Not smiling or interacting. Is this ok?

[Tinks]

My nephew is 11 weeks and doesn't smile or interract with people. In fact all he pretty much does is cry unless he's in the car or they're out shopping. He does smile occasionally, I think he has smiled at me a couple of times and I see him almost every day. In fact I hadn't even seen him smile until last Tuesday. He smiles at my sister sometimes, it's not a regular thing though. (if that makes sense)

I remember my kids and my other nephew were all smiling and cooing at that age. We'd make funny noises and they'd smile etc. But he doesn't respond to those kind of things. My sister even says he doesn't respond as much as her older DS used to.

Do you thik this is something we should be worried about?

[~clover~]

I think give it a little bit more time. But not too long.
I remember at 8 weeks DD1 was smiling & laughing & carrying on, then a little boy came over. She was all happy & laughing at him, & he, at 11 weeks just stared.
Obviously, 30 minutes out of someones life doesn't count for much, but to see the difference between the 2 was obvious. He had no facial expression at all, but he did look at her.
Maybe they should ask at their next MCN check up.

[Glamourcide]

I can only think of one bub who didn't look at, interact with or smile at other people/babies, and he's just been diagnosed as autistic... but, 11 weeks is still early days so I probably wouldn't be too worried Maybe if in a few weeks he still isn't bothering much with those around him, gently suggest to his mama that it's something she might want to ask a doctor about? That being said though, there's not a lot doctors can do until a baby becomes a toddler/child, so it may not be worth the stress of trying to work out if there is something amiss, as nobody can say for sure for a good 18 months more, kwim? All kids are different, maybe he just has a very different personality to his big brother and is a bit more serious? I know my DD1 was very smiley and happy from the first couple of weeks, whereas DD2 is a little more reserved and prefers to share her smiles and giggles with me and her big sister - my mum is always getting upset when DD2 cries for her, then turns off the tears, grins and starts 'bah bah bah'-ing at me the second I take her out of mum's arms hahaha

[Lulu]

A bit too soon to tell I think. He might be a serious little fella - or maybe thinks you are all a bunch of dorks and should stop pulling faces at him

[supablondie]

I think its too early to judge. To me it sounds like he is very serious baby. My dd isn't amused easily whereas my friends dd is so friendly and easy going. U never know until later and u think yep, u were like that from day 1.

[Tinks]

A bit too soon to tell I think. He might be a serious little fella - or maybe thinks you are all a bunch of dorks and should stop pulling faces at him

Lulu that's exactly what my sister says. She calls him a 'serious little dude'.

[Visitor8]

hehe @ dorks :P

I don't think it's something to worry about yet. My neice is 7 months and while she smiles a lot it's hard hard HARD to get her to laugh! Yet Ash was laughing and smiling at 2 months. Every baby is different

[maz]

A bit too soon to tell I think. He might be a serious little fella - or maybe thinks you are all a bunch of dorks and should stop pulling faces at him

or who farted

For the record hon...W was a smiley kid who sceamed most of the time until he was 6 months old...then he just stopped at 7 months old and gave me that hit by a brick wall look.

I think its lovely that your worried about him

[Artechim]

My DD was very hard to get a smile out of until she hit 12 weeks. Now at 15 weeks she is quite smiley but she has only giggled/laughed a couple of times. On the other hand, DS was Mr Smile - you only needed to look in his general direction and he would be grinning away.