I posted this in parenting but got very few responses, hoping I might get a few more here. Desperate for others' experiences.
Our 2 week old boy suffers terribly with gas. Our elder son had awful reflux and at first we were worried this one had it too, but it's obvious his problem is gas.
During the night he'll just whimper, grunt and often gently cry and whine, all with his eyes closed and seemingly while he's still asleep. Sometimes he'll let out a fart and visibly relax for a little while before it all starts again.
To begin with, we'd pick him up as soon as he made a sound - which meant holding him all night. Now I'm thinking that as he's sleeping, we are best leaving him to it until he wakes and cries properly, otherwise we're constantly interrupting his sleep and we're not sleeping at all. He'll usually start crying properly and wake every 1-2 hours where we'll change and feed him, which is fine and expected newborn behaviour.
Does anyone have any experience of this?
Online it says active sleep is normal and babies will make lots of sounds. But I'm not seeing anything about almost constant whining and crying during sleep. I absolutely do not want to leave him in his bassinet if he's actively upset and needing us.
To add, we've tried all the usual gas relieving remedies like bicycle legs etc I'm just concerned about whether we're doing the right thing re leaving him to whine/cry if it's while he's still asleep?