| There is nothing more frustrating to a new | | | | that babies learn the language from their mother's |
| mother than the sound of her baby crying. Babies | | | | while still in the womb. Since the babies tested |
| cry for many reasons. They may feel overheated | | | | were newborn as well as two and three day old |
| or too cold, have a wet or dirty diaper or they | | | | infants they could not have learned this anywhere |
| just plain want attention and company. If you | | | | else |
| listen carefully to the cry you will notice that the | | | | The bond that forms between the fetus and the |
| crying baby sounds are different with each need. | | | | mother is carried over after birth. The mother |
| Some research has been done on crying baby | | | | can recognize the baby's cry by the sound and |
| sounds at a University in Germany. The | | | | knows what the baby needs. Crying baby sounds |
| researchers listened to the sounds of newly born | | | | can sometimes be frustrating especially when the |
| infants of German and French mothers and | | | | sounds are those of illness, pain or of an unknown |
| discovered that the babies were crying in their | | | | source. A whining cry may be a call for help |
| native language. In the French language the end of | | | | because the baby is uncomfortable due to a wet |
| a sentence goes up as in a question, where in the | | | | or dirty diaper or a minor pain. A loud screaming |
| German language the end of sentence tends to | | | | cry with thrashing arms and legs can be a temper |
| go down. The babies tested seemed to mimic | | | | tantrum or a sign of pain. If soothing and comfort |
| these sounds in their crying. The crying sounds of | | | | by the mother is not enough to comfort the |
| the French baby had the tendency to have a | | | | baby than a doctor's help is needed. |
| more questioning sound as opposed to the cry of | | | | Crying baby sounds can sometimes emulate the |
| the German baby whose cry tended to be more | | | | sounds of baby kittens or whining baby puppies. |
| definite. The final decision of the researchers was | | | | |