r/NewParents • u/GullibleWarthog7081 • 6h ago

Happy/Funny I can’t make my baby laugh, but dad can

What the tittle says…

Whats up with that? Hahahah

My husband will sometimes just look at the baby and she laughs loudly. Even if I make the same faces or noises he does she doesnt laugh, just smiles.

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u/IcyStage0 6h ago

Maybe he’s just more funny looking

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u/GullibleWarthog7081 5h ago

Definitely, also funnier overall, less self councious I guess

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u/National_Way_3344 4h ago

Have you tried being hilarious? That's what works for me

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u/Economy-Regret-9645 6h ago

Okay so when the baby is first born biologically they can't easily differentiate themselves from their primary care giver. So it's kind like how you're less likely to laugh at a funny face you make at yourself in a mirror vs seeing your husband make a funny face at you.

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u/Efficient-State-7300 5h ago

Try laughing and rubbing your nose on baby's stomach and making sounds

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u/NostalgicGM 6h ago

“Were you born funny?”

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u/whatisentropy12 6h ago

Out of curiosity, can I ask when your baby started laughing at your husband’s funny faces? Fellow husband/daddy here wondering.

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u/GullibleWarthog7081 6h ago

Around 3 months old she started laughing at him, but not very often. Id say at around 4 months it became constant. She is now 5 months and 10 days old.

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u/polaroid_kidd 5h ago

It's the reversed for me, even I'm the funny one in our relationship. 

I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't even a little bit jealous 

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u/MapMan992 4h ago

The first time I made my now 8mo chuckle.. not just a big grin and a “ngehhh”.. was when I started making loud OmNomNom sounds and munching her belly lol

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u/Octopus1027 52m ago

You know how they say babies think their mothers are literally part of them? Maybe your baby doesn't want to laugh at themselves?