What made your baby laugh for the very first time?

[mamaintraining]

Hi all, just looking for some inspiration to make my LO laugh (she's 4 month old now). What made your babies let out their first giggle?

Leaning over them and tickling them with my hair when they were lying back.

Opening a packet of rattles. He laughed for the second time today when I played with a couple of balloons over his pram.

I fumbled during a night time nappy change and dropped him on the bed.
I was in bits out of guilt and he just played there. Chuckling.
He's 32 now and still an adrenaline junkie.

Laid not played

When I made a spooky “whooooo” noise at Halloween. He was 6 weeks old and beside himself every time I did it

The sound of me laughing when I blew a raspberry on her tummy. My laugh is quite chucklesome apparently!

Yeah this is one I will never forgot. My husband opened a bottle of beer and it popped. And our daughter laughed like a drain. So he made the same noise again, and she did it again. Was totally random and so unexpected.

Just talking to DD in a v exaggerated sing songy voice worked. She also liked songs with actions.

DS laughed from birth. I thought I was hallucinating from lack of sleep or the gooooood drugs but the midwife confirmed that occasionally, newborn have a laughter reflex which is triggered whilst content. He giggled post feed and in his sleep.

Me adjusting the strap on the sling He was (and still is) a little weirdo.

The episode of Bing where Flop scares away the goose caused DS2's first proper chuckle. Bop de bop de bopity bop!!!

Shouting boo with a smiley face til they jumped and giggled at the same time!!

I don't remember because he was smiling and laughing always in my memory, but the first genuine belly laugh was from a game of boo, he still likes being scared

He burped, and burst into giggles.

A really dramatic fake sneeze
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-CHOOO

Loved it every time

When I was dabbing her face dry with a towel. Hilarious apparently, although 3 months later she hates it!

Making fish noises or screwing your face up then bursting it into a grin always works ime.

This thread has made me smile so much!

My DS did his second lot of giggles today, two weeks after his first lot!

Today it was an over dramatic cough that I did! Really tickled him!

Saying “I’m going to get you” in a mock scary deep voice then doing gentle fish noise kisses up to his face then ducking to one side and doing raspberry noises on his neck.
I know it’s standard baby play but it totally worked for him.
At first he gave a sort of excited baby pant but it has now turned into giggles. It is so blimmin lovely!
Hope you get your first laughs soon OP. What they find funny can be pretty random!

Ds is 9 weeks and laughs in his sleep. Creepy

Repetition and exaggeration are key I reckon. If yours smiles at something, keep doing that or similar and you’re sure to get a giggle at some point.

Spinning her around or throwing her on to a bundled up duvet (obviously very soft landing and gentle throw but still don't recommend) - she's one now and absolutely loves being chucked about! Sometimes she falls over and bangs her head and laughs, rough child!

No idea. But peekaboo is the funniest thing in his world right now!

Peek a boo, used to play it for ages when he was about 10 weeks old. He would proper belly laugh until out of breath, then I'd do it again for same result. It would amuse us both for hours. Tried it with dd at the same age and she looked at me like wtf is wrong with you?

A huge sneeze by me.

I can't even remember. Is that bad?