5mo rarely laughs.

[minkajane]

DD started laughing at almost 4 months. From the start she hasn't laughed much. DS is the only one that has made her laugh a lot. She has laughed a grand total of one time for me and that wasn't a lot. Now she's 5 months old and still has only laughed a handful of times. It seems like it's happening less and less often. It's been about a week since the last time. It's harder and harder to get her to smile now too. I have to grin really big and talk to her for several minutes to get a smile, where before all I had to do was look at her and I was getting huge grins.

Is this something I should be concerned about? She's meeting all her milestones, making eye contact, and seems content enough, just not overly cheerful.

[katelove]

Our LO was like that too. We used to joke about her "weekly laugh". She's 16 months now and grins/squeals/laughs all the time.

[jacksmom0115]

Jack didn't even smile until about 4 months (granted, he was 5 weeks early) and didn't laugh until about 5.5/6. Now, at 8 months, he belly laughs ALL the time. I think they are just all so different!!

[MarmotMommy]

I had a serious LO for a while, too. She's almost 8 mos now, and all smiles. I think it's especially hard to get them to laugh at mama early on; they see themselves as part of you, so you're not really funny (not the way daddy and siblings are, anyway). I'm sure she's fine!

[*bejeweled*]

Our DD (age 8) was the same way when she was a baby. So serious. Now she is the life of the party.