Crying is how babies communicate with their parents or people around. But sometimes the parents were puzzled by the baby who cries without shedding tears.

This is one behavior that sometimes the baby can make parents into a panic. Because the baby was crying with the sound of crying but without tears dripping down his cheeks. Parents must think there's something wrong with the baby.

As quoted from Parenting, newborn babies will not shed tears, because the baby's tears channel has not formed completely. But after about a month or when the channel is beginning to develop, the baby would cry out tears.

In general, babies cry for many reasons such as feeling tired, uncomfortable, bored, hungry or frustrated. Since this is the only way to convey the various emotions in the infant. Tears can also indicate there is something to reveal the baby to his parents.

In some cases, babies are crying without tears could also mean that the baby is dehydrated. If you see a baby cry continuously with a dry eye condition, the baby should be given enough fluid because it was caused by a lack of fluid in the baby's body so as not to get out tears.

But if after being given adequate fluids baby still does not shedding tears when crying, there is a possibility it was caused by channel closure baby tears.

To overcome this, parents can provide gentle massage at the corner of baby's eyes are close to the nose, this can help smooth channel tears. If tears do not visit out, should consult with your doctor.

If the baby is constantly crying, parents can do several things to reduce the baby's crying, which is holding the baby while dangled, giving strokes as stroke, gently patting the baby's back or do massage on the hands and arms as well as providing sound stimuli such as talking or hugging baby close to the chest.