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 ...

When a baby is born, one of the first signs that doctors, nurses, and even family members look out for is the unmistakable sound of the baby’s first cry. While it may seem like a simple, instinctive ...

A Swedish study looks at why babies cry and experts weigh in on what this means for parents. Fact checked by Nicholas Blackmer A Swedish study, published in JCPP Advances, took questionnaire responses ...

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 ...

As a human mom, I can confirm that bringing a newborn home is something that you cannot possibly prepare yourself for ahead of time until it actually happens, try as you might. And as a dog mom, I can ...

*See note on basic assumptions below. Letting babies "cry it out" is an idea that has been around since at least the 1880s when the field of medicine was in a hullaballoo about germs and transmitting ...