My 6 day old baby girl has been big on smiling since day one.
I've heard it's just gas.
2006-12-03 20:56:08 · 8 answers · asked by PeanutsMama 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I have heard gas.. My mother says it's angels telling the infant jokes... My grandmother says it's angels tickling the baby...
While my mother and grandmother have very cute ideas that paint a picture of happiness and comfort... I really think it's gas....
2006-12-03 21:00:21 · answer #1 · answered by Diane (PFLAG) 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've always thought that it's the baby adjusting to life outside the womb. There's a lot of nervous system adjustments to be made in that little body. My son -he's 3 weeks- smiles off and on, but he also twitches a lot, gets a lot of hiccups, likes to shake his hand and sometimes his leg shakes like a dog getting his tummy scratched. These are all involuntary things caused by a nervous system still adjusting to stimuli. As much as I'd like to take credit for the smiles, I know it's not me.... yet. When your baby smiles at you for real the first time, you'll know!
2006-12-04 05:27:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Know that a newborn has two principal means of communicating: smiling and crying. She'll cry when she's in pain or discomfort and learn to smile when she is comfortable. Notice that her first smiles will probably come fleetingly as she sleeps, in her first week of life. Watch her smile change: In her second week she'll probably smile with her eyes open, usually after feeding. She may have a glassy, faraway look.See her develop: In the third or fourth week, she'll probably have mastered a social smile, responding to your voice and making eye contact.
She could be mimicing you but odds are at this early age it is probably gas or involuntary movement. Whatever it is, it is beautiful !!
2006-12-04 05:01:26 · answer #3 · answered by surfer_grl_ca 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Up until they are about 2-4 months old, that strange little grin is usually gas. You will know when she actively starts smiling at you.
2006-12-04 05:29:07 · answer #4 · answered by apocolypses_solar_storm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT depends SO MANY people say its gas. BUT honeslt my daugher smiled from day one and NEVER suffered from GAS.
SHE a content 15 month old now and I trully believed she smiled for the same reason I smiled. SHE WAS so happy to finally meet mom and dad. AND know theres so many people around her to love her
2006-12-04 06:12:27 · answer #5 · answered by cowsfreak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cranky people say that. Babies smile for the same reason the rest of us do -- they're happy. You must be doing a good job with her. Congratulations!
2006-12-04 04:58:46 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The guardian angel of the newly born baby is doing the trick....
2006-12-04 05:05:55 · answer #7 · answered by dodadz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The angels are playing with them especially while they are asleep.
2006-12-04 05:05:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋