I am starting to get a little concerned that Kate and Carson are not social smiling much -- well, really, any. Sure they smile in their sleep a lot, but they don't directly smile at me or anyone else. They are now 3 months old (and yes, preemie), and I wish I knew when to expect it. I am really looking forward to the smiles. I need those smiles!
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I can't remember how early K & C were... I think that my son first smiled close to 6 weeks, but my daughter not until about 2 months. I think 6 weeks is average for full term, but there's a huge range that's still considered normal. I'm sure it's so hard to wait for it now, you've been working so hard for so long and you need some positive reinforcement. I'm sure you'll get it soon!
Gage has just really started doing it within the past few weeks and he's 10 weeks now. I think you can expect preemies to be as far behind as they were early, right? So that would put them at 14 weeks or so before it starts.
I think that the boys only started smiling at corrected age of 4 months (so about 6 months in reality because they were 8 weeks prem).
Hang in there, because it does get better! The work gets more of course and you'll probably have even less time to do stuff BUT they will start interacting more and it will make it all much more worthwhile.
*hug*
Amy
It sounds like they are on cue. Smiles start in earnest around 3 months. It starts infrequently but by 6 months they are usually grinning lightbulbs, If I recall correctly.
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