50 Reasons Your Baby’s Crying, Maybe

  1. Teething

  2. Growth spurt

  3. Can’t vote

  4. Pining for the fjords

  5. Can’t walk, blames you

  6. Just an asshole

  7. Retroactively upset about the "Lost" finale

  8. Too hot

  9. Too cold

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  1. Paste! The whole time the necklace was made of PASTE!

  2. Time slipping through her fingers too quickly

  3. Wants a pacifier

  4. Remembered on this day in a past life she lost a pocket watch

  5. Overtired

15 .Had a premonition of a future where insects are our main protein source

  1. Standardized testing

  2. Clowns

  3. Gas

  4. One of those baby illnesses that worries you to death for three days then goes away on its own

  5. Bored

  6. Resemblance between crib and a jail cell suddenly occurred to her

  7. No matter how hard she tries, can’t eat toes

  8. Mobile getting too predictable, JUST SAW THAT STAR DAMMIT

  9. Wants a new lullaby

  10. .Can’t get tickets to Hamilton

  11. Separation anxiety

  12. Batman villains are cooler than Batman himself

  13. Global warming

  14. Everything is a goddamn remake

  15. Joni Mitchell will never be acknowledged for her genius

  16. Tag on sleep sack is itchy

  17. Needs a diaper change

  18. Needs a witness

  19. Needs somebody to lean on

  20. Wants daddy

  21. Re-asserting rightful position as center of the universe

  22. Can’t get comfortable

  23. Plans for world domination thwarted by inability to read

  24. Impatient to have a birthday

  25. Thinks she’s singing Puccini right now

  26. Ear infection

  27. Fuller House

  28. Wants a dog

  29. Sleeves. Sleeves are the worst.

  30. Exercising her vocal cords

  31. Knows what you did last summer

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  1. Wants wheels instead of these useless legs

  2. Trying to make you feel guilty, succeeding

  3. Knows this night will ultimately be smooshed into a giant brain-pudding of newborn memories and all you’ll remember are the smiling moments in the photos, not the frustration of waiting for a wailing child to finally close her eyes

  4. Pooped