Smiling...

[Steph63]

This is my first thread in Baby Club, so hi everyone!

Just wanted to ask what age your LO smiled properly for the first time, by this I mean not a wind smile etc! I have friends with LO's a lot younger than Zac and their LO's are smiling, but Zac hasn't yet....Starting to worry me a little TBH, although I might just be being silly! Zac is 7 wks tomorrow btw.

 

[CharlieKeys]

Stephen first smiled when I entered hte room at about 5 weeks

Just remember - they all develop at their own paces!

 

[Natty_babez]

Alexa first smiled at about 3 weeks and has just in the last week or so started to laugh

xxx

 

[Neko]

6-8 weeks is the most common time. But I've heard anywhere up to 12 weeks is considered normal.

 

[peanut56]

My LO was 5 weeks, but I've heard that anywhere up to 10 or so weeks is normal.

 

[rainbows_x]

4 weeks and 1 day. x

 

[Linny]

My LO was around 5/6 weeks to smile but she didn't laugh till about 14 weeks and only does it still for mummy and daddy!

 

[Cattia]

I was wondering this, there have been a couple of times in the past few days when we have had what could have been a smile buy George is pretty much constantly windy when he is awake so it is really hard to tell whether they were real smiles or not!

 

[KayBea]

About 5 weeks.. X

 

[xxxKatiexxx]

I don't know exactly as I think it's hard to tell what's an actual smile at first but was about 4 weeksx

 

[whoops]

About 3 weeks, which was very early, but she's made up for that by being slow to laugh

 

[supertabby]

Isobel was 5 weeks but it wasn't until about 8 weeks that we could rely on regular smiles every day - before that she just did them every now and then and we couldn't coax them out of het but now we can (at 10 weeks). I tend to think if you're not sure if its a smile or wind then its wind... when its a real smile it shows in the eyes. Isobel always turns her head a bit too as though she's trying to be coy lol!

 

[Louppey]

About 5 weeks, she started giggling when she turned 15 weeks but it's only been occasional really til this weekend where she found most things hilarious

 

[Swanny]

My little one started last week but he doesn't do it everytime he see's me. I notice he chuckles to himself and smiles a bit when he is on playmat.

He has smiled directly at me just a few times. I just keep on trying to encourage it by taking closely to him and making goo goo noises etc.

x

 

[JWandBump]

4-5weeks

 

[Tor]

around 8 weeks

 

[Bluetomato]

Harrison and Darcey both smiled at about 6 weeks, Dom was about 8 weeks x

 

[purplepower]

5 weeks. LO only smiles for me at the mo and only get a couple a day, usually on the changing mat as I can get my face right down to him, if I pull faces really slowly it makes him smile.

 

[+tivethoughts]

Harrison cracked his first proper smile at 3w4d. He started laughing at 6w2d.

All babies develop at different paces and anything upto 12 weeks or so is considered normal. xx