Early autism signs ?

My four month old is a beautiful little girl who we love dearly. At home she’s very smiley and has started to make giggly noises. But when we go out she becomes very serious and easily freaked out. She shows no interest in toys - preferring to watch our faces instead. I’m starting to worry it might be a sign of autism - too early really to tell I know. Or that she’s naturally very shy and antisocial- if she is of course then that’s absolutely fine. Me and her dad are very outgoing and I’d just be a bit sad if she doesn’t like being around lots of people.
Is four months still early to play with toys? She’s alert, feeds well, normal nappies etc, watches me and my dad intently when we’re moving round the room. She doesn’t laugh properly yet but makes noises like she might. Is this normal? Anyone else had a similar sounding baby that turned out a bubbly social child? Obviously I’ll love her no matter what but feel it’s good to prepare if she is more sensitive and possibly on the spectrum.

Thanks x

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She’s 4 months old.. just enjoy her! You’re expecting far too much of such a young baby (I say this with love) x

Agree with above, so young still! Also if she isn't sociable like you and your partner, accept her for who she is with love ❤️

I think it sounds perfectly normal 🥰 xx

I think this is way too early to tell. And everything you've described sounds pretty normal for a 4 month old. I find they don't have much interest in toys for a while yet. And actually preferring to watch you probably shows that she's quite social. Pretty normal to be more cautious around other people or new places, you are her safe place.

All sounds very normal to me. 4 months is too early for toys. Watching your faces is also very developmentally normal. She is looking to you for reassurance in the big wide world. Stop stressing. Mine was very very cautious of strangers until she was about 2 and is now very outgoing and sociable. Your baby is just discovering the world and nothing about her personality now is telling about how she will be later. easy to worry I know, but none of this sounds worrying to me

She’s 4 months old. She’s basically a little blob who doesn’t understand anything. All young babies are like this.

All of this sounds quite normal and while I do believe you can sometimes tell if a baby has autism there are normally other health factors involved and the baby isn’t responding or is extremely fussy day and night. Part of this could also be a development phase in terms of new surroundings.
Can’t say I noticed with my asd son at that age until he started doing patterns all over the house and had issues with fine and gross motor skills.

At 4 months old thats normal. Your face right now is facinating. They dont really get into toys until 6 months. They might explore a little at 4 months but right now the world is facinating especially you

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