The Vesperal Crying or Baby's Witching Hours
- Remember that before its birth the foetus was restless in the evening, after its birth it manifests just as much.
- In the evening, the baby becomes restless: it calms down when you walk carrying him, it gets angry when you lay him down. Paediatricians interpret this archaic reflex as a manifestation of abandonment anxiety, which makes him fear the risks of predators at night.
- The tilting carriage, the calm.
- The swinging carrying, relaxes him.
Several origins can be invoked:
- Fatigue leading to overexcitement,
- Breastfeeding in bunches and a drop in milk in the evening due to maternal fatigue,
- The absence of reference points to reassure and soothe,
- Ignore the signs of the sleep window.