Many parents don't pay enough attention to immunizations or may even avoid them because they don't know anyone who has had the diseases. These preventable diseases are still around and can kill, unless parents, doctors, and nurse s work to have all children fully immunized on a schedule. In the past, doctors suggested that babies be placed on the stomach to sleep. Put your baby down to sleep on his back or side. A crying, fussing infant is probably not what you had hoped for.
Babies can only communicate fear, pain, hunger, cold, or tiredness by fussing or crying.
You will need more help from the doctor and from supportive family or friends if your baby is fussy. Call or visit your doctor for any signs of illness, such as fever, pulling at ears, or continuous crying. Your baby may be sick. A baby who has trouble with digestion, allergies to formula, or who develops gas will cry, tense his muscles, and perhaps draw up his legs. Breast-fed babies may react to food eaten by mother.