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Could it really be possible that

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FlossALump · 12/10/2007 16:28

my 2.5 week old is smiling? Seemed that way last night, Grandma is convinced which I poo pooed but now, well she gave me three lovely ones in a row earlier and then one for her brother. I thought it was 4-6 weeks? Certainly was with DS. Is it just wind.

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ArmadilloDaMan · 12/10/2007 16:29

Do you really want ot hear that it is prob wind, or do you want ot think she is smiling

Meeely2 · 12/10/2007 16:29

she smiling for a reason would u say e.g. in reaction to you saying hello cutie pie?

belgo · 12/10/2007 16:29

If it looks like a smile, and the grandma thinks so too, then it is

CarGirl · 12/10/2007 16:31

yes my youngest smiled very early - she was just copying us (rather than doing it as she was happy) but it got a big response so she carried on doing it lots IYSWIM

2HappyFrighteningPeople · 12/10/2007 16:31

The average is 4-6 weeks, which means some are earlier and some are later. I got roundly patronised for suggesting ds1 was smiling early, and was pleased when it was actually observed and confirmed as a smile and not wind. Both my boys smiled early.

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FlossALump · 12/10/2007 16:38

She looks up at you and smiles when looking at you and does seem to respond to being spoken to! DS and I were certainly talking to her earlier when she did and no wind was passed!

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lemonaid · 12/10/2007 16:40

She could well be smiling -- 4-6 weeks is an average, not set in stone. How lovely!

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FlossALump · 12/10/2007 16:42

She is rather!

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mezzer · 12/10/2007 16:49

It's possible so I'd say go ahead and believe that she's smiling. Even if it is just wind, who cares! The smiles make all the poo and spit-up worth while.

suedonim · 12/10/2007 16:50

Mine were all smiling by 3wks so yes, your dd could be smiling at you.

skidaddle · 12/10/2007 16:52

was she overdue - they say overdue babies smile earlier - my dd smiled at 3 wks and was 2 wks overdue

2HappyFrighteningPeople · 12/10/2007 16:53

Really, skidaddle? Both of mine were 2 weeks () over. Learn something new every day...

francagoestohollywood · 12/10/2007 16:53

It might be, I'm coonvinced that dd started to smile (not just for digestion ) at 3 weeks.

CarGirl · 12/10/2007 19:32

dd4 smiled at 3 days at my bf we were all no not possible but we kept testing her - if you smiled at her (big cheesy grin) she smiled back, she was 14 days late and a solid 9lb10 at birth.

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FlossALump · 13/10/2007 10:20

Yes DD was nearly two weeks late - had to be induced. And if largeness means they smile early well she was 10 and a half pounds so I guess she would qualify! DP is now convinced she is too - none so far today though!

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MrsJohnCusack · 13/10/2007 10:36

yes mine was definitely smiling by 3 weeks - you can tell the windy ones, they're much more of a grimace

he was 2 weeks over and 10 lbs 5 so maybe a pattern is emerging...

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FlossALump · 14/10/2007 19:25

maybe MJC!

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NAB3 · 14/10/2007 19:32

Babies have been proven to smile in the womb so I say it is smile now and not wind!

juuule · 14/10/2007 20:10

I think it's a smile. Mine smiled from very early.

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