Bubba doesn't smile at me in the morning.

I always see a bunch of posts from other bed-sharing families talking about how one of the best parts is baby smiling when they see you first thing in the morning. When my daughter wakes up she's either fussing or she's just straight faced with no expression. However, if I move out of the way and she sees my (usually sleeping) fiance, she immediately smiles and starts squealing. I can get her to laugh and smile effortlessly during the day, but I feel like I'm missing out on something special because she doesn't smile at me when she wakes up. I'm probably just overthinking it and being overly emotional but it kind of stings to see her smile at my fiance almost every morning, but not even a little one when she sees me.

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Could be that it takes her a few minutes to wake up all the way and you’re just getting the first bit before she’s completely awake? My baby usually ends up smiling at me after waking up but for the first couple mins he’s straight faced looking a bit disoriented lol

@Mariah that actually makes more sense than her just not liking me in the morning, cuz that's what I kept thinking even if it's unreasonable 😅

I need to exaggerate my smile to the point of hurting lol and she smiles back at me 😂 I just don’t smile much I guess compared to my husband

@Polina that makes sense, but I'm almost constantly smiling at my daughter and my fiance barely interacts with her, maybe 30-60 minutes a day at most, so that's definitely not the case here

My son does this too he will cry at me and ask me for food but then see my husband and get very happy and all I hear is "dada, dada, dada" all day he wants me but in the morning it's all about daddy

I feed my baby first then I talk to him and he’s super smiley. He’s 7 weeks. Hubby is usually up or at work when the baby and I get up.

I totally get what you are going through my Dota was same. She will not smile opposite to my son. But I stated doing something that made her morning mood changed. Every morning when I wake her up I cuddle her kissing her telling her good morning sweety hey baby it morning with the lots of kissing it started giving her a liking and she will want to be wake up by mama if it's not mama she crys so my partner started doing same thing and she is the best at morning wake now. may be that can work for you. But you will have to put in the work too since it may take some time for it to kick in

My baby does not like mornings. So he doesn't usually smile right away when he wakes up. Even if he doesn't wake up crying, I have to give him some time most days before he will smile at me. Sometimes I think he's mad at me, even if I didn't wake him up, if I'm right there when he first wakes up. I usually get a smile if I come into the room after he's woken up. I just try to snuggle him for a bit to let him wake completely and then try for smiles.

@Emily my daughter is 11 months and sometimes she wakes up when my bf wakes up and he gets all smiles and then goes to bed or wakes up when he’s gone and I’ll get smiles after she eats breakfast.

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