How do you make your babies laugh?

[sarahloumadam]

DS has the most gorgeous giggle but I have to jump through hoops to hear it. I am exhausted from jumping around, bouncing on the bed and generally acting the fool and sometimes I only get a wry smile!

DS likes being licked

How old is he? DS (8 months) likes to be held in our arms on his tummy whilst we stand and rock him gently back and forth and sing the super man tune!

Oh he also like it if you draw a simple round smiley face on paper and show him it whilst saying "woodaboo" in a high pitched voice! Ahhh the wonders of being a mummy!

That is the kind of low-maintenance solution I am looking for !

Now I am starting to wonder how you discovered these things!

Haha, very high needs baby, very bored mummy! Good combination for coming up with ridiculous things to lighten the mood! Also, doing this little piggy in the bath gets a laugh, but no where else, only in the bath!

ds has always been fond of sneezing, especially pretend sneezing on a handful of bubbles in the bath that makes them go everywhere. oh, and juggling really badly o the balls fall on the floor.

Good old fashioned tickling always did it with DS. DD isn't particularly ticklish, but she likes making different noises, which I then copy, and she gurgles with laughter. (But have horrible feeling that this is all about her feeling as though she's in control, which doesn't bode well for the teenage years.) She also likes peekaboo and any kind of clapping game.

Throw teddy bear high up in the air, all babies seem to find it hilarious.

blowing raspberries on her neck

oooh kissing up the arm

start at the palm, move rapidly up with little kisses to the neck

I do this while whispering whoo eez my beeautifool bebe? in my best French accent

still hilarious and the older one is 5

funny noises (esp repeated nonsense words)
sneezing
coughing
peekaboo
tickling
chasing (OK for older babies)
playing monsters

DS is easily amused

I fall over when anyone sneezes

I am just HILARIOUS me

also Mr Sock is popular

he is French too

double takes used to send my two into rapturous giggles for some reason

knock knock joke?

ripping paper?

lol MP

this method seems pretty successful

Aww those videos are hillarious! I wish my ds didn't have to eat any paper he rips!!!

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I squeeze his thighs and rub his ribs and razz his toes. And chase him. Or say "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm POP! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm POP!"

It's all in the anticipation

Spinning round really fast so I feel dizzy works a treat

This thread is lovely, makes me want to wake DS up just to make him laugh, but DP just got him to sleep

spinning with him in my arms I mean, he grins and squeals

Pretend to drop her (but obviously don't actually drop her as that wouldn't be funny)

Also lie baby on floor, get baby sock and keep dropping it on to face, over and over again.

We get ss to do something funny, he's the only one who can get real deep belly laughs out of either of the dd's. Raspberrys on the tummy nearly get dd2, but not with a full on belly laugh
Mind you I've not tried licking dd Flame

Dropping a chiffon scarf over DD's head (she's 7 months). Am now determined to get video footage of her laughing tomorrow to play to myself when we're having a tough day!