Hi, My 3month 20days old baby (born at 33 weeks 5 days) rarely looks at our faces (few times in eyes) while we speak to him but mostly keeps looking around although tracks us when we move around when we keep him on floor. He looks at ceiling fan or some images on walls and smiles a lot, but rarely smiles when we make him smile.

Please can you help me to understand if this is expected for premature babies.

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Hi, My 3month 20days old baby (born at 33 weeks 5 days) rarely looks at our faces (few times in eyes) while we speak to him but mostly keeps looking around although tracks us when we move around when we keep him on floor. He looks at ceiling fan or some images on walls and smiles a lot, but rarely smiles when we make him smile.

Please can you help me to understand if this is expected for premature babies.

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But can is it expected for baby not to make eye contact or turn head to sound for soo long. I am really worried.

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Hello all mom/dad,
At what month your baby started eye contact?
At what month your baby started social smile?
At what month your baby started looking at sound direction?

Please reply as that will help any future parents who are facing similar problem🙏

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ss he does social smiles and respond to sounds but sometime time not turning his head to sound source

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hi amrin, my baby is 3 month old, and she  still smiles at  blank space.  
what happened to your baby, is ur baby fine and how old are he

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how is ur baby now

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hows your baby now please reply

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urgently need to talk.. please reply..

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compared to their 1st month, when they only focus on objects about a foot away, babies three or four months of age have better color perception and can start to make out other objects besides faces, like toys.

by 4 months, they should also start to show more conscious behavior like reaching for their toys and smiling deliberately at you when you make eye contact.

babies might show a reflexive smile, grinning for no apparent reason, from birth, but betweenb 4 weeks to 4 months,  they'll develop a social smile, either responding to another person or trying to get someone else to smile at them.

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Hello there ma’am please do not worry about it too much. Babies start to respond after the age of six months. Please massage baby with BabyHug coconut oil for muscle strength. Also use Sebamed soap to bathe the baby. Use a good brand moisturiser like BabyHug moisturiser or MamaEarth moisturiser for the baby. Also use a good brand sunscreen lotion for the baby. 
Thanks and take care