A Swedish study, published in JCPP Advances, took questionnaire responses from nearly 1,000 parents of twins, at 2 and 5 months of age. Researches looked at both fraternal and identical twins to ...

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 ...

To new parents, the cry of a newborn can be overwhelming, confusing, and emotionally draining. A baby's cry is a first and ...

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

A new life can bring joy to new parents, but along with that joy can come frustration that goes hand-in-hand with having a newborn baby who cries incessantly. That frustration, while normal, can ...

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 ...

It is a beautiful moment of euphoria for the parents and nearest family members when they hear the cry of a new born child.

How do you soothe a baby? There are as many answers to this as there are babies. For some babies (and adults), the answer involves listening to music. What kind of music is also very personal. These ...

When an infant cries, parents frequently wonder whether they should soothe the baby or let the baby calm itself down. If they respond to every sob, won't the baby cry more? Isn't that spoiling the ...

Dear Amy: My wife and I have a 14-month-old baby. Overall we have adjusted pretty well to parenthood. My wife works full time and I’m scheduled to take grad school classes three days a week, so we ...

*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 ...