Baby's first cry...

Crying is the first sound the baby makes when he/she enters this world, which is a very positive sign of a new healthy life. His/her crying leads to relief on the doctor's part. Weird, isn't it to feel relieved instead of being disconcerted on 'The Cry’ Cry is all a baby can do to express any discomfort it feels. 

But why cry? Because we elders can speak out but the baby isn't privileged enough yet. He/she would take some time in being able to blurt out whatever he/she feels. 

Here we consider the views on the crying of an immediately delivered baby. When a baby is first born it has no way of communicating. Normally, immediately after birth a baby will start screaming. Doctors say this is how they test their lungs. Crying is the best and most efficient way to quickly pump up the lungs. Some people say that it is their way of protesting for being taken from the nice, warm cocoon in their mother's belly to the cold air in the real world. In reality it is probably a combination of both.

Mothers say that the baby actually starts crying when the umbilical cord is severed and the bond between him and the mother is broken and when that is done, he becomes aware of leaving the shelter and coming into the dangers poised in the world. Nobody knows the truth of this statement but the baby himself. 

It is also said that the cold crying reflex is the cause of the cry of the baby when he/she enters the world. Wet diapers produce the same result crying. The cold crying reflex at the time of birth is because the baby is born soaking wet, and on meeting the atmosphere, the skin cools; this triggers the crying phenomenon. The crying is preceded by a “gasp” activated by the cold and gives the indication that the child is going to breathe or cry.