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Babies: 3 - 6 Months
lesleytaylor
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3 month old doesn't smile
lesleytaylor
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Does anyone have a 3 month old that doesn't smile? My DS will be 3 months old next week and still does not smile. He will smile in his sleep. We saw the pedi today for his well visit and he wants to see DS back in a month and if he hasn't smiled (an continue to smile) by that appt. then he wants to have infants and children evaluate him in our home. I am a nervous wreck and have been on the verge of tears all day. If anyone is experiencing this or has experienced it I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Please ease my mind. TIA
PS.....he seems fine in all other areas and if it helps he does have reflux which they are treating with zantac
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Re: 3 month old doesn't smile
Check out this link. I like it in that the chart leaves room for individuality. Don't freak out yet.
https://www.babycenter.com/0_milestone-chart-1-to-6-months_1496585.bc
I go by the same chart for all our milestones. DS is advanced for some and behind in others. Every baby truly is different. You might just have to find the right thing that makes him smile. Make sure you get all up in his face and smile at him. At first, DS liked it when we opened our mouth while smiling. Don't know why, but that made him smile. So experiment with facial expressions and be silly! You never know what might work.
I was in your shoes not that long ago! 1. don't get on google 2. take a deep breath and know that your LO is unique!
My DS didn't smile intentionally until very recently 4.5monts-ish. I can't remember exactly. He would do it all the time in his sleep and I begged him to give me a smile but nada, nothing, zilch. Give it time!
Every baby is different... our daughter doesn't understand how to push herself up on her arms/hands. The pediatrician said she should be doing that by her 8 week appt and she's still not, but the pedi isn't concerned yet. I guess it's easy to get worried when our babies don't seem to hit every milestone perfectly. But don't worry yet!
Do you spend a lot of time in his face showing him how to engage via a smile? We spent a lot of time "teaching" DD that smiling was a way to interact. We grinned really big and got in her face and interacted with her, and did it at the same time as giving her affection and attention. Now she tries to get our attention by smiling. Now when she's with other babies she looks them in the face and tries to engage them by smiling. But it's something they have to learn... it doesn't come naturally. They don't realize it's a social thing until we teach them.