7 Week Old Baby - Your Baby’s Development, Week by Week

What’s that smell?! Plus, a little something to smile about.

7 Week Old Baby Development
7 Week Old Baby Milestones 👶
Social Smiles
Exciting things are happening in social emotional development this week! Baby will begin to show his first social smile. That’s to say, his smile is intentional and a form of communication. Up until now, your baby’s smile has been involuntary (and sometimes due to gas!).

Recognizing Your Voice
At this point, baby is able to recognize your face and voice, and may begin to show you preference. It’s magical to see your mama abilities come to life when your baby is able to calm and relax with just the sounds of your voice!

Gassy Baby
Remember that bit about gas? You might notice indigestion starting to rear its ugly head (if it hasn’t already!) Is baby spitting up a lot? Or getting the hiccups CONSTANTLY?

Some other signs of digestive upset include:

Sour breath
Green bowel movements
Arching back or squirming after eating
Projectile vomiting
Be sure to talk with your child’s pediatrician if she’s throwing up after every meal. In the meantime, you can look at some natural ways to support digestion in newborns here. Speaking of which, you might have noticed that baby’s poop output has slowed down. This is completely normal and is part of their growth process. If baby isn’t pooping daily, you might want to look into infant probiotics.

Getting some sleep!
All of this gas may leave baby (and mama/papa!) struggling to get some shut-eye. Try baby-carrying, rocking, light bouncing, vibrating chairs, and/or swings to help recreate the movement of the womb and a noisemaker or the Shusher to help recreate the noises. If you’re breastfeeding, you can also try tart cherry juice to pass the benefits on to baby.

You at 7 Weeks Postpartum 👩
Are you tooting up a storm? I really worried the postpartum flatulence would never end. HAHA! But it does, mama. It does. Think about the level of trauma that area of your body has gone through! Your organs are literally rearranging themselves as we speak; the result is gasssssss…

Also, pregnancy and birth stretch, rearrange, and stimulate the pelvic floor muscles and nerves. In most cases, excessive farting will resolve itself by 3 months postpartum.

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Try This With Your 7 Week Old Baby
◦ Provide toys such as rattles and large rings for baby to mouth safely

[carlosdelgado]

Hey we haven’t seen all your videos but we love following and getting to be ready for what next weeks bringing! You mentioned Faith has a lip tie I know this video is old but have you done anything about it we are debating on releasing it now or waiting.

[ahopefulsysan]

Agree on the acne! Baby is turning 7 weeks tomorrow and it started to clear up when we passed week 6

[TheRefinedBudget]

These videos are so helpful and relatable lol

[lilietran]

My little girl is 7w1d today (she's 36weeks). My baby didnt have any awake/calm activities like yours (the one in the video). She would cry on top of her lungs if i put her down like that. She's either sleeping/eating or crying. There's very minimal awake interaction from her.
For the last week, she has been incredibly irritated/cranky. She cant fall asleep, she's crying for at least 5, 6 hrs straight. She still eats good as usual, wet diapers are okay. Not sure why she becomes so fussy all of the sudden. She was great/calm for the first 6 weeks since birth. I dont know if its growth spur or peak of crying week like other people said or not, but this is very frustrating and exhausted. I have to google everything to check if she's okay or not. 😢

[jessicaleccadito]

Thanks for the video! Where did you get your tummy time mat?

[myneighborhood]

The things we learn while going through this. Baby acne I didn't know it was real, I thought I am eating the wrong thing

[junagag.]

My son at 5/6 weeks old started to push with his legs strongly. Now (7w/o) when held vertically against a hard surface he walks. Not for long (up to 10 seconds) but it's definitely ahead of what he's supposed to be able to do at this stage.

[mimouchkittabenyoussef]

My baby is 7 weeks old but cannot hold his neck on tummy position should i worry

[serachisrael]

I washed everything (EVERYTHING) thinking the acne was detergent related…