Babies who "never cry"

[Anonymous]

What does this mean exactly? I hear people say that their baby "never cries" and I don't get it. Does it really mean they never cry, even when they want something? Or just that they don't cry for no reason? And does this change as they get older or are they always non-criers? I think of my baby as pretty easy, but when there is something wrong (mainly when she is hungry, tired, or gassy) she definitely lets me know.

I'm just curious if there are really babies out there that don't cry?

[Anonymous]

My DD was like this. The first three months of her life she almost never cried. I knew when she was hungry because she would start "rooting". When she would wake at night she'd make little fussing noises, but never really a full-on cry.

Of course, now she's 18 months, and she'll do the throwing herself on the floor, full-on screaming like she's being murdered cry, so yes, it definitely changed!

[Anonymous]

My daughter never cried. I had to wake her up to feed her. She was a thumb sucker so she self soothed, but also a really happy, easy going baby overall.

[Anonymous]

I've seen a baby like this -- she grunted when she was hungry, but NEVER cried. My kids, on the other hand, cried all the time.

[Anonymous]

My DD also never cried. We didn't see her tears until 4 months!

I always fed her at the first cues, same goes for sleeping and changing.

She grew up to be a very happy and easy to comfort toddler. At 14 months she'll only cry if she's really hurt - what has happened a lot as she learned to walk.

I remember her first cry was bc DH slammed her head against the door - POOR THING! - both of them cried!

She cried when she fell from the changing table a few weeks later and then again when she fell from the couch - talk about clumsy parents LOL.

Friends and relatives always comment on how easy going DD is and how easy to please she is. Now, OTOH, talk about whining... OMG it's driving me CRAZY! She knows around 15 words and does a lot of sign but when she's tired or hungry none of those work. She'll only whine until she gets what she wants. ARGH!

[Anonymous]

My baby never cried. I always feed him at the first sign of hunger. He is 20 months and is very easy. He cries when he gets hurt.

[Anonymous]

A lot of babies cry very rarely if their needs are noticed and responded to early (eg feed when rooting rather than waiting for crying). Other babies, I assume, will cry anyway.

[Anonymous]

I can't say he NEVER cries, but my DS very rarely cries. He'll fuss, whine, generally let me know if he's unhappy or grumpy, but he only really cries when something's actually wrong - like nasty diaper rash, the time I missed one of those little plastic things in his clothes and scratched the HECK out of him, the time I pushed too hard when out and about at the zoo with family and he was just DONE and needed to be napping - that type of thing.

It's actually an alarm for me - the instant I hear an actual "cry" I go on high alert to figure out what's wrong. I"m a little concerned DS is a little too easy going - I can totally picture him turning into some sort of nightmare teenager. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD was like this. The first three months of her life she almost never cried. I knew when she was hungry because she would start "rooting". When she would wake at night she'd make little fussing noises, but never really a full-on cry.

Of course, now she's 18 months, and she'll do the throwing herself on the floor, full-on screaming like she's being murdered cry, so yes, it definitely changed!

This was DS for the first two months. We got grunts, too. But very few cries. Now he cries a bit more often at 4 months, but it's still pretty rare.

[Anonymous]

My child almost never cried. I can recall exactly 3 times. They were so few and far between I kept track! She never cried when she was hungry - I had to feed her on a schedule.

I suspected there was some underlying issue but how do you explain that to a doctor. When she was 4, she was finally diagonsed with sensory processing disorder.

[Anonymous]

My almost-3-year-old cries more now (usually to manipulate me) than she did as a baby. She was a pretty easy, happy baby. I wouldn't say she *never* cried but when friends complained about babies who cried a lot, I really couldn't relate. (though I made sure I didn't say that. I'm not a total bee-otch.) She also ate well and slept well and hit all of her milestones on schedule, though she crawled on the later side.

No issues yet that we can determine, though she's a pretty willful toddler and definitely more challenging than she was as a baby.

[Anonymous]

My DS rarely cried. Was a very alert baby who ate well, slept well, etc. He's 4 and a really easy going kid, very sweet. An occasional tantrum but more than once a week is rare. I take no credit for it; it's just his innate temperament and my mil says DH was the same as a child.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I have a friend who has a baby who "never cries". I always wondered what that meant and I thought it was a little strange. I wondered if he was OK! My baby cried ALL the time the first 3 months, then it started to get better but she definitely still cries, even if she has been fed and has a clean diaper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD was like this. The first three months of her life she almost never cried. I knew when she was hungry because she would start "rooting". When she would wake at night she'd make little fussing noises, but never really a full-on cry.

Of course, now she's 18 months, and she'll do the throwing herself on the floor, full-on screaming like she's being murdered cry, so yes, it definitely changed!

Me too. My baby rarely cried. He'd whine a little but if we kept him well fed, and we always did because his hunger seemed to be predictable and with solid cues, he really didn't cry. As a toddler, I often feel like all he ever does is cry. For example, this morning I would not let him play with my hot curling iron and there was an all-out screaming bloody murder fit over it.

[Anonymous]

MY SON WHO IS NOW 18 NOW NEVER CRIED AS A BABY HE WOULD MAKE SOUNDS THAT WOULD GET MY ATTENTION BUT NEVER A FULL ON CRY, HE WAS A FIGHTER AS HE GOT OLDER BUT AS A TEEN HE IS VERY RESPONSIBLE WENT JOB HUNTING AT 16 ONW HIS OWN FOUND A JOB AND HAS BEEN WORKING THE SAME JOB EVERY SINCE HE HAS GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL APPLIED FOR COLLEGE NEVER WAS A REAL BIG PROBLEM.