Is this as you native speakers would write it?
The baby started crying, so the mother took it up to comfort it, but it was inconsolably.
Would you leave out any of the commas?
anonymous The baby started crying, so the mother took picked it up to comfort it, but it was inconsolably. inconsolable. As shown.
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anonymousThe baby started crying, so the mothertookpicked it up to comfort it, but it wasinconsolably.inconsolable.
As shown. The commas are correctly placed.
CJ
anonymoustook it up
This is possible but strange. You make the baby seem like an object. It would be more natural to use her, him or them.