I've had four children all of whom were recognizing faces and smiling very early on - but when my 5 year old smiled at me at 3 weeks of age even *I* wasn't sure what to think! I thought that perhaps I had just forgotten the milestones since it had been 18 years since my last baby! When babies smile early people always say "oh, it was just gas!" I don't know about you, but gas doesn't make *me* smile, I'm not sure why it would make a baby smile.
I wonder why it is that people aren't comfortable saying "wow, your baby is doing things pretty early, maybe that means something" as opposed to "oh, I'm sure that was a fluke. Babies that young just don't do those things." It would be nice if more people would recognize what meeting milestones early might mean.
