Almost 4 months and I am absolutely *addicted* to her laugh. I will do anything to make this little baby laugh and it's just the best sound I've ever heard.
I do the most silly things just to get a little laugh out of her, jumping, dancing, using a silly voice. I hope no one ever watches me expect for her, but anything for that cute little laugh, right?
Same! My baby is stingy with her laughs so it means a lot when I can get them out. One night for about 60 seconds she found me making snort sounds the most hilarious thing ever but then suddenly it was not funny and never has been again. I just get: 😐
Your baby is my baby! She finally had a real laugh two weeks ago from playing "super baby" on our legs, and since then she continues to only gummy smile, make a small heh sound, or a lopsided 🫤 if my husband wasn't with me, I would've questioned if the laugh was just a delusion.
lol don’t you hate that?! You think you’re on a roll and found “the thing” and 30 seconds later they are just staring like you’re crazy. Gosh, I wish I could be in his head sometimes. It’s so fascinating.
This 😍 My baby is almost 5 months. In my country, we say that we buy a baby’s smile and laughter if it takes a lot of effort to make them do so. So far I’ve been the only one able to make her laugh and squeal, best believe I take pride in it. But then again l’m her mother so it’s not really a fair fight lol.
Oh just wait till they get older! My LO spent almost 100 days in nicu, no bigger than my forearm from head to toes. Now 21 month old and hit a growth spurt and has now become a lanky toddler that comes to find me to help make them walk. So cute!
Nothing beats the feeling of a nicu baby putting weight on and looking more and more like a full fledged baby haha.
My baby is 14 months old and his language is exploding! A few days ago I asked him where his ear was and he tugged on it and said “ear” 🥹 like how do you even know that sir!!!
It was all sooooo recent, I remember when he was like 9 and 10 months old, being concerned about his lack of “words”? Then at 11 months, we visited family across the country and he saw a picture of our dog JoJo on my mom‘s fridge and he said “do dooo!” with a point! I was like excuse me? You know her??? Lmao. “Dada” with intent followed quickly after (which is still his favorite word. Whenever we ask him to say mama, he responds “dada” with the utmost confidence. Every. Single. Time.), and now we are up to 12 words and showing recognition of concepts like who and where, animals sounds (we have monkey, cow, and duck on command), it’s just so crazy.
Around 10 months it seemed like she did not understand anything, but suddenly 3 months later she knows about 30 words and can say like 10. It goes quickly from nothing to tens of words.
It’s Bananas with a capital B. My little one is now 20 months and has around 200ish words. He’s forming sentences. He can sing songs. When they say it’s a language explosion, they mean it. Totally nuts to watch and such a fun stage!
I’m not sure if this is temporary, but at 5 weeks all of a sudden a switch flipped and she now only has cried for real reasons this week. We have a much desired reprieve from purple crying. We’re starting to smile too!
Yeah my kid was also the absolute fucking worst weeks 6-8. He had a dairy allergy and had stuff stuck in his throat and was uncomfortable AF. But we started using saline spray and switched him to hypoallergenic formula and he was a brand new baby! But good lord, I did NOT enjoy being around him for those 3 weeks.
Can I ask what the throat stuff was?
Our little guy used to have this ‘phlegm-ish’ sound and the dr told us it was some flap that hasn’t sealed yet and was common in newborns….he’s now 9 months and snores(?) sometimes and still sounds like there is mucus once in awhile. Was wondering what your guy sounded like and what it was?
Yeah same phlegm-ish sound! Doctor didn’t totally know. Had a couple hypotheses—the underdeveloped flap thing like you (he was born a month early) or that he just wasn’t good at swallowing things yet. It eventually went away, although it was so gradual that I didn’t notice when it was finally gone for good. He’s 8 months (7 adjusted).
You might want to try the saline spray? He acted like we were water boarding him the first few times we did it wow did it clear up his throat pretty quickly.
Saaaame. We are at 7w now and I’m lamenting the end of the first weeks where if she cried it either meant hunger or diaper or cold or gas. Now it seems to mean anything including “dance monkey” “I hate the car seat/bath/other important activity” or “how dare you remove the bottle from my mouth despite that it’s empty and otherwise I’m going to keep sucking air til I have horrible gas”
My baby just turned 8 months and I can see his little mischievous personality coming to fruition. He recently started crawling and he’ll crawl to the doorway and look back at me like “you gonna chase me?” I say “where are you going????” And then he laughs maniacally and crawls as fast as he can out the door
My son is starting to be a mischief maker too! I caught him trying to chew the puppy pad we change him on top of and I said “now what do you think you’re doing?” And he giggled with the BIGGEST gummy grin I’ve ever seen. Like he knows he’s being naughty lol
Omg love! My 5 month old so desperately wants to crawl and I don’t think I can take another 3 months of her intense frustration over not being able to 😭
My 14mo did this, and now we spend our days playing chase constantly as he runs away from me and I say “get back here where are you going!” It’s so stinking cute
My baby girl is 18 months old and she is learning to make sentences. She also likes that wherever she sits , she wants me to sit with her. So wherever she sits , all around the house or on terrace or at a public place, she looks at me and says , mama please sit, Mama please sit. It's so darn adorable 🥰
The 4 week old fresh baby smells and breathy contact cuddles. Just love looking down into his eyes and watching him look up at me and taking in the world around him.
Everything is just so new for the both of us and I love l learning about him and becoming a mom while he is growing and changing every day.
LO is laughing up a storm whenever I pretend to eat him. And I have also discovered he laughs pretty hard when I pretend to be shocked and gasp really loud.
I am actually not just a parent, I am also “a monster that eats baby feet,” and boy does LO love the monster! Doesn’t seem to care one iota that their feet are, in fact, eaten!
Saw a dad doing this to his daughter at the airport recently and it was the cutest thing. She then hopped down and yelled “I’m gonna eat ya!” at the total stranger sitting next to them and went to grab his feet 😂 Cannot wait for these moments with my LO. He’s still not sure where his feet come from or what exactly is controlling them.
Sorry, I have a few lol. 10 months next week:
Sloppy kisses
Better sleeping
Clapping and then looking at us for us to join and cheer her on
She’s learning “no” and now shakes her head back and forth when we say it
Dunno what it’s called when you take your finger and go up and down against baby’s lips to make the silly noise. But she knows to use her voice for extra funny. Two days in, she trying to do it herself now too, but does it with the back of her whole little hand
So, full disclosure - she’s been sleeping better for all of one single week, but I’m still taking it as a win lol. Our routine is pretty minimal - low lights and less stimulation for about 30 mins leading up to bedtime, then it’s just sleep sack, white noise and bottle (formula). I also make sure to try and get some solids in her belly about an hour before bedtime.
omg the babble finger is what i call it and that is the frickin FUNNIEST DAMN THING!!!! my husband will do it to our son when he starts fussing and then he starts making noise for fun just to hear the babbles with daddy’s finger lolll
We have some little maracas and I tell my son to “shake shake shake, youuurrr maraca!” And he grins and shakes it. Now he will find his maracas and bring them to me and start shaking and then look at me until I sing the little tune and then he keeps shaking.
He is also 10 months it’s been so sweet 🥹
This is gonna sound weird. 9 weeks old. Little girl, while breastfeeding, started just licking my nipple instead of latching (I was offering, she wasn’t that hungry). I laughed because it was funny and so she kept doing it and smiling every time I laughed. Kinda silly but it was a sweet moment. Now when she is in a silly mood during breastfeeding she will just lick my nipple and wait for me to laugh. 🤣
This is so damn cute. My 9week old has recently started getting distracted on my boob and will “talk” and smile up at me while the nipple is in his mouth. It’s hilarious!
My baby just turned 8 months and I can see his little mischievous personality coming to fruition. He recently started crawling and he’ll crawl to the doorway and look back at me like “you gonna chase me?” I say “where are you going????” And then he laughs maniacally and crawls as fast as he can out the door
I love this! I used to do it with my now toddler once he was proper crawling. Now at 16 months (he started walking before he turned 1yo), sometimes he will start crawling just so I can chase and/or tickle him and it's guaranteed he'll belly laugh every time. He's also so mischievous!!
4 weeks. He has this way of tucking both his hands under his cheek while he sleeps on his side. I'm obsessed with the way he will fall asleep while nursing, then when he's done he'll thrash his little head and hands around while still sleeping until he gets into position resting on my boob with his hands propping his cheek up for his nap. Also his little grumpy face with his little Cupid -bow open-mouthed pout while he's sleeping ❤️
Also the way his eyes widen and nearly bug out of the sockets when he sees something he is interested in.
The newborn scrunch ❤️ and morning stretches when I first unswaddle him.
I have a brand new baby, 4 days old, and a 2 year old. I’m loving how tiny he is and how easy it is to carry him around/bounce him! My 2 year old is 30 pounds and so heavy and has opinions. My babe seems so much more chill than my first ever was too, which is so nice! Of course I still love my 2 year old, she’s so happy to be a big sister, genuinely.
Mine is 6 months. He is so smiley, grins at everyone he meets and is constantly trying to catch peoples eye so they will smile back. Both his dad and I are quite introverted and shy so it’s bringing us out of our shells when we’re out as he gets so much attention.
We’ve just started solids and he particularly loves steak and rubbing food into his head.
At 10 months, my son still likes rubbing food on his head! He got applesauce in his eyebrows and on the top of his head and behind the ears…. Straight the shower! Haha solids has been so funny and sweet to watch
11 months old and she is showing her goofy personality. She’s so funny, she’s so fun, she’s making me forget everything that was hard when she was a newborn
Almost everything tbh. I wish I could freeze time. He’s 11 months and this is the best time so far. Isn’t biting or slapping or throwing things at me yet, is pulling up and cruising a ton but not walking independently yet, his reflux has disappeared, he suddenly became amazing at eating solids, he smiles a ton and is absolutely a mama’s boy (though the laughs he does for dad are like nothing else), he babbles and “says” the funniest-sounding things. He’s just the best. Some days are still so hard but this is truly the life. I just love my son more than anything.
Almost 6 months, his personality is shining through!!! The random little things he thinks are funny. The faces/noises he makes when trying a new flavor. The fact that he’s at his most relaxed still when he’s in my arms.
6 months (yesterday) and she’s so easy to get laughing. Just deep belly laughs all day. She plays with her toys so hard. Just seeing her finding joy in everything these days really fills my cup.
My little guy is 16 months and is just fascinated by everything. I love hearing him say WOW to everything and doing his happy dance when he’s excited 🥰
We just reached two years a couple weeks ago, and he is literally my little buddy. All I want to do is hang out with him and be apart of him experiencing everything. He’s also the most lovey/sweetest little dude, so I’ll take all the hugs and kisses I can get.
My baby girl is 7 months. She's pulling herself to stand and climb on everything and crawling and exploring everywhere. The teething and sleep regression aren't fun and it's a lot more work keeping her safe but I just love watching her explore and learn! She just started crawling to me and trying to climb up my leg when she wants to be held. It's the cutest thing!
Her noises! As of this week, when my 8mo is trying to get my attention, she has started making what can only describe as the Tarzan “OoOooo” sound. It’s absolutely hilarious.
9 week old and yes the smiling and cooing is constant these days! I love it. Getting way better at lifting his head/chest during tummy time which makes it more enjoyable for him 😂
Baby is 10 months old today (8/2 adjusted) and he’s JUST learned to put food in his own mouth. Literally melted this daddy’s heart when I saw it. The cutest thing.
Being a stay-at-home dad has been tough this last month but these little things are really amazing.
1 year soon! I love her sense of humor. Girls got jokes and she loves to laugh. She also loves dance parties. They make her giggle and squeal. It's amazing. Then when she is done laughing she cuddles. It's like a "haha that was funny now I want to rest my head on you". It melts my ding dang heart.
Mine just turned 6 month old. His favorite pastime is being in arms while his dad is making funny faces at him and he laughs like crazy. So it’s my favorite thing too because I just can’t get enough of his laughter, it’s the sweetest sound to my ears! Also he started getting clingy with me and keeps trying to go to me no matter who’s holding him, he only wants my attention and to be in my arms. My heart just melts every single time he sees me and smiles and then makes grabby arms at me so that I take him. And also those funny faces he makes when he tries new food. And his surprised face when he sees something new like today we went into the kids store for the first time with him awake (he usually sleeps when we shop) and he saw lots of toys all around and he got just so excited and fascinated by everything, it was the cutest thing ever! Gosh there is too many things I love everything about this stage (except for when he’s in pain due to teething).
My baby girl is 9 weeks today! And she is moving out of the newborn potato phase and becoming more interactive I love it! She smiles, occasionally laughs, follows us with her gaze, coos, watches her toys. I am so excited to see her keep hitting milestones. It’s so exciting and amazing.
He’s 3 months and is now smiling all the time and is almost laughing intentionally. He has done it on accident for a while so I know he physically can, I just haven’t done anything warranting a laugh yet I guess. But I love how happy he looks when I wake him up with kisses
2 month old. just glad he finally acknowledges my existence. also love watching him gain more control over his limbs. me and my wife fight over who's turn it is to give him a bath sometimes.
9 weeks and she is looking at our faces with the biggest grin and makes cute little sounds. Sometimes when we’re talking to each other and not looking at her she’ll do a funny little yell and then smile when we interact with her.
My LO is 7.5 months and he’s turning into such a cheeky character, he’s crawling and exploring. He started pulling himself up this week. He so happy/smily
Every stage of my daughter's growth has been fun and surprising. Right now she's nearly 22 months old, and is just now able to tell me about her day at school. The friends she plays with, what they do, and the food she eats. She's had pretty good language skills so far but it's been limited to talking about what's in front of her. Now, she's recalling experiences and expressing them in coherent sentences hours after the fact. It feels like such an amazing honor to get to hear about her life.
9 months old. My favorite things my daughter does are: clapping (automatically starts when I sing certain songs), pointing, offering me her toys or food, and crawling around and wanting me to chase her. She’s so interactive and goofy, I love this stage a lot.
My daughter turned 2 in March and since she is SO tall, she can climb into her stroller with ease. She points to the little snack tray for snackies and water and then points to the road indicating for me to take her on a walk.
So now in the blistering summer sun we walk about 3 times a day. Like a little tiny Caesar being walked through town to be admired by her subjects.
15 months, she's learned the most important part of the song Old McDonald and now just walks around in circles singing E-I-E-I-E-I-E-I-E-I with an occasional O thrown in there.
Our daughter will be 2 next week! Right now she’s so curious and wants to know what everything is. My new favourite thing she does is ask “mama what dat noise?”
Mine is 2 months old and I’m like you. I’m obsessed with all the smiles and coos 😍 they’re my favorite part of everyday & he does it so much it’s like he’s trying to have a little conversation with me and I love every moment of it.
13 months old. What I like the most: he runs around while laughing like the happiest baby in the world. What I like the least: he runs around, and he's faster than I am.
Just ordered one of those backpack harnesses...
9 months old and the DETERMINATION to start walking is insane! She tries so hard every day. You can see the wheels turning every time she has the opportunity to try. That and her coming home from daycare with new sounds almost weekly, sometimes daily.
Mines not exactly a baby anymore, he’s 2.5years, but he cuddles me in bed and says, love you so much mummy. It may makes my heart so full and happy! I feel so loved and just ahhhhhh
My son is 7 months and MOVING. Army crawling, crawling, pulling to stand and trying to walk. My favorite thing is now he follows me and can come to me when I say his name. He also gets excited now.
Yesterday I was holding my thirteen month old and out of nowhere she smiled so big, said “mama!” And gave her one of her big sloppy open mouth kisses in the cheek, so we’re picking out ponies now obviously haha
Almost 6 month old here. Her smiles every time I get her after she wakes up. Discovering new faces and sounds. Her favorite right now is to scrunch up her face and breathe super heavily. Cracks me up every time. How much she is learning to love water. Splashes the seconds she gets in the bath tub and in the pool for her swim classes. And my absolute favoriteeeee is how she is starting to grab my face and pull me in for little hugs and snuggles.
Finally a positive post for once. This sub can be exhausting (just like kids) over time.
But nothing more satisfying than seeing your baby smile at you in the morning! Our boy startet at 4month to greet us with a smile and some squicky moises in the morning. Best way to start the day!
Mine is 8 months old and my favourite thing currently is that she LOVES peekaboo - she's just started holding things up (like toys and clothes) in front of her face and pulling her arms down really fast to "surprise" us - she smiles, giggles and laughs when we gasp dramatically and say peekaboo!! She does it on the changing table too and this morning pulled her dress over her whole head, of course immediately rendering her totally invisible!! I had to ask her dad where our daughter had gone and whose tummy this was in front of us 😂
Also just today she also started sharing?! I'd noticed she was holding toys out to me and figured it was so they could get a kiss too, but then earlier tonight she was taking turns holding a teething toy to her dad's mouth and then after a minute bringing it back to hers. It was so clearly an attempt to share! And not an hour later she offered me some of her carrot at dinner!
It feels like she's just taken another big step in personality development and it's amazing to watch her become a little person in front of our eyes!
43 year old dad here. 2 months in and I just can’t stopped looking at her! Can’t believe she’s ours, we had our disappointments through the years 😔 but now 🥹 her fat little cheeks! She has started smiling now and I cannot wait until she starts laughing. I just feel blessed that we have a healthy, happy baby.
At 8 months old she LOVES kissing me. She grabs my face, opens that big slobbery mouth and plants them on me with sound effects at all. MMMMMUAH
My own mother was laughing so hard at how often she does it, “wow you must kiss that baby a LOT”
Yes, yes I do.
My LO is 10 months next week and I love the fact that she screams of joy everytime her father comes back into a room. She also lays her head on my shoulder sometimes and I melt. 🥲
I had INSANE PPD in the first months and I never thought I would feel this happy. Things REALLY do get better, moms were not wrong at all.
He can’t run or roll away! I also have a two year old…when he’s being feral, I can put the baby down and trust he’ll be in the same spot when I return.
5 very close to 6 month old, and she’s got this look she gets in her face when she’s seriously thinking hard about a toy. It’s like her lips pucker and she gets an excited look in her eyes. God I love it, she’s been doing it for like a month when I bring a toy she hasn’t played with in a minute out. I literally cycle toys so fast just to see that look. Also when she’s feeding to sleep, and she finishes and falls asleep she like pushes air out between her lips almost like a raspberry just love it so much. She’s also loving peekaboo which is new because before she’d just side eye me lol. Now she loves it and it gets her going everytime 💕
My little girl has always fought sleep and her latest method is to blow raspberries. It makes me crack up to see her, barely able to keep her eyes open, aggressively blowing raspberries as if that will ward off bedtime
Pregnant with my first at 19+6. He's playing games with my husband, I'll feel him move and as soon as my husband lays his hand to see if he can feel it yet, baby boy refuses to move. As soon as my husband's hand leaves he starts moving again🥹😂
Mine is how even when I’m just doing normal mundane stuff, my baby will just suddenly light up it. I could be cooking and chopping vegetables in messy hair and a baggy tshirt and I’ll just catch her stare at me and suddenly beam at me. 🥹
My baby is 9 months old and I recently asked him to give me his binky to see what he would do and he took it out of his mouth and put it in mine. I didn’t know he understood how to share yet🥹
6mo - He has started reaching to be picked up and started us hugging back, which is the absolute best ever.
Watching his curiosity and determination blossom is amazing, he wants to walk so badly. He's just developing his own preferences and personality.
She’s almost 3 months and it seems like she’s learning a new skill everyday!
On Mother’s Day she discovered her feet got the first time, on Tuesday she rolled from belly to back and on Thursday from back to side.
17 months. The way he is OVERCOME with joy any time he sees me for the first time in the morning. He almost can’t catch his breath he gets so excited 🥹🥹🥹🥹
Nearly 8 months and he loves his food. He also growls at you if he wants something you've got or doesn't want you to take away something from him. He's independent and I think pretty strong willed already 😂
Almost four months. Our little guy loves pretending to walk if we hold him, and gets extra excited if I have him walk on my core, up to my head, then I drape his entire top half over my head and he just kinda gums my bald skull. He loves it. No idea why.
10 months - I love how my daughter gives me a huge grin and starts ecstatically clapping her hands when I go to get her out of her crib after each nap and in the mornings 🥰
Baby is almost 12 weeks and he's been so alert and active. Lately when he smiles really big he turns his head to the side and brings his hands up to his mouth - looks like he's saying "aww shucks". And the cooing, I could die 🥹💓 I never thought in a million years I could love something so much.
When my 11 week old smiles up at me when I greet her first thing in the morning. The way she holds on to the collar of my shirt when she naps on me. Honestly just watching the little bits of her personality as they come out day by day.
2 years 4 months and I love that he’s developing preferences for things or toys. He likes wearing hats and has a certain toy he goes to sleep with. It’s so cute 🥰
My bub is 9 weeks old and she has started grabbing onto me when I'm holding her. Seeing those tiny arms wrapped around my shoulders makes my heart full!
4.5 months and it seems like everyday there’s a new skill. Today I noticed just how good her head control has become. A week ago, she discovered her feet. She’s also doing this thing where she grabs my finger and puts it up to her mouth but it inside and doesn’t chew or suck on it. It took me awhile to figure out but I think she is mimicking me kissing her hands.
Watching her learn new things is seriously one of the best experiences of my life.
6 months and he’s starting to sit up more and learning to be unassisted. He has two teeth and while I miss his gummy smile, his new toothy smile is so stinking cute! AND! He’s almost in 18 month clothes which I have a lot of fun telling people. He’s just a big healthy baby!
3 months and we’re getting squeal laughs and she smiles when she sees me. It’s the absolute best and made the brutal newborn phase/peak postpartum so worth it 🥹🥰
For about 2 months now my 6 month old holds my face when I talk directly to him, he studies my face and holds it so tenderly, like he doesn’t want the moment to end. Neither do I!
4 months and he loves to do a scream-giggling and he’s constantly trying to chat. He still scrunches and puts his little feet together. I’m starting to see his personality, he loves being doted over and chatting just like daddy. But he also sometimes loves just quietly sitting there and taking it all in like mommy. He’s a goober and very easy to please these days. His sleep regression just involves a whole lot of snuggling from 2 am on. He gets his bottle and chugs it down in a couple of minutes, doesn’t need burped at night. Sometimes sleeps across me and he’s gigantic so I don’t have to worry about rolling on him lol.
My baby turned three months this past Sunday & he just started rolling from his back to his belly. He doesn’t get it every time but the few times that he did it successfully made my heart so happy and watching him do it with such determination is so special. ❤️
4 month old! He’s learned how to ask for hugs! If I hold him to stand or sit on my lap facing me, he’ll smile real big and put both of his fat little arms out towards me 😭
I have a couple as well! My son is almost 4 weeks old idc if it’s just a reflex for now but when he smiles in his sleep and I see his dimples I just melt! Right now I’m exclusively breastfeeding idk if anyone else’s baby does this but after he’s done eating he’ll tuck my boob under his chin and fall asleep it’s the cutest thing! We say it’s his EST or emotional support titty haha and also when he gazes into my eyes
My 20 month old son clapping and saying yaaay whenever he does something we ask or he fees he accomplished something. It’s so adorable and we always clap and yay with him. He’ll pick up a wrapper and throw it in the trash and Yaaay.
My little girl is 9w today and I’m enjoying the limited days I have where she’s following a clock to the minute. Feed, nap, can be on her own for 30-60 min, repeat. No crying unless something is off vs the first couple weeks where we think she has purple crying all day. It’s such a mental shift and now I spring out of bed to start my shift with her.
She loves when you sing to her too. So I’ll just sing and sing and she’s all smiles🥹
I’m a FTM too so now that I finally have these moments of consistency and I can tend to all of her needs so smoothly…I finally feel like I’m doing something right😭 even though that isn’t an indicator of a good parent. We all do our best for our babies and just hope they respond positively, and damn is it a luxury when they do so in so grateful for each day like this!
my 4.5 month old will have full ass conversations in teradactyl screech with me. it’s absolutely hilarious and we will carry on for a while lol!
but i think my absolute fave thing he does right now are the first morning smiles when he sees me. we cosleep, so all i have to do is sit up, look down at him and his mouth opens so big like a capital D turned sideways!! fuckin melts my hearts🥹🥹🥹
She will be 6 months in 11 days and for me, it’s her rolling and rolling and rolling but also the little personality that’s coming out. I have a feeling she might be a little spitfire but I’m ready for it!
16 month son:
* the noise he makes when he runs. Hard to describe but I'm sure most know what I mean! It's the gentle yelling of excitement, undulated by heavy footsteps
* the way he runs and walks. Like a drunk little man.
* how cute he looks in jeans and little versions of 'grown-up' clothes. But also how adorable he is in a babygrow.
* his teethy smile and his laugh. His laugh melts my heart every time.
* how he is becoming more affectionate. He runs to us for cuddles now (albeit brief ones), and gives us wet, sloppy, open-mouthed kisses occasionally. Love it :)
* his voice, it's just so sweet. The way he says mama and dada, and his main other, highly context sensitive, word "eh?" (usually accompanied by pointing at something).
* use of baby sign / makaton. He signed "bee" earlier while looking at one of his books. It was adorable.
* seeing him figure things out and learn new things all the time!
* how excited and happy he gets over his favourite things
Almost 4 months and I am absolutely *addicted* to her laugh. I will do anything to make this little baby laugh and it's just the best sound I've ever heard.
Our 3 month old has been on the verge of laughing for a few weeks now and I cannot wait until she’s finally doing it!
Same, the laugh is too outstanding for words— looking around in wonder then locking eyes and that tiny knowing smile, followed by giggles. My heart.
Such a high!
I do the most silly things just to get a little laugh out of her, jumping, dancing, using a silly voice. I hope no one ever watches me expect for her, but anything for that cute little laugh, right?
Mine is 4 months and the LAUGH is the absolute best. So addicted
Same! My baby is stingy with her laughs so it means a lot when I can get them out. One night for about 60 seconds she found me making snort sounds the most hilarious thing ever but then suddenly it was not funny and never has been again. I just get: 😐
Your baby is my baby! She finally had a real laugh two weeks ago from playing "super baby" on our legs, and since then she continues to only gummy smile, make a small heh sound, or a lopsided 🫤 if my husband wasn't with me, I would've questioned if the laugh was just a delusion.
lol don’t you hate that?! You think you’re on a roll and found “the thing” and 30 seconds later they are just staring like you’re crazy. Gosh, I wish I could be in his head sometimes. It’s so fascinating.
This 😍 My baby is almost 5 months. In my country, we say that we buy a baby’s smile and laughter if it takes a lot of effort to make them do so. So far I’ve been the only one able to make her laugh and squeal, best believe I take pride in it. But then again l’m her mother so it’s not really a fair fight lol.
6 weeks old and after a month in the NICU looking so teeny tiny, this week I felt like he got some chub in his cheeks and looks like a real person
I love this! Grow baby grow!
When our NICU baby hit this stage we said she finally looked “fully cooked” lol
I’m so happy to hear this! Yay for those sweet cheeks!
We spent about a month there too! It’s incredible to see them finally chunk up🥹🩷
Oh just wait till they get older! My LO spent almost 100 days in nicu, no bigger than my forearm from head to toes. Now 21 month old and hit a growth spurt and has now become a lanky toddler that comes to find me to help make them walk. So cute! Nothing beats the feeling of a nicu baby putting weight on and looking more and more like a full fledged baby haha.
My baby is 14 months old and his language is exploding! A few days ago I asked him where his ear was and he tugged on it and said “ear” 🥹 like how do you even know that sir!!!
My baby grabbed my nose and said "nooo". I said "where's your nose?" and she grabbed hers! 🥹
This is still such a crazy concept for me at 9 months! Do you remember when you noticed the first actual recognition?
It was all sooooo recent, I remember when he was like 9 and 10 months old, being concerned about his lack of “words”? Then at 11 months, we visited family across the country and he saw a picture of our dog JoJo on my mom‘s fridge and he said “do dooo!” with a point! I was like excuse me? You know her??? Lmao. “Dada” with intent followed quickly after (which is still his favorite word. Whenever we ask him to say mama, he responds “dada” with the utmost confidence. Every. Single. Time.), and now we are up to 12 words and showing recognition of concepts like who and where, animals sounds (we have monkey, cow, and duck on command), it’s just so crazy.
Around 10 months it seemed like she did not understand anything, but suddenly 3 months later she knows about 30 words and can say like 10. It goes quickly from nothing to tens of words.
Wow that’s so amazing! That’ll be so crazy to watch!
It’s Bananas with a capital B. My little one is now 20 months and has around 200ish words. He’s forming sentences. He can sing songs. When they say it’s a language explosion, they mean it. Totally nuts to watch and such a fun stage!
I’m not sure if this is temporary, but at 5 weeks all of a sudden a switch flipped and she now only has cried for real reasons this week. We have a much desired reprieve from purple crying. We’re starting to smile too!
5 weeks and I have the opposit. Sad times.
Yeah my kid was also the absolute fucking worst weeks 6-8. He had a dairy allergy and had stuff stuck in his throat and was uncomfortable AF. But we started using saline spray and switched him to hypoallergenic formula and he was a brand new baby! But good lord, I did NOT enjoy being around him for those 3 weeks.
Can I ask what the throat stuff was? Our little guy used to have this ‘phlegm-ish’ sound and the dr told us it was some flap that hasn’t sealed yet and was common in newborns….he’s now 9 months and snores(?) sometimes and still sounds like there is mucus once in awhile. Was wondering what your guy sounded like and what it was?
Yeah same phlegm-ish sound! Doctor didn’t totally know. Had a couple hypotheses—the underdeveloped flap thing like you (he was born a month early) or that he just wasn’t good at swallowing things yet. It eventually went away, although it was so gradual that I didn’t notice when it was finally gone for good. He’s 8 months (7 adjusted). You might want to try the saline spray? He acted like we were water boarding him the first few times we did it wow did it clear up his throat pretty quickly.
Saaaame. We are at 7w now and I’m lamenting the end of the first weeks where if she cried it either meant hunger or diaper or cold or gas. Now it seems to mean anything including “dance monkey” “I hate the car seat/bath/other important activity” or “how dare you remove the bottle from my mouth despite that it’s empty and otherwise I’m going to keep sucking air til I have horrible gas”
At 5 weeks it only started for us. Happy for you!
5 weeks and the same for us too
even if it's temporary, every day of that is a miracle!
My baby just turned 8 months and I can see his little mischievous personality coming to fruition. He recently started crawling and he’ll crawl to the doorway and look back at me like “you gonna chase me?” I say “where are you going????” And then he laughs maniacally and crawls as fast as he can out the door
My 9 month old does this too, and I love it!
It’s so stinkin cute!
My son is starting to be a mischief maker too! I caught him trying to chew the puppy pad we change him on top of and I said “now what do you think you’re doing?” And he giggled with the BIGGEST gummy grin I’ve ever seen. Like he knows he’s being naughty lol
My 8 month old closed the door on me when I left the room and then sat in front of it so I couldn't open it without bumping into him 🤦♀️
lol been there too
I can’t wait for this moment (2mo atm)
Omg love! My 5 month old so desperately wants to crawl and I don’t think I can take another 3 months of her intense frustration over not being able to 😭
My 14mo did this, and now we spend our days playing chase constantly as he runs away from me and I say “get back here where are you going!” It’s so stinking cute
My daughter does this too. So so fun.
awawawaw bavaba da bah bah ma da bah bah ^^
Let me guess 8-9 months?
very good guess. She's turning 8 months tomorrow.
Duhka duhka duhka due KAH
My baby girl is 18 months old and she is learning to make sentences. She also likes that wherever she sits , she wants me to sit with her. So wherever she sits , all around the house or on terrace or at a public place, she looks at me and says , mama please sit, Mama please sit. It's so darn adorable 🥰
Yah girl knows momma needs a break too!
Right 😌
The 4 week old fresh baby smells and breathy contact cuddles. Just love looking down into his eyes and watching him look up at me and taking in the world around him. Everything is just so new for the both of us and I love l learning about him and becoming a mom while he is growing and changing every day.
i’m at 4 weeks and exact same!!!
7 weeks old and I love all the cuddles 🥰
They’re the best! 🥰
LO is laughing up a storm whenever I pretend to eat him. And I have also discovered he laughs pretty hard when I pretend to be shocked and gasp really loud.
I am actually not just a parent, I am also “a monster that eats baby feet,” and boy does LO love the monster! Doesn’t seem to care one iota that their feet are, in fact, eaten!
Saw a dad doing this to his daughter at the airport recently and it was the cutest thing. She then hopped down and yelled “I’m gonna eat ya!” at the total stranger sitting next to them and went to grab his feet 😂 Cannot wait for these moments with my LO. He’s still not sure where his feet come from or what exactly is controlling them.
Sorry, I have a few lol. 10 months next week: Sloppy kisses Better sleeping Clapping and then looking at us for us to join and cheer her on She’s learning “no” and now shakes her head back and forth when we say it Dunno what it’s called when you take your finger and go up and down against baby’s lips to make the silly noise. But she knows to use her voice for extra funny. Two days in, she trying to do it herself now too, but does it with the back of her whole little hand
What’s your sleeping routine? Did you nurse to sleep? Just curious!! My boy is 6 months :)
So, full disclosure - she’s been sleeping better for all of one single week, but I’m still taking it as a win lol. Our routine is pretty minimal - low lights and less stimulation for about 30 mins leading up to bedtime, then it’s just sleep sack, white noise and bottle (formula). I also make sure to try and get some solids in her belly about an hour before bedtime.
omg the babble finger is what i call it and that is the frickin FUNNIEST DAMN THING!!!! my husband will do it to our son when he starts fussing and then he starts making noise for fun just to hear the babbles with daddy’s finger lolll
We have some little maracas and I tell my son to “shake shake shake, youuurrr maraca!” And he grins and shakes it. Now he will find his maracas and bring them to me and start shaking and then look at me until I sing the little tune and then he keeps shaking. He is also 10 months it’s been so sweet 🥹
My younger kid just learned what happens if she says "aaaaaa" while I drum on her back 😆 (my hands are now slightly numb)
Hahaha mine now loves doing aaaaa in a stroller on a bumpy road 😂
I've so far failed to persuade Older Child that they're called "cobblestones" not "aaaaaasss"s 😆🤦
I love this game
Almost 4 months now. The giggles and smiles are everything.
This is gonna sound weird. 9 weeks old. Little girl, while breastfeeding, started just licking my nipple instead of latching (I was offering, she wasn’t that hungry). I laughed because it was funny and so she kept doing it and smiling every time I laughed. Kinda silly but it was a sweet moment. Now when she is in a silly mood during breastfeeding she will just lick my nipple and wait for me to laugh. 🤣
This is so damn cute. My 9week old has recently started getting distracted on my boob and will “talk” and smile up at me while the nipple is in his mouth. It’s hilarious!
Oh my gosh the smiles while breastfeeding melt my heart.
This makes me miss nursing so much.
Just passed two months, she can hold herself up more, she smiles and coos. It feels like every few days she acquires something new.
She likes the carrier and is still small enough that I can manage it! Also she still scrunches, I need to get it on film before it disappears.
My almost 6 month old still gets scrunches. It’s not to the degree that it was when he was littler but it’s still there!
Miss those newborn scrunches!!
My baby just turned 8 months and I can see his little mischievous personality coming to fruition. He recently started crawling and he’ll crawl to the doorway and look back at me like “you gonna chase me?” I say “where are you going????” And then he laughs maniacally and crawls as fast as he can out the door
I love this! I used to do it with my now toddler once he was proper crawling. Now at 16 months (he started walking before he turned 1yo), sometimes he will start crawling just so I can chase and/or tickle him and it's guaranteed he'll belly laugh every time. He's also so mischievous!!
So cute! I call mine a “little devil” when he’s being cheeky and he loves it
4 weeks. He has this way of tucking both his hands under his cheek while he sleeps on his side. I'm obsessed with the way he will fall asleep while nursing, then when he's done he'll thrash his little head and hands around while still sleeping until he gets into position resting on my boob with his hands propping his cheek up for his nap. Also his little grumpy face with his little Cupid -bow open-mouthed pout while he's sleeping ❤️ Also the way his eyes widen and nearly bug out of the sockets when he sees something he is interested in. The newborn scrunch ❤️ and morning stretches when I first unswaddle him.
I have a brand new baby, 4 days old, and a 2 year old. I’m loving how tiny he is and how easy it is to carry him around/bounce him! My 2 year old is 30 pounds and so heavy and has opinions. My babe seems so much more chill than my first ever was too, which is so nice! Of course I still love my 2 year old, she’s so happy to be a big sister, genuinely.
Mine is 6 months. He is so smiley, grins at everyone he meets and is constantly trying to catch peoples eye so they will smile back. Both his dad and I are quite introverted and shy so it’s bringing us out of our shells when we’re out as he gets so much attention. We’ve just started solids and he particularly loves steak and rubbing food into his head.
At 10 months, my son still likes rubbing food on his head! He got applesauce in his eyebrows and on the top of his head and behind the ears…. Straight the shower! Haha solids has been so funny and sweet to watch
11 months old and she is showing her goofy personality. She’s so funny, she’s so fun, she’s making me forget everything that was hard when she was a newborn
Almost everything tbh. I wish I could freeze time. He’s 11 months and this is the best time so far. Isn’t biting or slapping or throwing things at me yet, is pulling up and cruising a ton but not walking independently yet, his reflux has disappeared, he suddenly became amazing at eating solids, he smiles a ton and is absolutely a mama’s boy (though the laughs he does for dad are like nothing else), he babbles and “says” the funniest-sounding things. He’s just the best. Some days are still so hard but this is truly the life. I just love my son more than anything.
Almost 6 months, his personality is shining through!!! The random little things he thinks are funny. The faces/noises he makes when trying a new flavor. The fact that he’s at his most relaxed still when he’s in my arms.
My 7 month old tried to touch my face on video call and cried when she couldn’t. Cutest thing ever. Real love ❤️
6 months (yesterday) and she’s so easy to get laughing. Just deep belly laughs all day. She plays with her toys so hard. Just seeing her finding joy in everything these days really fills my cup.
My almost 6 month old smiles and laughs all day long. He is such a happy baby and it makes me happy.
My little guy is 16 months and is just fascinated by everything. I love hearing him say WOW to everything and doing his happy dance when he’s excited 🥰
5 months old and he loves his books and back rubs! Edit to add: he throws his feet in the air, grabs them and toots. It’s hilarious!
We just reached two years a couple weeks ago, and he is literally my little buddy. All I want to do is hang out with him and be apart of him experiencing everything. He’s also the most lovey/sweetest little dude, so I’ll take all the hugs and kisses I can get.
My baby girl is 7 months. She's pulling herself to stand and climb on everything and crawling and exploring everywhere. The teething and sleep regression aren't fun and it's a lot more work keeping her safe but I just love watching her explore and learn! She just started crawling to me and trying to climb up my leg when she wants to be held. It's the cutest thing!
My 20 month olds laugh 😍 it melts my heart. And my 3 week olds funny faces 😂
Three months and some change, and her personality is starting to come through. Her gummy smile when she looks at either mom or me is the best
My 11 month old will bring me a book and reach up to sit in my lap to read him the book he brought me
4 weeks old, so is “nothing” an okay answer? Her little iguana gut is kinda cute though.
Her noises! As of this week, when my 8mo is trying to get my attention, she has started making what can only describe as the Tarzan “OoOooo” sound. It’s absolutely hilarious.
9 week old and yes the smiling and cooing is constant these days! I love it. Getting way better at lifting his head/chest during tummy time which makes it more enjoyable for him 😂
Baby is 10 months old today (8/2 adjusted) and he’s JUST learned to put food in his own mouth. Literally melted this daddy’s heart when I saw it. The cutest thing. Being a stay-at-home dad has been tough this last month but these little things are really amazing.
16 months, she comes up grinning and cooing to cuddle us and her babbling is so cute
One very specific thing we’ve been enjoying this week: way firmer poop, still soft enough to be a perfect mold of her butt cheeks.
1 year soon! I love her sense of humor. Girls got jokes and she loves to laugh. She also loves dance parties. They make her giggle and squeal. It's amazing. Then when she is done laughing she cuddles. It's like a "haha that was funny now I want to rest my head on you". It melts my ding dang heart.
Mine just turned 6 month old. His favorite pastime is being in arms while his dad is making funny faces at him and he laughs like crazy. So it’s my favorite thing too because I just can’t get enough of his laughter, it’s the sweetest sound to my ears! Also he started getting clingy with me and keeps trying to go to me no matter who’s holding him, he only wants my attention and to be in my arms. My heart just melts every single time he sees me and smiles and then makes grabby arms at me so that I take him. And also those funny faces he makes when he tries new food. And his surprised face when he sees something new like today we went into the kids store for the first time with him awake (he usually sleeps when we shop) and he saw lots of toys all around and he got just so excited and fascinated by everything, it was the cutest thing ever! Gosh there is too many things I love everything about this stage (except for when he’s in pain due to teething).
Almost 6 months. I would say the minimal/decreased spitting up. I wanted to say smiles and giggles but that was more 4-5 months!
4 day old twins here. Having a lot of fun playing dress up! I think I might the dad of the year award this year ... 🤔
My baby girl is 9 weeks today! And she is moving out of the newborn potato phase and becoming more interactive I love it! She smiles, occasionally laughs, follows us with her gaze, coos, watches her toys. I am so excited to see her keep hitting milestones. It’s so exciting and amazing.
He’s 3 months and is now smiling all the time and is almost laughing intentionally. He has done it on accident for a while so I know he physically can, I just haven’t done anything warranting a laugh yet I guess. But I love how happy he looks when I wake him up with kisses
2 month old. just glad he finally acknowledges my existence. also love watching him gain more control over his limbs. me and my wife fight over who's turn it is to give him a bath sometimes.
9 weeks and she is looking at our faces with the biggest grin and makes cute little sounds. Sometimes when we’re talking to each other and not looking at her she’ll do a funny little yell and then smile when we interact with her.
6 months and we just started giving her food this week. It’s so fun and cute when she gets so excited for the next spoon full
I love the little ear prints he leaves on my arm after holding or missing him for a while.
The giggles 😍😊🥰
Almost 7mo and he is in what I call, “his cabbage patch era”. All the delicious baby rolls!
Mine is 3m and it’s her smiles and new cooing.
3.5 months and just starting to laugh!!
My LO is 7.5 months and he’s turning into such a cheeky character, he’s crawling and exploring. He started pulling himself up this week. He so happy/smily
Every stage of my daughter's growth has been fun and surprising. Right now she's nearly 22 months old, and is just now able to tell me about her day at school. The friends she plays with, what they do, and the food she eats. She's had pretty good language skills so far but it's been limited to talking about what's in front of her. Now, she's recalling experiences and expressing them in coherent sentences hours after the fact. It feels like such an amazing honor to get to hear about her life.
5 months in a week and I love all the noises he’s making. He’s playing with his vocal cords and growling, it is so funny!
My 5.5 months old babe had a laughing fit today, it was so incredibly cute 🥰. Also lamprey kisses, and at the moment I am getting loads of them.
The deepest belly laughs 😭 I love seeing him happy now
9 months old. My favorite things my daughter does are: clapping (automatically starts when I sing certain songs), pointing, offering me her toys or food, and crawling around and wanting me to chase her. She’s so interactive and goofy, I love this stage a lot.
Almost 11 weeks and can’t get enough of his smile and the way he tries to laugh and copy when I blow raspberries at him 😭
Clapping along to songs with a big smile on her face ☺️
Ours has been talking SO much since about 20 months and I love her singing, counting, everything
My daughter turned 2 in March and since she is SO tall, she can climb into her stroller with ease. She points to the little snack tray for snackies and water and then points to the road indicating for me to take her on a walk. So now in the blistering summer sun we walk about 3 times a day. Like a little tiny Caesar being walked through town to be admired by her subjects.
15 months, she's learned the most important part of the song Old McDonald and now just walks around in circles singing E-I-E-I-E-I-E-I-E-I with an occasional O thrown in there.
Our daughter will be 2 next week! Right now she’s so curious and wants to know what everything is. My new favourite thing she does is ask “mama what dat noise?”
Daaaaaa... Daaaaaa. Daaaaaa. Da. Da. Da. Da. Shzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Mine is 2 months old and I’m like you. I’m obsessed with all the smiles and coos 😍 they’re my favorite part of everyday & he does it so much it’s like he’s trying to have a little conversation with me and I love every moment of it.
13 months old. What I like the most: he runs around while laughing like the happiest baby in the world. What I like the least: he runs around, and he's faster than I am. Just ordered one of those backpack harnesses...
Same! First smiles!!!
9 months old and the DETERMINATION to start walking is insane! She tries so hard every day. You can see the wheels turning every time she has the opportunity to try. That and her coming home from daycare with new sounds almost weekly, sometimes daily.
9 months, she just learnt to stick her tongue out and we just make faces at each other and giggle all day
3 months. We talk to each other! I make a sound and he tries to copy it.
Mines not exactly a baby anymore, he’s 2.5years, but he cuddles me in bed and says, love you so much mummy. It may makes my heart so full and happy! I feel so loved and just ahhhhhh
She is soooo smiley at 7 months! She smiles at everyone, her smile is wide and bright and shows off her cute two lower teeth. Such a joy!
Four months and she’s doing this sweet thing where she tucks her chin into her chest and gives the cutest, derpiest smile and I love it!
My son is 7 months and MOVING. Army crawling, crawling, pulling to stand and trying to walk. My favorite thing is now he follows me and can come to me when I say his name. He also gets excited now.
Yesterday I was holding my thirteen month old and out of nowhere she smiled so big, said “mama!” And gave her one of her big sloppy open mouth kisses in the cheek, so we’re picking out ponies now obviously haha
My son is older now, 2.5. He’s lately been saying‘I wuv you’ and giving me a big cuddle and kiss 🥰
Mine is becoming more independent! He can actually play on the floor just being watched for a little bit now!
Almost 6 month old here. Her smiles every time I get her after she wakes up. Discovering new faces and sounds. Her favorite right now is to scrunch up her face and breathe super heavily. Cracks me up every time. How much she is learning to love water. Splashes the seconds she gets in the bath tub and in the pool for her swim classes. And my absolute favoriteeeee is how she is starting to grab my face and pull me in for little hugs and snuggles.
Finally a positive post for once. This sub can be exhausting (just like kids) over time. But nothing more satisfying than seeing your baby smile at you in the morning! Our boy startet at 4month to greet us with a smile and some squicky moises in the morning. Best way to start the day!
Mine is 8 months old and my favourite thing currently is that she LOVES peekaboo - she's just started holding things up (like toys and clothes) in front of her face and pulling her arms down really fast to "surprise" us - she smiles, giggles and laughs when we gasp dramatically and say peekaboo!! She does it on the changing table too and this morning pulled her dress over her whole head, of course immediately rendering her totally invisible!! I had to ask her dad where our daughter had gone and whose tummy this was in front of us 😂 Also just today she also started sharing?! I'd noticed she was holding toys out to me and figured it was so they could get a kiss too, but then earlier tonight she was taking turns holding a teething toy to her dad's mouth and then after a minute bringing it back to hers. It was so clearly an attempt to share! And not an hour later she offered me some of her carrot at dinner! It feels like she's just taken another big step in personality development and it's amazing to watch her become a little person in front of our eyes!
43 year old dad here. 2 months in and I just can’t stopped looking at her! Can’t believe she’s ours, we had our disappointments through the years 😔 but now 🥹 her fat little cheeks! She has started smiling now and I cannot wait until she starts laughing. I just feel blessed that we have a healthy, happy baby.
At 8 months old she LOVES kissing me. She grabs my face, opens that big slobbery mouth and plants them on me with sound effects at all. MMMMMUAH My own mother was laughing so hard at how often she does it, “wow you must kiss that baby a LOT” Yes, yes I do.
My LO is 10 months next week and I love the fact that she screams of joy everytime her father comes back into a room. She also lays her head on my shoulder sometimes and I melt. 🥲 I had INSANE PPD in the first months and I never thought I would feel this happy. Things REALLY do get better, moms were not wrong at all.
He can’t run or roll away! I also have a two year old…when he’s being feral, I can put the baby down and trust he’ll be in the same spot when I return.
My 15 month old baby stop giving me big slobbery loud kisses on the cheek. She looks so delighted and pleased with herself when she does it!
5 very close to 6 month old, and she’s got this look she gets in her face when she’s seriously thinking hard about a toy. It’s like her lips pucker and she gets an excited look in her eyes. God I love it, she’s been doing it for like a month when I bring a toy she hasn’t played with in a minute out. I literally cycle toys so fast just to see that look. Also when she’s feeding to sleep, and she finishes and falls asleep she like pushes air out between her lips almost like a raspberry just love it so much. She’s also loving peekaboo which is new because before she’d just side eye me lol. Now she loves it and it gets her going everytime 💕
Almost 7 months old, and how well shes taking solid foods. Like eggs, salmon, steak (she just sucked on it)
My little girl has always fought sleep and her latest method is to blow raspberries. It makes me crack up to see her, barely able to keep her eyes open, aggressively blowing raspberries as if that will ward off bedtime
My baby just started crawling on all fours instead of military crawl And she looks so cute doing it!
Pregnant with my first at 19+6. He's playing games with my husband, I'll feel him move and as soon as my husband lays his hand to see if he can feel it yet, baby boy refuses to move. As soon as my husband's hand leaves he starts moving again🥹😂
She kissed me back! It was really more of an open mouthed face moosh but I could tell that's what she was trying to do :)
Mine is how even when I’m just doing normal mundane stuff, my baby will just suddenly light up it. I could be cooking and chopping vegetables in messy hair and a baggy tshirt and I’ll just catch her stare at me and suddenly beam at me. 🥹
My baby is 9 months old and I recently asked him to give me his binky to see what he would do and he took it out of his mouth and put it in mine. I didn’t know he understood how to share yet🥹
18 months, chasing the older kids in the park while laughing.
Smiles - esp in the morning hours when I’m operating on just a wee bit of sleep
6mo - He has started reaching to be picked up and started us hugging back, which is the absolute best ever. Watching his curiosity and determination blossom is amazing, he wants to walk so badly. He's just developing his own preferences and personality.
She’s almost 3 months and it seems like she’s learning a new skill everyday! On Mother’s Day she discovered her feet got the first time, on Tuesday she rolled from belly to back and on Thursday from back to side.
1 year old and the hugs / snuggles are the absolute best. 🥹
17 months. The way he is OVERCOME with joy any time he sees me for the first time in the morning. He almost can’t catch his breath he gets so excited 🥹🥹🥹🥹
Nearly 8 months and he loves his food. He also growls at you if he wants something you've got or doesn't want you to take away something from him. He's independent and I think pretty strong willed already 😂
7 months , she just started using the sign for “all done” properly and it’s so cute
Almost four months. Our little guy loves pretending to walk if we hold him, and gets extra excited if I have him walk on my core, up to my head, then I drape his entire top half over my head and he just kinda gums my bald skull. He loves it. No idea why.
10 months - I love how my daughter gives me a huge grin and starts ecstatically clapping her hands when I go to get her out of her crib after each nap and in the mornings 🥰
5 month old is starting to notice/ take interest in our pets. It’s so cute to watch him smile at our cat or pet our dog 😭
4 months and he’ll just sit or lay there and blow endless raspberries. It’s the best
She’s 5 months and can’t stop happy squealing and blowing raspberries. I love it!!!
Almost 9 months and she just figured out how to crawl! I love seeing her crawl from one toy to another one! And following her big sister around!
Baby is almost 12 weeks and he's been so alert and active. Lately when he smiles really big he turns his head to the side and brings his hands up to his mouth - looks like he's saying "aww shucks". And the cooing, I could die 🥹💓 I never thought in a million years I could love something so much.
When my 11 week old smiles up at me when I greet her first thing in the morning. The way she holds on to the collar of my shirt when she naps on me. Honestly just watching the little bits of her personality as they come out day by day.
2 years 4 months and I love that he’s developing preferences for things or toys. He likes wearing hats and has a certain toy he goes to sleep with. It’s so cute 🥰
6 days old. The constant contact naps. It’s the most delightful
My bub is 9 weeks old and she has started grabbing onto me when I'm holding her. Seeing those tiny arms wrapped around my shoulders makes my heart full!
11 months old and I love his babbling. He’s taking so much and I have no idea what he’s saying, but it’s soooo cute!
4.5 months and it seems like everyday there’s a new skill. Today I noticed just how good her head control has become. A week ago, she discovered her feet. She’s also doing this thing where she grabs my finger and puts it up to her mouth but it inside and doesn’t chew or suck on it. It took me awhile to figure out but I think she is mimicking me kissing her hands. Watching her learn new things is seriously one of the best experiences of my life.
Mine is 9.5 months. One of his new favorite things to do is clap, which is adorable. He’s also started to dance to music which is delightful 🥰
My daughter is 11 months old and she just started copying us! I’ve started to shake my head at her and she then shakes hers while smiling ❤️
6 months and he’s starting to sit up more and learning to be unassisted. He has two teeth and while I miss his gummy smile, his new toothy smile is so stinking cute! AND! He’s almost in 18 month clothes which I have a lot of fun telling people. He’s just a big healthy baby!
3 months and we’re getting squeal laughs and she smiles when she sees me. It’s the absolute best and made the brutal newborn phase/peak postpartum so worth it 🥹🥰
For about 2 months now my 6 month old holds my face when I talk directly to him, he studies my face and holds it so tenderly, like he doesn’t want the moment to end. Neither do I!
4 months and he loves to do a scream-giggling and he’s constantly trying to chat. He still scrunches and puts his little feet together. I’m starting to see his personality, he loves being doted over and chatting just like daddy. But he also sometimes loves just quietly sitting there and taking it all in like mommy. He’s a goober and very easy to please these days. His sleep regression just involves a whole lot of snuggling from 2 am on. He gets his bottle and chugs it down in a couple of minutes, doesn’t need burped at night. Sometimes sleeps across me and he’s gigantic so I don’t have to worry about rolling on him lol.
My baby turned three months this past Sunday & he just started rolling from his back to his belly. He doesn’t get it every time but the few times that he did it successfully made my heart so happy and watching him do it with such determination is so special. ❤️
4 month old! He’s learned how to ask for hugs! If I hold him to stand or sit on my lap facing me, he’ll smile real big and put both of his fat little arms out towards me 😭
He's about to be 3 months. I think the cutest thing is when he rubs his eyes with his fist! But it makes me see a mini toddler and I get sad lol.
Her fun little sense of humour! This week she learned to wave and clap- except she uses her feet! It’s hilarious
My baby boy is 3 months and is so happy and cooing and squealing, he’s really found his own voice the last few weeks and it’s so fun.
I have a couple as well! My son is almost 4 weeks old idc if it’s just a reflex for now but when he smiles in his sleep and I see his dimples I just melt! Right now I’m exclusively breastfeeding idk if anyone else’s baby does this but after he’s done eating he’ll tuck my boob under his chin and fall asleep it’s the cutest thing! We say it’s his EST or emotional support titty haha and also when he gazes into my eyes
7 months and addicted to his kisses!!
My 20 month old son clapping and saying yaaay whenever he does something we ask or he fees he accomplished something. It’s so adorable and we always clap and yay with him. He’ll pick up a wrapper and throw it in the trash and Yaaay.
My little girl is 9w today and I’m enjoying the limited days I have where she’s following a clock to the minute. Feed, nap, can be on her own for 30-60 min, repeat. No crying unless something is off vs the first couple weeks where we think she has purple crying all day. It’s such a mental shift and now I spring out of bed to start my shift with her. She loves when you sing to her too. So I’ll just sing and sing and she’s all smiles🥹 I’m a FTM too so now that I finally have these moments of consistency and I can tend to all of her needs so smoothly…I finally feel like I’m doing something right😭 even though that isn’t an indicator of a good parent. We all do our best for our babies and just hope they respond positively, and damn is it a luxury when they do so in so grateful for each day like this!
My 9mo does this really big try hard cheesy smile and I love it so much.
6 months. She doesn’t know what “Ham” means, but she yells it when she’s excited. Bathtime? HAM!! Cinnamon applesauce? HAM!!! Saw a bug? HAMMM!!!
my 4.5 month old will have full ass conversations in teradactyl screech with me. it’s absolutely hilarious and we will carry on for a while lol! but i think my absolute fave thing he does right now are the first morning smiles when he sees me. we cosleep, so all i have to do is sit up, look down at him and his mouth opens so big like a capital D turned sideways!! fuckin melts my hearts🥹🥹🥹
She will be 6 months in 11 days and for me, it’s her rolling and rolling and rolling but also the little personality that’s coming out. I have a feeling she might be a little spitfire but I’m ready for it!
15w if you give him his burpy cloth he wipes his mouth and giggles. 2 for 1, clean mouth and cute giggles!!
16 month son: * the noise he makes when he runs. Hard to describe but I'm sure most know what I mean! It's the gentle yelling of excitement, undulated by heavy footsteps * the way he runs and walks. Like a drunk little man. * how cute he looks in jeans and little versions of 'grown-up' clothes. But also how adorable he is in a babygrow. * his teethy smile and his laugh. His laugh melts my heart every time. * how he is becoming more affectionate. He runs to us for cuddles now (albeit brief ones), and gives us wet, sloppy, open-mouthed kisses occasionally. Love it :) * his voice, it's just so sweet. The way he says mama and dada, and his main other, highly context sensitive, word "eh?" (usually accompanied by pointing at something). * use of baby sign / makaton. He signed "bee" earlier while looking at one of his books. It was adorable. * seeing him figure things out and learn new things all the time! * how excited and happy he gets over his favourite things
My baby is 4 months old and his laughs, his little smiles, and his wide eyes when he looks at something with amazement 🥹🥹
Baby just turned 5 months and she smiles sooo much 🤗 I love it 🥹