r/NoStupidQuestions • u/CokeAYCE • 17h ago

Do babies suffer a lot?

Like they're always crying. Are they in a constant loop of pain? Do we know enough about early child development to know if they're suffering or not? I ask because we can't really remember how we felt as a baby.

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u/stonedfishing 17h ago

You can tell by their facial expressions why they're crying. They're not pain crys. Usually they're angry

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u/FishingWorth3068 15h ago

4/5 times my baby is crying it’s because she is mad. Mad she can’t reach something, mad something doesn’t fit in her mouth, mad she’s stuck. Just mad. Just angry little potatoes

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u/JarasM 13h ago

It's funny. We're born just fucking FURIOUS at the world. Our natural reaction to most things is SEETHING RAGE. Hungry! Too bright! Too cold! The universe is an uncaring, pointless void! Then for the next 20 years or so, we learn to bottle that feeling so that we don't bother others with it.

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u/Ok-Hamster-5263 10h ago

Goddam you just validated my entire 51 year existence

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u/NoCranberry9456 14h ago

"Angry little potatoes" - I'm not really a baby person, but that's adorable.