DS is waking up with a noise that sounds suspiciously like he's in labour...

[Hopefully]

I really can't think of any other way to describe it! I assume he's straining with wind, although nothing seems to come out.

He wakes any time from 2:30am-5:30am after his 10:30pm feed, and for the past 2-3 weeks he's been waking with a really strained moaning grunting noise. imagine doing labour mooing, with your mouth closed, and that's what it sounds like. he also makes this noise when he wakes in the morning (7-7:45am), but not after any of his other sleeps.

I'm wondering if it's linked to his useless gut (see my thread here), but whatever it is it's a hideous noise, and I really feel that if he wasn't waking up uncomfortable, he'd be going a lot longer at night - on nights where he wakes up just whinging for a feed, he tends not to wake till 5:30, or even sleep through!

He's 18 weeks, btw.

And where I'm going with that rambling post is: has anyone else had this, and whether they managed to improve it!

My DD did this for the first months. Can't remember when she gave it up, but I found it quite distressing because she really sounded uncomfortable. The only thing I found made her stop was sleeping with her legs pulled up to her tummy. Either I held them up long enough for her to get in a deep sleep, or I used a pillow.

I'm guessing he's finding the formula harder to digest. But the only way you'll find this out is by removing the bottle you give him. Not an easy option, but probably the only one if you want to find out what is causing it.

DS makes this noise when he's trying to burp, but only when I put him over my shoulder.

Hopefully, would you consider putting him to sleep on his side? Maybe he might find it easier to push out whatever it is he's trying to dislodge. I'm a bit apprehensive to suggest you put him on his tummy to sleep, but I know that A happily farts/burps away in his sleep on his tummy sometimes he wriggles around a bit. Mind you he still wakes up in the night between feeds, so it's no magical solution.

We actually used to put him on his side to sleep, but stopped when his colic improved. Hadn't thought of trying it again, good idea!

ILTMIMI I know, the only way to find out if the formula is the culprit is to stop it. It's a double edged sword! I'm not convinced it is, as he's been fairly useless in the gut department since birth, but if things don't improve over the next few days I might try it.

Lionstar interesting that the knees up helped - perhaps either putting him on his side so he's in the foetal position or lifting his legs up to his tummy with a cushion would help.

i do hope it gets better soon.