Is it okay to hold a newborn baby as soon as it cries?

The most common way for newborns to exercise right after birth is to cry. Parents should not worry when the baby cries. As long as the crying is not particularly severe, this is a common phenomenon. When the baby cries, it is not necessary to pick him up immediately. As the child develops well, this crying phenomenon will gradually decrease. What you need to be wary of is crying caused by illness.

Is it okay to hold a newborn baby as soon as it cries?

Many elders will warn new parents that they should not hold their children as soon as they cry, as this will spoil the children. So is this really the case?

Actually, this is possible. Because when the baby cries, if you hold the baby, the baby will feel valued and you can also give the baby comfort, which is good for the baby's self-confidence and self-esteem when he grows up.

On the contrary, if you do not respond to your baby's crying in time, or simply ignore it, it will have a certain negative impact on the baby's psychology when he grows up.

So, when your baby cries, you can hug him/her.

Now that we know, is it okay to hold the baby as soon as he cries? Mothers also need to understand the reasons why the baby cries, so that they can take effective measures when the baby cries. So what are the reasons for the baby's crying?

The main reasons why babies cry are as follows:

1. Non-pathological crying

Babies cannot speak yet, so they can only express their needs by crying. For example, when your baby is hungry, thirsty, cold, hot, needs to urinate or defecate, wants to sleep, or has a wet diaper, the baby will cry to remind you!

Babies in this situation usually stop crying once their needs are met.

2. Pathological crying

A baby's crying may also be an early reaction to some diseases. The crying of a baby caused by the disease is different from usual. The crying of this type of baby is often screaming, or hoarse, or paroxysmal crying, accompanied by a pale face.

The more common diseases include: indigestion, brain disease, abdominal pain, oral ulcers, pinworm disease, otitis media, intussusception, lead poisoning, etc., and the lack of nutrients such as calcium, iron, zinc, etc. can also cause babies to cry.

When parents encounter such situations, they must quickly pick up the baby to comfort him and then take the baby to the doctor in time.

There are many reasons why babies cry, and the cries caused by different situations are also different, so parents must learn to identify the different cries of babies and understand the signals they send, so that they can give the baby what he needs in the first time and detect the baby’s discomfort in time.