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Babies cry and make crying like sounds, but I don't think they have tear ducts when they are very young. Interestingly, almost all babies in the mammal classification (including humans) make crying noises. The first and most important reason babies cry is to communicate needs to their mothers. Mothers in all mammal groups typically will respond in a certain pattern to her baby's cry by:

  1. first, looking in the baby's direction,
  2. second, going to the baby,
  3. third, picking up or drawing the baby near,
  4. fourth by feeding the baby and giving it warmth, and
  5. fifth, by making sure the baby has gone to the bathroom and that the baby's bottom is cleaned.
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