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lndayln@aol.com · October 2014

my 6 week old doesn't really smile that much and sleeps a lot. Is she ok?

oursong611 · October 2014

It takes babies awhile to get in the habit of smiling, and just like with older children and adults, all babies are different. Some will smile a lot, others not so much, depending on personality. As for the sleeping, babies NEED a lot of sleep. My son is also six weeks old, and he sleeps through most of the night, typically takes two, two hour naps during the day, as well as several 15-30 minute cat naps. He's not usually awake for more than two consecutive hours. As long as she's eating well and growing fine, I wouldn't be too worried. If you are though, you should definitely talk to your pediatrician. Hope this helps!

kearls227 · October 2014

Agree with PP. My LO is 6 weeks today. He has started to occasionally social smile (so not just when falling asleep or when gassy lol) but I can't always draw a smile out of him and he doesn't do it a ton yet. He also sleeps a lot! He is starting to spend more time awake during the day but still does, basically what PP said and has at least 2 long naps during the day (2-3 hrs) and a number of shorter naps (about 30 mins) and then sleeps pretty good at night. Certainly not through the night but we occasionally see a 4-5 he stretch between feeds - still usually eating every 3-4 hrs at night though.

Songbird2 · October 2014

I have pretty much the same story as kerls227
My daughter is 6 1/2 weeks and she smiles some, but not much. Usually at her dad.... I'm jealous!!!! DD has her days when it comes to sleep. Sometimes she sleeps all day other times I feel like she barely sleeps.

wpatx · October 2014

I'll echo what others have said and say that my 6 week old son will smile occasionally, but only maybe 2 times a day...and it really just started to be more social and not as a result of bodily functions.

She might be sleeping a lot because she just went through a growth spurt, so that's a good thing!

Lskypeck · October 2014

DS just went through what seemed like a whole week of terrible daytime sleeping! Short naps, cranky, staying up for what seemed like hours with only a few minutes of sleep and then nighttime was hard with lots of wakefulness, he's 7 weeks on Thursday, and I'm thinking maybe he's tired from a growth spurt. As for smiling, he smiles when on the changing table or doing things he likes or looking at interesting things. I just try to smile back when I see him smiling. GL!

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