vagitus in British English (væˈdʒaɪtəs ) 1. a new-born baby's first cry.
While there are many reasons babies cry, baby cries can usually be grouped into one of five major categories: hunger, fussiness/discomfort, pain, colic, and illness.
Late signs of fatigue. Crying is a late sign of fatigue. The “I'm tired” cry often has a cough-like sound in it. It may sound a bit like this: “wah, wah, WAH – cough – WAH – cough – WAAAAAAH!” Late signs also include furiously rubbing the face/eyes/noise. Wondering if your baby is tired?
Etymology. From Latin vāgītus (“crying, wailing”), from vāgiō (“cry, wail”).
Noun. crapulence (countable and uncountable, plural crapulences) sickness or indisposition caused by excessive eating or drinking. intemperance; debauchery; excessive indulgence.
overmorrow (uncountable) (archaic) The day after tomorrow.
Cooing – This is the baby's first sound production besides crying, usually occurring between six to eight weeks of age. Laughing – Usually at around 16 weeks, your baby will laugh in response to things in their world.
Dr. Barr categorized crying into three groups: fussing, crying, and inconsolable crying. Babies may go through these crying stages in different ways.
“The first cry is critical to initiate successful transition from fetal circulation, where the baby is completely dependent on the mother and placenta for gas exchange, to life outside the womb where the baby must use its own lungs to sustain life,” Dr. Wyckoff stated.
Crying is your newborn baby's main way of communicating needs and feelings. Your baby cries when they're hungry, tired, uncomfortable, sick or in pain. Sometimes they cry because they need a change of scenery or comfort, or because they need to know you're there. Babies cry and fuss on average for almost 3 hours a day.
The witching hour is a time when an otherwise content baby is extremely fussy. It typically occurs daily between 5:00 pm and 11:00 pm. It can last a few minutes to a couple of hours. For most babies, the witching hour starts to occur around 2-3 weeks and peaks at 6 weeks.
That's because starting around two weeks old, baby enters a peak time of crying that can last up to three months. His or her GI and nervous system are still adjusting and maturing, and he or she's trying their best to figure out this new world. So, you know, there's a lot to cry about.
Higher pitch could indicate lower activities in nerve that aids digestion. Premature babies are more likely to produce piercing cries than their full-term peers are, researchers report online today in Biology Letters.
For the first 6 months, your baby will express emotion based on how he is feeling in the moment, without understanding why. At first his emotions are simple: Pleasure and displeasure. When he is content he may coo, or when he hears your voice he may wave his arms and breathe heavily.
In order of difficulty (B, M, P, D, T, N, G, K, W, H, F, V, Th, S, Z, L, R), your baby will begin to make consonant sounds during his or her baby babble. Because of the order of difficulty of these consonant sounds, your baby will mostly likely say “ball” before “sock.”
Although your baby's vocalization timeline may vary, here's a look at roughly what to expect when it comes to your little one's first sounds: By 2 months: Cooing and gurgling. By 4 months: Begins to babble.
Noun. griffonage (countable and uncountable, plural griffonages) (rare) Careless handwriting; a crude or illegible scrawl.
Adverb. yesternight (not comparable) (archaic) Last night.
Noun. ereyesterday (uncountable) (archaic) The day before yesterday.
Noun. throttlebottom (plural throttlebottoms) (derogatory) An incompetent holder of a public office.
snollygoster (plural snollygosters) (slang, obsolete) A shrewd person not guided by principles, especially a politician. quotations ▼
dialectal, chiefly England : stain, sully. : to perform in a slipshod fashion.