I have a 6 week old son who has become increasingly more grunty since it started about 2 weeks ago. He grunts in his sleep -at first it he seems to be quite straining and also now when awake alot.
Yesterday he had no restful awake time - all the time he was awake he seemed unsettled and grunty.
I was hoping for a pattern for feeds to start emerging soon (at the magic 6 weeks), but this seems to be coming less so, with feeding anything from every 1 1/2 hours to 4.
I have been BF all day and giving him one bottle of form before bed.
Last night he was really unsettled - crying ++ from 10.30-2.00am. Previously the bottle has calmed him and then he has slept before next BF.
I have tried winding him more, infacol and gripe water, thinking it may be wind he is not getting up.
I am concerned it might be the way I am BF.
We are getting no sleep with his grunting - we even tried him in the nursery last night rather than in with us, and the grunting was still so loud (even without a monitor) and I was still so worried that he was in distress that I ended up camping downstairs with him and DH took over at 6am so I could get a bit of sleep before he went to work.
I am thinking whether to try him on bottles today to see if this might make him a little more settled, with a view to carrying on BF if not change.
I feel desperate for him to be more settled and in a routine and I am worried I am not doing the right thing and that is what is making him distressed.
Could he choke if I leave him unattended at night?
Could it be 'reflux'
Is this just all normal?
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Shall I switch to formula this morning- grunting baby - no sleep - help!
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polar515 · 11/11/2010 10:20
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