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Baby smiling worries

TaylovesbradTaylovesbrad member
edited February 2016 in December 2015 Moms
My son is 2 months yesterday and has yet to smile alot. He has some hints of smiles but nothing concrete. When did your babes start smiling. I feel like he should be doing it by now
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Re: Baby smiling worries

  • esscapelleesscapelle member
    Mine started really smiling (doing it in response to us) at 6 weeks. Every baby is different! Don't worry.
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  • Gingermom15Gingermom15 member
    We were told to watch if Henry was alert when he is awake and seemed as though he recognized voices and faces. If he is starting to do those things I'm sure it's all good. Don't worry about baby races with the little things. That's way too stressful ;) 
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  • groovylocksgroovylocks member
    Aw don't worry. They really do smile in their own time. If he's making eye contact and responding to you, he's probably just fine. 

    I found smiles came in peaks and troughs with Olive. Her eyes lit up to music for quite some time but her mouth never really quite got there. Or she'd do something that I'd think "yeah.. that might be a smile.." but then she'd fart  or something. Music would produce this look of wonder on her face that i assumed was a smile until she actually smiled (and the only thing that is guaranteed to get a smile out of her is touching her mouth with a facecloth - for some reason she thinks that shit is hilarious)

    It wasn't this one defining moment. It built up gradually just like you're describing. So he's definitely on his way! Don't worry. Try weird things. Touching his mouth might work. It worked for Olive and apparently this is a common trick for getting babies to grin.
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  • TaylovesbradTaylovesbrad member
    Thanks ladies. I feel a little better. He is very alert and observes alot. He stares at me and responds when I talk to him. I will be patient :) o guess he didn't read the baby books
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  • phillipsbrphillipsbr member
    Maybe you have a thoughtful, serious boy  :D I've read that smiles can emerge anywhere from a month to three months! There are so many milestones, don't stress over when he'll reach them-easier said than done though! 
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  • pupsicle23pupsicle23 member
    My Annie isn't very smiley, either.  When I read the Wonder Weeks app, it said that babies won't always hit all of the milestones associated with each leap; instead,  they might just do a few from the list.  She's alert and makes eye contact and does other things, so I'm not too worried.

    I also have read that babies might choose which milestones to focus on,  and this is indicative of their personalities. Both DH and I are shy, somewhat reserved people,  (we are happy and have fun,  I'm struggling to put this into words,  haha) so it makes sense that our baby might not be the bubbliest.
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  • TaylovesbradTaylovesbrad member
    @mhuber223 I'm with you! I get what your saying cause mee and my hub are pretty quiet at home. I have to work at talking to him enough. Reading stories helps me not be so repetitive and be more animated
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  • ATolentino89ATolentino89 member
    @groovylocks Cole is amused by wiping his face too! He smiles and laughs. I don't get it. 
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  • taysuntaysun member
    ATolentino89 said:
    @groovylocks Cole is amused by wiping his face too! He smiles and laughs. I don't get it. 
    DD also grins big when I wipe her face depending on her mood
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  • taysuntaysun member
    DD will be 8 weeks this week and has really only started smiling super noticeably the past week or two. Before they were little and I couldn't tell if they were from gas or not. 
    Like pp said, it was gradual. 
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  • groovylocksgroovylocks member
    ATolentino89 said:
    @groovylocks Cole is amused by wiping his face too! He smiles and laughs. I don't get it. 
    As best as i can figure, it's a nonsense activity that has no purpose. And that is funny to them. Because, you know, in the world of a newborn, pretty much everything we do with them has an immediate purpose. And this is just an activity that doesn't make sense and i think they like that.

    Either that or it's just nice having your mouth touched, for some weird reason.
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  • HoldmommaHoldmomma member
    edited February 2016
    Both my boys smiled their first smiles when I made farting noises in their faces. Go figure!
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  • preggoandglowingpreggoandglowing member
    My baby is all smiles. She started at the hospital when she was born and now smiles all the time. While sleeping, eating, bathing, diaper changes and for no apparent reason. And now definitely smiles in response to us. She is 6 weeks.  
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