babies can sense ill omen?

Folklore from some part of China says that very young babies can sense ominous elements of people and places.

If a baby cries hysterically without any obvious reason at the sight a person, that forbodes ill omen on that person. So in some places, old people quite mind whether they are received well by babies.

Likewise, unreasonable, repeated crying of babies when passing the same location could have some indications too.

Actually I wonder if there is scientific evidence in that. Young babies may very well have better natural senses in some regards than fully developed adults. This applies too when it comes to omens for earthquake where animals have better senses than human beings.