infant crying
Newborn's loud protest
Infant crying is the sound a baby makes to communicate distress, hunger, discomfort, or need for attention.
Because infants cannot speak, crying serves as their primary means of signaling caregivers.
The phrase appears in medical and parenting contexts: Persistent infant crying may indicate colic.
Parents learn to distinguish different cries—hunger cries from pain cries, tired fussing from urgent distress.
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- sobbingConvulsive crying aloud
- fussyExcessively particular
- colickyAfflicted with abdominal spasms
newborn · diaper · hungry · teething · soothing · white noise · lullaby · pacifier · shushing · rocking · swaddling · skin to skin · nighttime · middle of the night · exhausted · new parent · sleepless · sleep deprived