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babies crying
Researcher 105689 aka Mamo Started conversation Dec 20, 1999
Why is it when you get babies together and one starts to cry there then becomes a chain reaction of babies crying?
babies crying
Cheerful Dragon Posted Dec 20, 1999
Probably because the other babies are upset by the sound of the first baby crying. I know I am! 
babies crying
Hoovooloo Posted Sep 3, 2019
Observing the kids in my son's nursery doing this, I posit that it's because the non-crying ones realise the one that's crying is likely to soon get some attention, and they want some of that attention themselves.
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