OP, my baby is similar. Mine is 7 weeks and no sign of a smile or giggle or anything. I am afraid is something wrong with my baby. I don't have an appointment till 8 weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:While on one hand I support trusting your instincts and there's certainly no major harm in looking into anything that concerns you, on the other hand I think it's important to understand what newborns can actually be expected to do. Expecting a six week old to react obviously to sound, to smile, to play with toys, etc. just does not seem realistic. I remember having my first baby and wondering what I should be doing to "enrich" her. I read to her, sang to her, played music, etc. While I think all this stuff is fine, I also don't think it's worth stressing out about, nor do I think babies that age are really able to notice or process it. I had a friend with older kids who gave me a great piece of advice which was "enjoy this time when she can't move, doesn't have expectations, and just wants to be fed, held, and to look around, and hear your voice! Don't go out of your way doing all kinds of things for her, just go out to lunch or to a movie while she sleeps in the stroller because pretty soon she'll be moving around and demanding entertainment! Enjoy this part while you can." At the time I didn't have the perspective to realize how true that was, but now that baby is almost 7 years old, and I have another child and one on the way, and I see clearly how right she was.

Anonymous wrote:Np. I had posted earlier about newborn hearing. My LO still does not react to sound at 6 weeks...startles at loud noises but does not at all ever turn head to sound..lpassed the newborn hearing (after failing left ear first time) at the hospital. I am waiting for 10 weeks for appointment to redo the test or something similar. You may want to be vigilant too. I think my infant has good bit of hearing loss as my friends say by 6 weeks LO should react to human voices ((

You may want to look into it as well.

I am the poster about the newborn hearing. You are right about enjoying this time but as you yourself said, enjoying your voice...so the expectation is that the infant is able to decipher your voice and react in some basic way at this stage.

You really, really need to calm down about this. Your baby probably hears just fine. Please see someone for your anxiety issues.

You are right. We tried for years before being successful so I am paranoid.

Angelina Jolie got a lot of flak for it, but I think she was right -- newborns are just blobs. I say enjoy it bc in a couple of months, you'll wonder "will she ever stop moving?"

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Anonymous wrote:While on one hand I support trusting your instincts and there's certainly no major harm in looking into anything that concerns you, on the other hand I think it's important to understand what newborns can actually be expected to do. Expecting a six week old to react obviously to sound, to smile, to play with toys, etc. just does not seem realistic. I remember having my first baby and wondering what I should be doing to "enrich" her. I read to her, sang to her, played music, etc. While I think all this stuff is fine, I also don't think it's worth stressing out about, nor do I think babies that age are really able to notice or process it. I had a friend with older kids who gave me a great piece of advice which was "enjoy this time when she can't move, doesn't have expectations, and just wants to be fed, held, and to look around, and hear your voice! Don't go out of your way doing all kinds of things for her, just go out to lunch or to a movie while she sleeps in the stroller because pretty soon she'll be moving around and demanding entertainment! Enjoy this part while you can." At the time I didn't have the perspective to realize how true that was, but now that baby is almost 7 years old, and I have another child and one on the way, and I see clearly how right she was.

Anonymous wrote:Np. I had posted earlier about newborn hearing. My LO still does not react to sound at 6 weeks...startles at loud noises but does not at all ever turn head to sound..lpassed the newborn hearing (after failing left ear first time) at the hospital. I am waiting for 10 weeks for appointment to redo the test or something similar. You may want to be vigilant too. I think my infant has good bit of hearing loss as my friends say by 6 weeks LO should react to human voices ((

You may want to look into it as well.

I am the poster about the newborn hearing. You are right about enjoying this time but as you yourself said, enjoying your voice...so the expectation is that the infant is able to decipher your voice and react in some basic way at this stage.

You really, really need to calm down about this. Your baby probably hears just fine. Please see someone for your anxiety issues.

She's six weeks old. She's not supposed to be doing any of that yet. Please chill out.

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Anonymous wrote:While on one hand I support trusting your instincts and there's certainly no major harm in looking into anything that concerns you, on the other hand I think it's important to understand what newborns can actually be expected to do. Expecting a six week old to react obviously to sound, to smile, to play with toys, etc. just does not seem realistic. I remember having my first baby and wondering what I should be doing to "enrich" her. I read to her, sang to her, played music, etc. While I think all this stuff is fine, I also don't think it's worth stressing out about, nor do I think babies that age are really able to notice or process it. I had a friend with older kids who gave me a great piece of advice which was "enjoy this time when she can't move, doesn't have expectations, and just wants to be fed, held, and to look around, and hear your voice! Don't go out of your way doing all kinds of things for her, just go out to lunch or to a movie while she sleeps in the stroller because pretty soon she'll be moving around and demanding entertainment! Enjoy this part while you can." At the time I didn't have the perspective to realize how true that was, but now that baby is almost 7 years old, and I have another child and one on the way, and I see clearly how right she was.

Anonymous wrote:Np. I had posted earlier about newborn hearing. My LO still does not react to sound at 6 weeks...startles at loud noises but does not at all ever turn head to sound..lpassed the newborn hearing (after failing left ear first time) at the hospital. I am waiting for 10 weeks for appointment to redo the test or something similar. You may want to be vigilant too. I think my infant has good bit of hearing loss as my friends say by 6 weeks LO should react to human voices ((

You may want to look into it as well.

I am the poster about the newborn hearing. You are right about enjoying this time but as you yourself said, enjoying your voice...so the expectation is that the infant is able to decipher your voice and react in some basic way at this stage.

You are really fixated on your baby being deaf, pp - I hope you took everyone's previous advice to listen to your pediatrician and see if you are suffering from post partum anxiety.

Yes, although I think it's possible that the 6 week old just cannot show you that they are hearing you, even if they are in fact hearing you. There's no harm in continuing to do hearing tests to reassure yourself that your baby is okay, but the fact that your baby passed a test seems to indicate that your baby's hearing is okay, right? I spent away a lot of my children's early days/weeks worrying about things that turned out not to be anything to worry about, and I wished I would have just enjoyed the time. I understand that sometimes things are wrong, and that sometimes doctors don't catch them right away.

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Anonymous wrote:While on one hand I support trusting your instincts and there's certainly no major harm in looking into anything that concerns you, on the other hand I think it's important to understand what newborns can actually be expected to do. Expecting a six week old to react obviously to sound, to smile, to play with toys, etc. just does not seem realistic. I remember having my first baby and wondering what I should be doing to "enrich" her. I read to her, sang to her, played music, etc. While I think all this stuff is fine, I also don't think it's worth stressing out about, nor do I think babies that age are really able to notice or process it. I had a friend with older kids who gave me a great piece of advice which was "enjoy this time when she can't move, doesn't have expectations, and just wants to be fed, held, and to look around, and hear your voice! Don't go out of your way doing all kinds of things for her, just go out to lunch or to a movie while she sleeps in the stroller because pretty soon she'll be moving around and demanding entertainment! Enjoy this part while you can." At the time I didn't have the perspective to realize how true that was, but now that baby is almost 7 years old, and I have another child and one on the way, and I see clearly how right she was.

Anonymous wrote:Np. I had posted earlier about newborn hearing. My LO still does not react to sound at 6 weeks...startles at loud noises but does not at all ever turn head to sound..lpassed the newborn hearing (after failing left ear first time) at the hospital. I am waiting for 10 weeks for appointment to redo the test or something similar. You may want to be vigilant too. I think my infant has good bit of hearing loss as my friends say by 6 weeks LO should react to human voices ((

You may want to look into it as well.

I am the poster about the newborn hearing. You are right about enjoying this time but as you yourself said, enjoying your voice...so the expectation is that the infant is able to decipher your voice and react in some basic way at this stage.

Anonymous wrote:While on one hand I support trusting your instincts and there's certainly no major harm in looking into anything that concerns you, on the other hand I think it's important to understand what newborns can actually be expected to do. Expecting a six week old to react obviously to sound, to smile, to play with toys, etc. just does not seem realistic. I remember having my first baby and wondering what I should be doing to "enrich" her. I read to her, sang to her, played music, etc. While I think all this stuff is fine, I also don't think it's worth stressing out about, nor do I think babies that age are really able to notice or process it. I had a friend with older kids who gave me a great piece of advice which was "enjoy this time when she can't move, doesn't have expectations, and just wants to be fed, held, and to look around, and hear your voice! Don't go out of your way doing all kinds of things for her, just go out to lunch or to a movie while she sleeps in the stroller because pretty soon she'll be moving around and demanding entertainment! Enjoy this part while you can." At the time I didn't have the perspective to realize how true that was, but now that baby is almost 7 years old, and I have another child and one on the way, and I see clearly how right she was.

Anonymous wrote:Np. I had posted earlier about newborn hearing. My LO still does not react to sound at 6 weeks...startles at loud noises but does not at all ever turn head to sound..lpassed the newborn hearing (after failing left ear first time) at the hospital. I am waiting for 10 weeks for appointment to redo the test or something similar. You may want to be vigilant too. I think my infant has good bit of hearing loss as my friends say by 6 weeks LO should react to human voices ((

You may want to look into it as well.

I am the poster about the newborn hearing. You are right about enjoying this time but as you yourself said, enjoying your voice...so the expectation is that the infant is able to decipher your voice and react in some basic way at this stage.

While on one hand I support trusting your instincts and there's certainly no major harm in looking into anything that concerns you, on the other hand I think it's important to understand what newborns can actually be expected to do. Expecting a six week old to react obviously to sound, to smile, to play with toys, etc. just does not seem realistic. I remember having my first baby and wondering what I should be doing to "enrich" her. I read to her, sang to her, played music, etc. While I think all this stuff is fine, I also don't think it's worth stressing out about, nor do I think babies that age are really able to notice or process it. I had a friend with older kids who gave me a great piece of advice which was "enjoy this time when she can't move, doesn't have expectations, and just wants to be fed, held, and to look around, and hear your voice! Don't go out of your way doing all kinds of things for her, just go out to lunch or to a movie while she sleeps in the stroller because pretty soon she'll be moving around and demanding entertainment! Enjoy this part while you can." At the time I didn't have the perspective to realize how true that was, but now that baby is almost 7 years old, and I have another child and one on the way, and I see clearly how right she was.

Anonymous wrote:Np. I had posted earlier about newborn hearing. My LO still does not react to sound at 6 weeks...startles at loud noises but does not at all ever turn head to sound..lpassed the newborn hearing (after failing left ear first time) at the hospital. I am waiting for 10 weeks for appointment to redo the test or something similar. You may want to be vigilant too. I think my infant has good bit of hearing loss as my friends say by 6 weeks LO should react to human voices ((

You may want to look into it as well.

Anonymous wrote:All she does is cry, eat, poop, and sleep. No cooing, smiling, does not even look like she can hear us. She does turn her hewd around inquisitively but is not awake that much.

What can I do to encourage brain development? (Hope nothing is wrong with her) she is on zantac for bad reflux but is gaining weight.

Any toy etc. suggestions for the next few weeks?

Mine is 5 1/2 weeks- he seems to enjoy the activity gym - he stares at the toys and even tries to reach up. He seems to be fascinated by it!
http://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Love-Deluxe-Lights-Activity/dp/B000067K0L/ref=br_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&colid=2MAI0YRM3YUSF&coliid=I2YJHI4VLPN53C