3-4 month smiling/cooing milestones?

Hello everyone,

I thought I'd throw out a question to you all. My little boy is, well, as you can see from my ticker, a little over 3 months old. Both my babies were about a month early, I delievered 12/30/06 and they were due at the end of January 2007. Natalie has been smiling and cooing and even like "talking" to you when you engage in conversation with her. Once you have her attention, she smiles and coos and just chats with you, it's adorably cute! But Brenden will only smile once in a while (maybe once or twice a day) and hardly ever coos, at least not like her. Plus when you hold him, he is always looking from side to side, always interested in the things around him and doesn't look directly at you a lot. If I have him on the changing table and he can't look at much, he usually will stare at me for quite a while and smile sometimes. But never is chatting or cooing like his sister. In all of your experiences, am I worrying too much? Is he just behind her a little bit? Is she just ahead for her adjusted age? He just always seems preoccupied looking at other things. He does have his moments though where he is engaged with you and smiling, but not a lot of cooing.

Thanks in advance for your help!!

Chrissie

 

It could just be his personality. Jake was always easy to smile, which is ironic, because is the fussiest of the 2! With Emma, I would have to work on it more. Emma was a talker, and still is, she is way ahead of Jake as far as the # of different babbling sounds she makes, and she also says ball, mama, and dada. Where, Jake, will say mama, and that's about it. It's so hard to compare when there are 2 little little punkins that are the same age! Also, some babies will work on the gross motor skills, like lap standing, more physical things, rather than the social things. I will say this, if you are at all concerned, go talk to your ped, you will at least get some reassurance if nothing else!! :hug99:

 

I agree, could just be his personality.

 

:hug99: Don't worry, I know it's hard when they are both right in front of you not to compare them! My ds was early to smile, laugh, "talk" and dd was like a stone! You would have to walk upside into a wall to make her smile...then one day, I don't know what happened, around five-ish months, she blew up! Now she is more of a babbler then her brother, is smiling all the time...but laughs are still hard to come by, she is picky about her "funny" stuff. They are inidividuals growing at their own pace and it's hard not to compare them but try not to worry and he will start soon...and then he won't shut up! LOL

 

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In all of your experiences, am I worrying too much?


IMO - yes. Eacy baby develops differently. I just this morning had an Early Intervention team here for assessment of a possible gross motor delay but thankfully the girls are right on target, just not rolling yet. One of the things the physical therapist told me is that all the lists out there for developmental milestones should be used loosely as a guide. And by the way, one of my girls did the same which really concerned me so I am totally sympathetic to your concerns. If you're still worried by the time of his next appt., just chat with the pedi about it.

 

One of my boys made noises and smiled more then the other. Evenutually the one who was not making so mch noise now 'talks' all day.

 

All my kids would not look directly at you til they were over 7 months old. I think its a personality thing too.

 

I agree with pps - he probably just has a different personality. My DS is the same way - you have to really work to get him smiling and talking. I just tell everyone he's the strong, silent type :lol:

 

Wow - I feel a TON better! Thank you gals sooo much!! What you say makes a lot of sense and knowing that many of you went through the same thing, really helps me. Thanks so much for taking the time to reply and help me out!! You are the best!! :hug99: