Smiles & Giggles

My girl is 6 months old and I feel like most of the time she is just very straight faced. She does smile and giggle but you really gotta work for it. Anyone else’s baby like this?

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My 6 month boy the same

My first daughter was this way. I had to put on an entire comedy act for her to crack a smile. Now she’s 2 and doesn’t stop giggling!

My 6 month old boy is like this too, my other two kiddos were much more squealy and giggly at this age I think it’s just a personality thing

Our girl will smile if we work for it, and she really only laughs when her dad tries to make her laugh. She never laughs at me 😅 she is very serious most of the time, but I think it’s because she is so curious about everything going on around us. My husband was apparently also like that as a baby.

My 6 month old boy is the same! I just like to say he’s more of an “observer”! He smiles and laughs when he wants to but he’s not one of those babies that’s always smiling and laughing, he would rather just be looking around and taking in the world!

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