Do you feel physical pain when you hear your baby crying?
Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at
9:36 am
If I am cooking, or doing something else, and my baby starts to cry, I feel physical pain. I want to get to my baby ASAP. I will drop whatever I am doing to get to him fast. Is it normal to feel physical pain when your baby cries?
Filed under: Baby Crying
Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed and get loads more!
I understand what you mean. I feel like a heart breaking stomach upsetting pain. I will do a complete 360 to get back to him. It’s a mommy thing we can’t handle hearing them upset and want to make them happy, because when they aren’t happy we aren’t happy. But you know what they know we love them and will always come when needed. DJ got his 2 month shots a couple weeks ago, that was a horrible experience for me. I thought it was going to be bad but not that bad, he cried so hard he turned purple and couldn’t make noise. You know that gut wrenching silent cry. Yeah well I starting crying to. I must have looked like such a wimp to the nurse but I didn’t care. It hurt me so bad to know that he was that upset. But in the long run I know it’s worth it. But yes I completely understand! Give Noah a hug from me! He is such a cutie pie.
I never felt physical pain, mental yes, I was this way too. I would be peeing in the bathroom trying to hurry up because she would start crying. Its crazy i tell you, those motherly instincts what they do to us women!
Hi,
I know what you mean, I think its more mental pain, in our heads, Its what good mothers feel i think, we have the urge to go sooth our little baby from crying.
Ive actually read, that when we hear our babies cry we are affected….so this is totally normal…
I think your completely normal!! I have the exact same reaction when my 2 month old daughter cries, it rips my heart out and i do, i drop everything to take care of her, your just a good mom, a loving, attentive mom, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Yes your back hurts at the end of the day from carrying them around all day, but you have a totally bonded child who knows that their mommy loves them!
On top of that i actually heard on discovery channel that a baby’s cry actually has a certain tone or pitch that triggers a chemical reaction in our brain that actually brings on that "physical pain", seriously, so i guess we’re both totally normal, lol. 
Yeah I feel a weird kind of pain. Mental pain.
Omg this passed tuesday my son had his 6 month vaccines, My boyfriend was there, i was holding our son’s hand and they were about to give him his shots. IT SUCKS CUZ HE LOOKS AT ME LIKE IF I’M THE ONE THATS GIVING HIM PAIN :[ I always want to burst out in tears and hold my son when he gets his shots. its heartbreaking.
Not physical pain, but a need to get to them. Actually, since I have had my kids, I have found that I cant stand to hear any baby cry. I wouldn’t say it irritates me, it just makes me want to do something for them fast to make them feel better. I still ride in the back of the car on trips to keep them happy.
I never felt physically pain but yes mentally and emotionally…
Like u, i also leave that all i am doing and run to my girl infact once i just finished my no#2 in the middle when my girl started crying.. Thats natural i think.. Mums are so much close to thier lill ones that they cant hear them crying…
Not physical pain, no, but it certainly pulls at my heart and I feel the urge to get to him as soon as possible and fix whatever is troubling him.
These past 4-5 nights he’s been waking up screaming. It’s a scared "I need my mommy or daddy" scream and either myself or my husband have rushed upstairs to hold and cuddle him.
You’re normal, it’s just your mama instinct and a good one too.
if i don’t go to to him within a few seconds, i get pain in the pit of my stomach similar to a cramp. I know this pain though, it’s a pain i frequently have when suffering anxiety.
I know the feeling, but I wouldn’t say that it is necessary to run to them all the time. It is okay to let a baby cry for a few minutes. It doesn’t hurt them in the least bit, it actually helps them learn to self soothe and it matures the lungs. By running whenever they cry, they will expect to get soothed instantaneously all the time, and once they are 7-8 months old, they need to learn how to be more independent and self-sufficient. I can’t stand hearing my son cry, but I don’t run to him immediately. That’s just ridiculous.
I’m not too sure about the physical pain, but definately a mental pain that says I have to stop him crying or at least get to him! He is a really good baby but when he does cry it is the saddest cry that I have ever seen or heard! I think what you’re feeling is pretty normal and it shows how much you care for and look after your baby, that when he cries that is the only thing on your mind x