8 week old baby

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So I have an 8 week old baby. She is quite good at night, goes down quite easily and has 2 feeds during the night.

The problem is I am now sleeping with ear plugs in and a pillow over my head to try and quieten down the sound of her grunting and fussing whilst asleep!

I don't know what is causing the grunting (I'm a first time mum), but she doesn't cry and is asleep so it can't be hurting her?

AIBU to put her in her own room so I can get some sleep? Is she far too young?

I'd say she's too young, 6 months is ideal. She's still so small and is more at risk from SIDs in her own room

Yes I'd say she's too young. It's advised for them to share the room until they are 6 months old to help prevent SIDs

Ear plugs. Try different ones. Buy online e.g. amazon or ebay.

White noise. I bought a track for 99p and play on my phone. But some people buy other devices.

Putting baby in own room is against guidelines at this age as risk of SIDS.

Babies do make a lot of noises during the night. It would be against current advice to put her in her own room just yet

Ear plugs that don't block out sound clearly aren't ear plugs

We put ds in his own room at 12 weeks and that was pushing it.I wouldn't do it at 8 weeks.

You could try some baby saline drops up her nose? DS2 is 10 weeks and he sleeps so much better when we spray him.

(We live in a ground floor flat backing on to communal gardens and the pollen count is really high, we think it's pollen/dust getting up his nose and bothering him)

She is probably grunting because you have to put her on her back.

My LO stopped grunting as soon as she could turn herself over and sleep in the weird positions she likes sleeping in.

I wouldn't put earplugs in as you won't be immediately alerted to the fact that she isn't breathing.

Far too young for own room, all sleeping needs to be with an adult for 6 months! And you really shouldn’t use ear plugs, how will you know if she needs you?

The ear plugs don't stop me hearing anything. Just quieten the noise down slightly 😒

Tbh putting her in her own room won't really stop the noise. I have a 16 nearly 17 month old she's in her own room but I still wake with every move she makes as we have the monitor on so we can hear her. She sleeps the full night and doesn't wake but that doesn't stop us mummy's waking every wee sound! One thing I have learned as soon as you become a mum there is no such thing as a full night sleep. Am
About to do it all over again in 5 weeks with baby number 2! X

Far to young 8 weeks baby will probably need you at night.

Babies can be noisy sleepers. It’s probably just from putting her down straight after her feed - is she burping well? You could also try a bit of snuggle spray if it’s down to a blocked nose. 8 weeks would very young to be in her own room, I definitely wouldn’t.

The one thing I wish someone had told me was that babies make noise when they sleep! I didn't know and so DD was grunting and snuffling through the night and I was "what's that noise? Is she ok? Aaaarrgh!" And then when she had quiet periods I'd be up checking her breathing because I was used to the noise! It does get better though, but she's too young for her own room now. DD went in her room at 6 months.

My 4 month old has taken to bashing his has against his crib. That’s when his not scratching his head, pulling so hard his hands hit the side or wriggling and squirming. I’m counting down the weeks until he goes into his own room!!

Yes it’s too young: I have an 8 week old who is the same so i sympathise but it’s the safest thing for them to stay with you until 6 months

I took to listening to sleep tracks (ambient noise and boring radio programmes) when my DD was in the room with us on a Bluetooth headphone. Her noise blended in with the other noise when it was grunts and suffles and broke through when she cried. Could that help?

Is she in a bed side cot or Moses basket? Can you move her to another part of your room at night?

Wait until they find their fingers! Mine used to sound like he was tucking into a bargain bucket in his crib 🤣 sleep will never be the same again once your a parent, you will sleep lighter anyway. I wouldn’t move baby until 6 months x

Mine sounded just like a noisy piglet.

My DS was sooo noisy in his sleep as a newborn. He used to sound like a goat. If he wasn't crying I left him to it and got used to it. But sometime around 8 weeks it did start to lessen, so I'd just wait it out and hopefully it'll get quieter soon anyway.

Far to early to move into their own room in my opinion. U.K. SIDS guidelines are clearly 6 months although some countries say 12 months but everyone decides what level of risk they are happy to take.

I know this feeling. We shifted my son to his own room at 12 weeks because of this. I know recommendations say 6 months but sometimes there needs to be some compromise - if a Mum is exhausted because she can’t sleep with baby next to her bed, then she’s more likely to fall asleep with the baby in the armchair or the bed while feeding overnight - way more dangerous In terms of SIDS risk in my book. But do try white noise (can use a fan if you don’t have a speaker system), shift the bassinet as far from your bed as you can, and hopefully the grunting might improve in time, or you just get used to it!

DD always slept in her own room from 1 week old. She was fine. I had inspected her and in her sleep she could still lift her head and change cheeks. I had no room for her in our room.

My baby (8 months) has always been a noisy sleeper. I recently bought a wedge shaped baby safe pillow that fits snuggly in his cot and has made a world of difference. I think he’s generally more comfortable being slightly raised and also good for sinus drainage to prevent snuffling in the night. Worth a try?