We can say that Crying is the baby's first means of expression, it is the exclusive way in which the child communicates his needs.
The crying contrary to other social expressions that occur when the baby is older (such as babble and smile) is not welcomed with joy and adults have the tendency to put an end to it or prevent it from being triggered. This propensity according to the specialists is due to the variations of rhythm, the scale of cries or sobs of the baby are very wide which is not easy to get used to them.
We mothers recognize the crying of the baby from a few hours after birth, and so says a study with 23 mothers who only 48 hours after delivery could recognize the crying of their newborn. Likewise, a mother or father recognizes with skill that it originates: hunger, pain, anger, discomfort, cold or other reasons that do not respond to physical needs. The crying of hunger is characterized because it begins gradually and becomes rhythmic. The pain begins suddenly and increases in intensity arrhythmically. Babies also manifest a type of crying in the form of a sob with which they express disgust.
The most common crying of the child is that which occurs with rhythmic characteristics and that does not always obey the need for hunger. It is the crying that ceases with the voice of the mother or the father, with the caresses, with the suction without nutritional purposes or when being cradled. It is the cry that seeks proximity with their parents.
Hence the importance of responding to the baby's cry, of cradling it, of pampering it. A baby through this way of communicating little by little is forging the emotional bond with his parents and will feel safe if both his physical and emotional needs are met.
