All babies cry

Crying is the way babies communicate their needs and feelings to the world. It is their way of communicating to you - telling what they want or don't want.

If you can find out what the baby needs and provide it, the crying will usually stop. But finding out what the baby needs is not always easy.

Babies cry when they are:

• hungry
• tired
• wet
• uncomfortable
• upset or scared
• unwell or in pain
• lonely or
• wanting attention.

Normal, healthy babies may cry for up to two or three hours a day. Sometimes a baby just wants to picked up and held.
If your baby has been crying for what seems like forever, and you’ve tried feeding or changing the baby and nothing seems to help, remember: no matter how tired, angry or frustrated you feel, never shake a baby.