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just looking for a bit of advice/reassurance

my DS is 7+3 weeks and my first he's developing well gaining weight feeding well apart from the odd sick after feeds he follows his hands objects in front etc but is still not smiling properly he's done it i would say about 5times and it's really worrying me :(

more so since i stupidly googled and read it's an early sign amongst lots of other things for autism

am i just being over worried?

Try not to worry. There are so many things I googled and wished I hadn't and none of them turned out to be anything! Can you discuss your concerns with your health visitor?

7 weeks is still really really early. Don't worry.

It was the health visitor who started me worrying really we have his 8week check next week i'll mention it then if they haven't increased

Try not to worry honestly, all babies are different! My DS smiled for the first time when he was 6 weeks old and then he was sparingly giving them out, now he smiles and giggles all the time! But he was a bit on the serious side to start with

5 times is more than enough to have achieved that milestone IMO! Not and expert, but I really don't think you need to worry if he doesn't smile frequently, just if he doesn't smile AT ALL.

I do remember what it's like, I worried about every little thing with ds (now 2). Smiling just the start of it - I think he smiled first at 8 weeks and even then I set such a high bar for what "counted" as a smile. Next cave eye contact, the list goes on... FWIW none of it came to anything and ds is the most affectionate, most smiley little man ever; like the pp he just started out with more of a stern face and a discerning sense of humour.

Apologies for typos, I hope that's comprehensible!

Thanks everyone i think lack of sleep played a big part and Dr Google he's defo getting there with them i can see his mouth making the shape i'm sure it'll all click into place soon enough :)

My DD was the most serious baby I'd ever met! You could do anything and she'd almost always just stare at you completely deadpan or screaming. As she got more and more mobile, she got happier and happier. She's 8 months and still has her serious days but spends a lot of time smiling and laughing now I also was so sure she'd have autism or something similar because of it try not to worry too much and enjoy your DS

I googled exactly the same thing when my ds wasn't smiling at 7 weeks!! Avoid Google!!!! He's now smiling and giggling away! GP said at his 6 week check that anything up to 12 weeks is within normal range, don't stress!!