This leads to less crying, later on. The important thing is how quickly parents respond to crying, more than the amount of time spent comforting the baby. By about the fourth week of life, infants use fussing or complaining noises when they need something. If these quiet cries are answered, the baby learns he doesn t always have to scream. At about 6 weeks, just making eye contact with the baby can sometimes quiet him.
Babies like to know that they can have an effect on the outside world.
When crying means that someone comes, it helps babies to cry less, talk more, learn more, make more eye contact and explore the world more. Water from some private wells in Maine is not safe for infants and pregnant women because it contains too many nitrates or bacteria. Nitrates keep a baby s blood from carrying enough oxygen. Boiling water makes the nitrates or chemicals more concentrated and dangerous. You can test your water .