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Many infant caregivers list dealing with children's crying as one of their greatest challenges. Listening to a baby cry is one of the most distressing things for adults. There is instinct at work here. We are programmed to try to stop the crying. Thus the species has survived! When it is not possible to stop a baby's crying, or when several of them are crying at once, our stress builds.Young babies cry because of discomfort, usually hunger or gastric pain. There may be other discomfort, such as from urine irritation of a wet diaper or illness. So it is a physical calling out that something is wrong . . . please fix it.
When adults respond promptly, and with the appropriate comfort, to a young baby's cries, he learns "basic trust" - that someone is out there to comfort and care for him. While some people may hesitate to "spoil" babies by picking them up when they cry and otherwise comforting them, there has been research that shows that when young babies are comforted promptly they are more patient and compliant later on and can put off immediate gratification a little longer.
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