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Sophia is going to be four months on Dec 17. She doesn't laugh yet, or hold her head up really well. It seems like she is doing everything later than my first baby did. My first daughter was born at 36 weeks, Sophia at almost 38 weeks, so it seems like she should be doing things sooner than her sister did. I shouldn't be comparing, I guess, but I remember reading "what to expect the first year" with my first daughter and each month she could do all the things they listed, even the "might possibly be able to's". My mom says not to worry, that every baby eventually does everything, but of course I can't help worrying. Does anyone else have a four month old who doesn't laugh yet?
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I got an excellent book from the nurse when I got Gabriel's 4 month shots, and it lists a bunch of milestones. Between the ages of 3-6 months it says that for movement a baby will.... gain increased head control and hold head more steadily, push up and lift head while on tummy, roll from front to back and back to front, etc. ~ for cognitive and social milestones... make lots of gurgling, babbles and coos, smile and begin to laugh, repeat actions, respond to people's voices and facial expressions etc.. Sophia still has a couple of months to learn, and still keep in mind that every baby grows and developes at a different rate, so not to worry. Gabriel is 5 months now and he laughs, but only when he is fed, changed and very alert. He has good head control, but still forgets occa__sionally that he still has to concentrate to keep from head b___ting things! Yesterday was the first time ever that he actually held his head up and pushed with his arms and legs so he was up off the floor, while on his tummy. He still has yet to roll over. Also, I find that if I hold Gabe in one arm, and bop him around the house singing the Pink Panther tune, he will laugh the hardest. You can try to play "Who's the Baby?!" in the mirror, and see if Sophia responds to her own image , and she might laugh if you swing her up close, then far away, then up close again....worth a shot!
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I will try that. I admit I've been doing the dumbest things just to try to make her laugh. My husband said she giggled in her sleep one day a month ago. Part of why I'm thinking about all this is that I have to take her for her four month checkup in a week and a half, and I just want her to be doing everything she's supposed to, so the doctor doesn't lecture me...this guy really cares about his patients, but he wants to sit there and go on and on about stuff...sometimes he will spend 20 minutes just telling me stuff about baby care, and getting annoyed when my 3 year old won't be quiet.
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I wonder how many babies with an older sibling, develope at later rates? I ask this because, my first was like yours, she was right on time with milestones. Gabriel is definately a bit behind others his age... and I just cant help but think that now that we have to keep house in order, occupy a toddler and a baby, do more errands, that maybe we dont devote as much time as we did with the first? I definately notice in my case that time spent with Hailey was a lot easier to delegate and arrange. Now that I have an infant too, I just lose myself trying to designate time for things such as playing and teaching etc.
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actually what I have heard is that some babies with older siblings actually reach their milestones quicker. But all babies are different and grow at different rates. I just read that if you mimic their facial expressions and coos they tend to laugh at that.
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forgot to add...caleb is way more advance than my first one....I think my first one didnt laugh until after 6 months. but caleb is a wild little man...he is out of control with everything. Nothing is holding him down.....
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Logan still does sit up on his own at 7 months. He's later than Zane in that aspect. I think they may develope later when they have siblings. Who really knows?
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I've thought that maybe I don't spend enough time playing with her. I don't know, Valerie always wanted to do her own stuff...like I'd put her on her tummy and she would scoot all over the rug, or I'd put her in the exersaucer and she'd play for hours. She never really wanted to be entertained. I read books to Sophie, and sing to her, but it's true that sometimes I end up spending a day cleaning, and realize that all I've done with her all day is feed her and change her. About developing differently with siblings...that might be true. I have a friend with 8 kids, and each one talked and walked later than the one before her.
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Whoa, I've been starting to wonder when my baby will laugh but she is only 6 weeks old. But she does smile lots and she holds her own head up extremely well. I've been thinking about trying out her jolly jumper, but only while supervised for the time being, cause when I sit her on my lap she pushes up into a standing position with my hand only on her belly to support her. Now just waiting for that laugh! =) She did giggle in her sleep a few times when she was like 2 weeks old. Sounds unrealistic, but she was smiling out of love at a week old too...the pediatrician disagreed with me but then she smiled for him and he couldn't believe it...he was like "whoa...no that wasn't a gas smile!!!"
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My son is 15 weeks... He sure smiles a lot, but I have never really heard him laugh. Each baby is so different. Try to remember that and not worry too much!
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Nathan didn't hold his head up until he was about 6 months old. I said something to his doctor and he showed me some exercises to do to strengthen his neck. I never had to do them. He never drooped again after that. I think every baby developes at their own pace. I have a friend that has a five month old and she just now rolls over.
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