Acoustic examination of pre-term and full-term infant
cries: The long-time average spectrum.
Infant crying: pattern of weeping, recognition of emotion and affective reactions in observers
" When a baby
cries for more than an hour daily for no apparent reason, it is important to take him to the doctor as he may be colicky or have some other underlying health issue," says Dr Abdul Rasheed, paediatrician cardiologist, Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai.
SHOULD YOU LET HIM CRY ?
He shows that although London
Cries are not exact reflections of historical reality, they still provide a unique means of understanding the 'lower orders'.
Images of the Outcast: The Urban Poor in the Cries of London
Then the baby's
cries mean he or she feels uncomfortable.
What your baby's crying means
All the babies were healthy and the
cries were spontaneous.
What language does your baby cry?
IT'S vital to ask this question before deciding how to deal with the
cries. Babies cry for lots of reasons, and most parents instinctively learn what different
cries mean.
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'It's funny, my husband adores Zac but he doesn't get the same panic I do when he
cries. Maybe it's a maternal thing.
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Until the end of history he
cries "I thirst," and becomes the companion of every emptiness, the secret fullness of every lack, brother to our suffering, peace in our pain, love where least expected.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
For example, both morphine and sucrose infusions increase pain thresholds and reduce distress
cries in 10-day-old rats; naltrexone, a substance that blocks opioid receptors and thus interferes with morphine's effects, similarly suppresses sucrose's ability to soothe.
Cry-babies demonstrate 'sweet' dispositions
Among the three countries with the most gold medals thus far, China
cries the least, with only 7 percent of its athletes succumbing to tears.
Olympians who cry most after winning revealed
When a woman
cries it is often the full works,' he said, 'whereas men's crying tends to be a bit pathetic.'
Men now brave enough to open up and shed a tear
"If a child who doesn't cry very often
cries for longer than 15 minutes more than three or four times during the night, and their face is turning red, they're screaming and their limbs are flailing, something could be wrong," says Dr Spungin.
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He probably feels that picking her up when she
cries will spoil her, so do explain all this to him.
Don't leave baby to cry
Perhaps, then, the miracle of Exodus is not found in the wonder of the Burning Bush or the parting of the Red Sea, but in the fact that these signs reveal a compassionate God who is moved by the suffering and
cries of a nation of slaves and who can hear this cry over the din of an empire.
Are you ready for the plagues?
And both the sentinel species issue false-alarm warning
cries, Munn reports.
Tropical trickery: birds sound false alarm