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Some Babies Really Are Born Fussy, Twin Study Finds

UPPSALA, Sweden — If you’ve ever wondered why your newborn seems hardwired to cry for hours while your friend’s baby settles easily, new research shows the answer might be in their DNA. A large twin ...
WRAL

6 questions to ask about sleep training

New babies are famously inconsistent sleepers, waking up often — day and night — to eat. They might struggle to nap during the day or get back to sleep after a 3 a.m. diaper change. And of course, if ...
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New Study Reveals a Big Reason Some Babies Cry More Than Others

A Swedish study looks at why babies cry and experts weigh in on what this means for parents. Fact checked by Nicholas Blackmer A Swedish study, published in JCPP Advances, took questionnaire responses ...
Newsweek

You Can Do Everything Right, but Your Baby Might Still Cry—Now We Know Why

Struggling to soothe a crying baby can be debilitating, but new research suggests it might be more out of parents' control than they think. A new Swedish twin study has found that how much an infant ...
Psychology Today

Do Men Really Just Not Hear Crying Babies?

It is an all-too-common scenario—a baby is up all night crying, and an exhausted mother gets in and out of bed to care for the infant. The father sleeps soundly next to her, seemingly oblivious to the ...
The Conversation

What babies’ cries really tell us – and why maternal instinct is a myth

Nicolas Mathevon has received funding from the ANR, IUF, and Fondation des Mutuelles AXA. The sound slices through the quiet of the night: a muffled sob, then a hiccup, quickly escalating into a ...
Psychology Today

Do Men Not Hear Crying Babies?

It is an all-too-common scenario—a baby is up all night crying, and an exhausted mother gets in and out of bed to care for the infant. The father sleeps soundly next to her, seemingly oblivious to the ...