in terms of screening/interventions at this point. 
As a teacher I just want to "catch" anything I possibly can. 
As a teacher I just want to "catch" anything I possibly can.
Re: Eye contact/ Baby turns away when we look at her
My opinion would be to research other warning signs and be in the look out. But no eye contact this early on could just mean over stimulation. My first son had some signs of autism when he was younger. It turns out he only had some sensory issues without autism. Either way, EI was invaluable to us.
he should or imitating. He was also very stubborn. He would also do things and then regress. For example, say a word and then stop, go through a time of imitating clapping his hands and then stop.. Really good with eye contact and then stopped..And things like that. Our pedi just told me to find a speech therapist when I brought up to him he wasn't saying enough words. I then found out by researching companies to do early intervention through in our areas. He has autism and some sensory issues that also has made him a very picky eater. Food is another area he went backwards in as well. When he was 1 he would eat any of the baby foods and soft foods but once there was texture in the foods he got very sensitive to it and stopped eating things. Besides being very set in his ways and being a bad sleeper, he was meeting his other milestones until the age for speaking came up and that made me think much more into it. You pretty much never know when the signs will show up if there is another problem. I would give it some more time before you worry too much, at least wait until other milestones come up to be met
So far he's been fine with his brother, he will give him kisses and stare at him but isn't too interested in holding him. Easy so far but we will see what he thinks of him once he can try to grab toys lol
I wish you both all the best
@jodi1008 I actually have 3 boys on the spectrum. My oldest is "moderately" affected, my 2 younger boys are in the mild range. The youngeat has what would've been doagnosed as Asbergers before the DSM changes.
The pregnancy was really difficult for my oldest and he was agressive towards me towards the end. Change is really hard for him! Now that the baby's here its been better. He regressed a bit but we're recovering ground every day... the periods of regression are the hardest to get used to, i think! You're like but I KNOW you can do this and for whatever reason they just cant. Its so frustrating.
We went from EI straight to Special Ed Pre School for all of our kids. My oldest is in a full day ABA K-2 program and gets some ABA at home twice a week. My youngest go to a school that does more Floortime/Greenspan type therapy. In the process of trying to get more home ABA for all of them. DM me anytime! Its so great to meet moms that "get" it!