When did your baby/child begin actually giving real hugs or kisses?

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Anonymous wrote:DS doesn't do either yet, and he's 20 mos. Instead if a kiss, he'll tilt his head towards you and sniff. He will rarely come for a hug and if he does it's not an arm embrace. He's decent at blowing air kisses though. He is an affectionate guy, however, simply hasn't mastered been interested in the whole pucker the lips thing.

My DD does the exact same thing! Started around 15 months, still does it a few months later. To be fair, we thought it was adorable, so we have kind of encouraged it. She'd be justified in thinking that is how babies are supposed to kiss at this point.

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around 22 months

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10.5 months for smootchies. 12 months for hugs from our DD. we would say "give mommy a smootchie" and she would lean in and smootch.

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Mine does it and he is 4 1/2 months old. He is so advanced in all aspects too

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DD began giving kisses at 9 months, but they were pretty slobbery until 12 months. She's 14 months now and I know I can count on getting a few kisses each day, but hugs just started a couple months ago and are still pretty rare.

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Anonymous wrote:My 11 month old will occasionally (very occasionally) do the open mouth thing with his dad, but it ends up being a "I am eating your nose" action more than a kiss.

LOL - our 9mo DS does this, although since he's teething he ends up chewing on my chin as often as not.

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DD is 14.5 months and has started to give hugs more regularly since she started walking a month ago, but not on demand. She was into the open-mouth slobber kisses a few months ago, not so much these days.

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My daughter was 10-11 months old when she started giving hard hugs and kisses. Never experienced that with my son until he was closer to 1.5 years old.

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I have three. The youngest is 15 months and is super into giving hugs now but not kisses. The older two weren't interested until more into toddlerhood, like 2-3.

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My near three year old still doesn't do kisses... when we ask for a kiss he offers he cheeck for us to kiss him. He probably started giving hugs around 1.5.

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Anonymous wrote:My near three year old still doesn't do kisses... when we ask for a kiss he offers he cheeck for us to kiss him. He probably started giving hugs around 1.5.

It’s funny to see how common this is! DD is 2.5 and has very rarely put her lips on our faces. She prefers to offer the cheek too. I see her kiss her dolls and pictures of kids in books, though. DH’s theory is that DD believes kisses flow downward to the little ones.