First milestones

I know all babies are different and I shouldn't let it worry me, but I'm letting it worry me.  At what age did your babies start to smile and make proper sounds?  I was sure Kiara was smiling last week (very different from the little windy smiles) but she only did it a few times and hasn't done it since.  I know she might be a couple of weeks behind because she was prem but still......

Ryan didn't smile for AGES and again it took him AGES to giggle. I wouldn't worry about it either.

Chelsea first smiled at about 8 weeks, at 4am hehe. And she didn't giggle till like 6months or something! Now she's the happiest baby around and is always grinning and cracking up, even at complete strangers. Definitely doesn't mean there is something wrong with your little one (Chelsea was early too - 36w5d)

Try not to worry too much - easier said than done I know! (We thought she didn't like us lol, funny the things you think sometimes eh)

Eta: she first rolled at about 5months, crawled at 10months, and got her first tooth 2days before turning 1, and 2nd tooth just a couple of days ago. No signs of walking yet so she just does things a bit later than other bubbas too.

Edited by rachelsea

Nathan smiled at 11 days old and not windy smiles - so all babies are different! But it was like once a week for a little while or thereabouts.

I had to look up about milestones as Nathan rolled once then 3x two weeks later then nothing. But he is sitting for a while before losing balance so I've read that's the main thing is that he is accomplishing some of it. Try not to worry (I do too). Babies all do it at their own time and I think personality comes into it - Nathan laughs and smiles easily and all the time... whereas other babies might be more serious.

Ok you have to picture a pterodactyl swooping in for a kill... and it opens it's mouth wide, the food escapes and it gives a peeved off RRaaaarrr! sort of like an high pitched, over grown, angry seagull.... it's a throaty squealy screech... OMG just trust me, if your baby makes the noise, you'll go "Wow, now I know what a pterodactyl sounds like!"

FreeSpirit wrote: Ok you have to picture a pterodactyl swooping in for a kill... and it opens it's mouth wide, the food escapes and it gives a peeved off RRaaaarrr! sort of like an high pitched, over grown, angry seagull.... it's a throaty squealy screech... OMG just trust me, if your baby makes the noise, you'll go "Wow, now I know what a pterodactyl sounds like!"

Hehehehe, this made me laugh! Jamie does this, along with a sort of angry donkey noise, like a breathing in 'EEEEEEH' and then a breathing out 'AWWWW" afterwards. It makes him laugh when I do it back to him.

But we have no signs of rolling here and he's 15 weeks this week.   I am actually pleased as Sam was itching to get going really really early.

I was actually getting disheartened cos my baby would save his smiles for DH.........now its the other way around thank goodness.
He also rolled heaps all day and the next day a couple of times but now hes over it so hasnt done it again for ages. My 2nd was very onto it with his milestones so i was getting worried at first as well but ive relaxed on it all now and know hes generally on par and if he takes a wee bit longer at things it means i get to keep a baby longer

thesaff - or unsuspecting nose!!