Tips / tricks for getting baby to smile on camera?

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Mommies! Do you have any tricks to get your LO to smile on camera?

My LO is 10 weeks old and she smiles At us when we smile and laugh BUT whenever she sees my phone she stops!!! Like her whole expression changes and she just stares intently at my phone with this grumpy expression....what's up with that?! 😂

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My baby laughs and giggles all day long so it's easy for me to capture it

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I take a video and then just screenshot the good one!

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I swear I just tell my LO that she is so pretty and she smiles every time!! Lol

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I just make goofy sounds, and I typically take them first thing in the morning if it is a special occasion (like monthly photos). But silly sounds seem to make him laugh pretty good! He also developed this fake smile as of the past week 😏

Here is his actual smile:

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My little man smiles at everything 😂

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Invest in a Bluetooth shutter. They're cheap (can find on the net for $1-2). Set up the phone somewhere and play just as usual. With the shutter in your hand snap snap snap away when those shiny gums show lol

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My baby is the exact same way

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Lol mine does the same. patience and getting right next to the camera and smiling talking in a cheerful voice.

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Same! She did the same thing today at her photo shoot when the flash would go off lol

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I dunno if its just my son but he doesnt smile for my cell phone but will for a real camera. And it has to be right after he ate and woke up during his happy boy intervals lol

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