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Looking at her

NAS72680

Hi everyone.

Could anyone shed some light on this...

My daughter regularly tells us that she wants someone (her baby sister, friends etc) to stop looking at her. She will tell me mummy move her away the baby is looking at me.

We ask her why and she cannot really give us an answer (she is only 4) She will get quite upset so generally we will move the baby for example from her area.

I am intrigued to see if anyone else's children do the same? 

Thanks 

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  • Autistic people often feel overwhelmed by eye-contact. Babies tend to stare fixedly at anything that they find interesting, they are also programmed to find human faces fascinating. This may be the reason why your four-year old finds the baby looking at her unpleasant. Also, adults and older children know what to do when a baby is staring at them, pull faces, use baby-talk etc., at 4 years, your child is probably too young to naturally do these things and consequently is puzzled as to how to respond.

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  • Autistic people often feel overwhelmed by eye-contact. Babies tend to stare fixedly at anything that they find interesting, they are also programmed to find human faces fascinating. This may be the reason why your four-year old finds the baby looking at her unpleasant. Also, adults and older children know what to do when a baby is staring at them, pull faces, use baby-talk etc., at 4 years, your child is probably too young to naturally do these things and consequently is puzzled as to how to respond.

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