Advice on noisy baby

[Hellosunshine30]

Hi everyone

Just looking for a little bit of advice.

We usually put our DD down to sleep wrapped in a blanket, but have decided to start using a swaddle. At night time she seems to take a loooong time to settle, even though when we put her down she is practically sleeping. On the monitor she throws her arms around and there's a lot of grunting noises. Has just been fed, dry nappy and doesn't want a dummy. This is why we started swaddling. She hates it but it seems to send her to sleep sometimes instantly.

Around 4am she starts to do a lot of grunting and it is so loud. I thought she wanted her bottle this morning as she was showing all the signs to be hungry. When I got her bottle and brought her on me she was sound asleep. I ended up lying back with her and she was in the crook of my arm. She slept sound. I think if she had been in my bed from her 2.3o feed she woulda have slept ot all the way through to half 7.

Question is, why do you think she is grunting so much? She has done this since newborn stage. Should I cosleep? She is 8 weeks now. I just constantly feel so, so tired. She's up every 2 to 3 hours for a feed which I know is normal.

Thanks

[Hippobag]

Yes co sleep! But do so safely. She should.be in the same room as you for 6 months at least so you shouldn't need a monitor yet

[LuckyKitty13]

Agree, co sleeping is wonderful, we have done since birth, but SAFE, google the lullaby trust safe bed sharing guidelines.

[burritofan]

I think the 4am grunting is digestion kicking in, in anticipation of the morning poo. Mine grew out of it and found other ways to keep me awake instead.

[Hellosunshine30]

Sorry I should have said. She's in a bedside cot beside us. We stay in a small flat and use the monitor when she's in bed just before we go to bed. Not putting her in the nursery till 6 months.
. Do you think the grunting etc is her wanting attention and that she wants to sleep in with me?
I don't want to start Co sleeping if she is going to depend upon it. I wasn't sure if there was a way around the grunting noises etc.
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[userabcname]

Ooh my boy was a grunter! You've just reminded me! I think it was the 12 week mark when his digestive system really improved and he was much less sicky/grunty.

[Hellosunshine30]

So thinking the digestive system. I'm yet to have a poo from him today.
It's some noise lol. My partner sleeps through it all but as soon as he starts it's all I hear. If he comes into bed he stops. It's strange

[SnuggyBuggy]

It could be gas. Mine at this age would often wake up gassy in the early hours. I guess it makes sense if you've been lying down for a while and it just builds up especially for a small baby who can't move much.

[Babs5693]

Your baby will like been in bed with you as it’s warm and snug, I agree with PP on digestion, mine have both been the same, I once googled “my baby sounds like a farm animal is this normal!” After 12 weeks it stopped. I’d try some gripe water incase it may be a build up of wind but other than that i think it will pass at 12 weeks.