Should I be worried about baby being so ‘good’?

[Elrm]

Hi everyone

I have a 5 month old baby who I don’t know if I should be concerned about or whether my anxiety is taking control.

I’ll start by saying she is meeting developmental milestones, apart from she doesn’t make any babbling sounds yet. She does make ‘oo’ noises when she gets excited though and blow bubbles. She does laugh but not very often. Smiles loads and great eye contact.

my concern is since the day she was born she has been such an independent little baby. She has very rarely cried apart from if she doesn’t want to be in her car seat or if she gets very very hungry, she has never needed to be settled to sleep just falls asleep on her own. She had to be woken for feeds initially but since she got a bit bigger I stopped doing that and now she will sleep for 12 hours straight at night and have naps during the day. She doesn’t really like to be cuddled to sleep she much prefers her cot. I feel like she doesn’t really need me!

Some people have mentioned to me that easy babies can sometimes mean that things are wrong. Should I just enjoy her being so happy and independent or do you think I should be concerned?

thanks in advance x

Not quite sure you should let such a small baby get very hungry to be honest.

Doesn't sound like anything is wrong to me. Some babies cry a lot and some don't.

For the avoidance of doubt I obviously don’t purposefully let her get hungry, I just meant if she’s coming up to her bottle time and getting very hungry for it then she lets me know about it!

It sounds lovely. Just enjoy her! Some babies are more chilled out than others. She must be naturally very secure with you.

If you are concerned at all, you could always ask your HV to do the Ages & Stages.

DD1 was like that. Hardly cried, slept 12 hours at night from 6 weeks, plus 3 hours during the afternoon. Hit all the physical milestones almost exactly on time. It was like she'd read the developing rule book and stuck to it.

Other than still liking to stick to rules and regulations, and a good long lie in bed, there are no issues and she's 22 yo now.