My baby is newly 8 months old & I have some nervousness about his development in the social aspect. He rarely smiles, at me, his dad, or anything. The smiles we do get are few and far between & are super quick and fleeting. He’ll smile when we come in from being at work & other than that, nearly nothing. I will smile at him and he just looks at me. It’s starting to really get to me. Same with laughing. You have to work hard for a small giggle. I have discovered he loves peek-a-boo & that will garner a small smile and giggle, but he gets bored of it fast. His eye contact is decent & he babbles some, It just seems like he should be doing everything more at his age.
On the other hand he LOVES to be held by us & separation anxiety is strong with him. He can barely be in his play pen alone, he really only likes when one of us is in there with him. He sleeps thru the night and has since he was 2 months old.
I’m just looking for reassurance that other babies were like this and turned out to be happy, smiley & healthy children.
Thanks in advance
-A first time, concerned mama