Originally published 12th January 2023; last updated 29th November 2025 As a mother, I can understand the anxiety an unsettled or crying baby can cause – before having my daughter, crying babies did not phase me much - I had worked in NICU for 7 years, and with babies in other settings prior to that, os I thought I was pretty well 'immune' - but when she was born, I would almost burst into tears of my own any time she cried. A human baby's cry is designed to be one of the m