Question
After waking up, the baby cries whenever it wants to breastfeed. It calms down when held and walked around, but it doesn’t suck on the bottle, either. This back-and-forth walking goes on for over an hour before it can breastfeed properly.
Answer
Based on past treatment experiences and effectiveness, as well as the need for assistance, it is crucial to understand the reasons behind the baby’s crying. A baby’s crying can be categorized into physiological crying and pathological crying. Physiological crying is an instinctive response, usually caused by hunger, being too cold or too hot, being startled, or night terrors, at which point the parents simply need to comfort the baby to calm them down. Pathological crying, on the other hand, is caused by diseases such as fever, eczema, rickets, oral ulcers, worm infections, and intussusception, all of which can lead to discomfort and crying in the baby. When a baby cries for no apparent reason at night, parents should first consider physiological reasons. If that doesn’t work, it is necessary to take the baby to see a doctor promptly.