
Understanding why babies cry
Crying is the way in which babies communicate their distress and their need for attention. Crying is a baby ‘s genuine request for help. and not a way of manipulating its parents to give them undue attention. When crying, a baby is hoping to receive a response from their parent, so that their distress can be alleviated. The uneasy feeling that crying causes a parent is as natural as crying itself: we are designed to respond to our babv`s cry and not to ignore it.
If babies are ignored, they cry louder. If continualy ignored thev eventuallv withdraw into themselfes and stop to communicate how helpless they feel. Eventualy they will lower their expectations of care and start thinking they are not worthly of the care hey need.With time a Mommy understands what each cry means so uncontinous crying stops.
There are 8 main causes of crying:
HUNGER
TIREDNESS
PAIN
DISCOMFORT
LONELINESS
OVER-STIMULATION
UNDER-STIMULATION
FRUSTRATION