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[quote=Anonymous]Try to relax.  I was super worried about this with my older child, and it was totally fine.  He was uncomfortable and tired a lot, and I think that just made him not want to engage.  Plus, you might have forgotten how hard it is for LOs like that to focus.  I just had #2 and had to remind myself that the baby actually was trying to look at me because he wasn't focusing like I've gotten used to with my older child.  Now he's 3.5 months and totally looking at faces and smiling, etc.

Are you sure this isn't something happening when your baby is overtired or overstimulated?  First, stop trying too hard to get the baby to look at you.  Respect the baby's desire to look away.  Try to find other ways to engage.  Baby massage is a great way to do that without eye contact

Second, relax about it.  Like me, you might have just forgotten how little baby eyes look.  It's hard for them to focus.

Third, some babies simply are more or less interested in faces.  Maybe your baby is watching the older kid bound around and is focused on the motion.  Maybe the baby is just taking in the whole world.  My older kid is totally typical in development but did not do much eye contact at this age.[/quote]

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