When you’re preparing to become a parent, you know that hearing your baby cry will be part of the experience. What you may not be ready for is hours and hours of crying that can’t be soothed in the ...

New research has found a surprising physical reaction when hearing a baby's cry. Scientists found that hearing an infant in distress activates the autonomic nervous system—the body's unconscious ...

The sound slices through the quiet of the night: a muffled sob, then a hiccup, quickly escalating into a high-pitched, frantic wail. For any parent or caregiver, this is a familiar, urgent call to ...

A baby's first cry is not just sound it is survival. Science explains why crying comes before smiling or laughter in newborns ...

Babies cry — sometimes a lot. It’s how they communicate, especially in the early days. But what happens when your baby continues crying even after you’ve fed, changed, and soothed them? Well, you may ...

A newborn's first cry is a vital sign of a healthy transition to life outside the womb, signaling the lungs opening and the ...

Leaving an infant to 'cry it out' from birth up to 18 months does not appear to adversely affect their behavior development or attachment. Researchers also discovered that those left to cry cried less ...

University of Sussex provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Have you ever been sat on a flight with a crying baby in your vicinity, wondering more and more with each successive wail how ...