Babies may smack their lips, put their fist to their mouth or cry when they're hungry. By watching your baby for early signs of hunger – stirring and stretching sucking motions or lip movements – you may avoid having to calm an upset baby. Fussing and crying are secondary cues. It will take some time for you to become familiar with your baby's cues.

When a baby is crying, he is asking to be held, changed, fed, burped, spoken to, swaddled, rocked or put down for a nap. Eventually you will become familiar all of your baby's cues as well as how your baby wants to be soothed.

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