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Japanese Babies Compete in Crying Sumo Contest

by Colleen Egan, Posted Apr 27th 2010 8:53AM

Wail to win! Credit: Toru Yamanaka, AFP / Getty Images
Sometimes being a cry baby is a good thing. At the annual Naki Sumo (crying baby contest) in Japan, Sumo wrestlers and high priests encourage babies to a hysterical state of screaming and ...
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10 Tips to Soothe a Crying Baby

by Melissa Kossler Dutton, Posted Feb 25th 2010 8:00AM

What to do when your baby cries? Relax. Credit: Pig Sty Avenue, Flickr
Like it or not, crying is a major form of communication for babies. "Babies cry hours and hours a day," says Amy Guiot, a clinical instructor of pediatrics at Cincinnati ...
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Japan's crying baby contest

by Angie Felton, Posted Apr 30th 2008 9:01AM

I have spent entire years of my life trying to keep babies smiley and happy, but sumo wrestlers in Tokyo hold a yearly contest to make babies cry. During "crying sumo," a pair of babies is held up in the air by amateur sumo wrestlers until one ...
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Changes in baby crying sounds over time

by Heather Craven, Posted Aug 9th 2006 5:30PM

Potentially rich in information, the baby's cry has motivated a number of lines of research over the years. Although most of these studies have generated knowledge about the baby's cry, they focused mainly on the neonatal period. The few longitudinal ...
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