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Smiling less...

hcbrownehcbrowne member
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I know I am a worrier and I try to keep that in check. The past couple of days, however, are starting to take a toll on me. My son--5 mo. isn't smiling like he normally does. Usually, I say his name and smile and he looks up at me and gives me a huge grin. It is not at all difficult to get him to smile, not only that but he had started smiling at me to get me to smile back! I realize that some days may just be off days. 2 days in a row, though, is making me worry. He is still smiling, but it takes a lot of effort and I'm not getting the big grins--at all. 

His sleeping patterns are generally the same. He has been a little fussier, so I thought he may be soon to cut a tooth (he already has the first bottom 2--got them early at 3.5 mo.). Other than that I really do not know what is going on. Its really upsetting me. I feel like I am doing something wrong. Or that this is the beginning of autism, or something along those lines.

My husband is recently deployed, and I know I am a bit anxious and worn down. I do my best to act as if everything is normal for my son, and I think I do a really good job with that. It exhausts me by the end of the day, but I do give it my all. So I don't know if that would necessarily be related.  

Has anyone else experienced this? Should I call his pediatrician? I'm sure they would just tell me to give it some time and see what happens. Not my favorite thing to do. *sigh*

Thank you ladies! 

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  • pillowpants10pillowpants10 member

    Call the pediatrician tell us what they say.

     
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  • christinasullie37christinasullie37 member
    I ama worry wart too. I am having similar concerns. My LO no longer "tAlks" and never looks at me. She is always off in another world it seems. She smiles hut nothing seems to come out in the form of a laugh yet. She used to shreik, squeal, yell , a
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  • JustOneYouJustOneYou member

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    Okay. Seriously? Calm down. Maybe your LO isn't feeling well. Maybe he misses his daddy. Maybe he's annoyed because yo
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  • hcbrownehcbrowne member

    I appreciate everyone's input. Thanks for those who were sticking up for me--but really, I think sometimes I need to hear sarcasm. It didn't bother me. As a FTM I honestly just don't know how much they should be smiling, etc. All I know is that he has

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  • kateraidkateraid member
    OP I find that when my son goes through a wonder week or some developmental leap he regresses like that too and then his skills come back almost amplified! You're doing everything right. Worrying just means you care. Hang in there.
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  • paytramgpaytramg
    Has ur lo recently received any vaccines?
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  • candaceleigh21candaceleigh21
    I would totally calm down. Babies are just tiny adults. We all have our off days and dont feel like smiling. He could be teething or has a cold or an ear ache etc etc. just giv him a few days.
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  • jani7jani7 member

    Just wanted to say I'm a total worrier and I have worried about this same thing with my older son (he's now 19 months) but time after time a week later give or take he starts smiling or doing whatever it was that was worrying me at the time.  So I

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