To ask how the hell you sleep through newborn noises?

[Greentartanbow01]

DC is 10 days old and in our room, they’re SO noisy in their crib throughout the night, making grunting, squealing, gurgling noises. There’s no reflux that we’re aware of, they’re burped well and kept upright for 20 mins after feeds. They make all these noises but everytime I jump up and look at them, they’re asleep!

I know they say you have to have them in your room for the first 6 months but honestly, I’m going to struggle as we’re just not getting any sleep!!

I wear foam ear plugs which seem to do FA at muffling the sounds. I’m terrified of SIDS so really want to keep them in our room for 6 months but it’s getting to the point of us being on our knees through sleep exhaustion and they don’t even cry through the night and only have 3 feeds from 10pm-7am which only last about 35-40 mins so we should easily be able to get some hours in but can’t because of these noises.

Is this normal? How did other people cope if so?

Babies are noisy, but just adding a different thought here, my baby was grunting with fluid on the lungs
not hugely serious in the grand scheme of things; just needed antibiotics
but I was told not to ignore grunting , even when baby seemed well

saying that, my second baby I was paranoid about grunting and they’ve made every other noise going but no grunting, but generally much noisier!

each baby straight to their own rooms at 6months
SIDS advice as I understood it, tiny babies hearing you breathing helps regulate their breathing and reduces the chance of SIDS

FWIW- both mine slept well.
just woke to feed, from newborns
eldest at 11.30, 3.30 then 7.30
youngest just once at 3am then slept til 7
not all babies are bad sleepers imo

hope you manage some sleep, sleep deprivation is the absolute pits x

Starpeople you need a gro clock! Brilliant things.

I know how you feel OP. I couldn’t cope well. We chose to divide and conquer! I went to bed for the first “shift” while DH stayed downstairs with the baby. Halfway through the night, we swapped. It was the only way that either of us got any sleep as we both suffered with the constant noises. After a few months, the noises calmed a lot and we were able to sleep fine with the baby in our room. Good luck and congrats!

@BertieBotts already got one 😂he just checks the window and the 'real sun!' I'm done for!

This is what it’s like. You’re only 10 days in. Brace yourself, this can last months. You’re meant to wake up - it’s your body’s maternal instinct.

Be grateful you’re only doing 3 feeds a night. Many of us had babies who woke every 45 minutes for the first few weeks (in some cases months), would often need to feed 5/6/7 times a night, and had babies who would need to be rocked back to sleep. I nearly lost my mind.

I find DS is responsive to the gro clock if I'm consistent with insisting it's not morning time yet and (at least pretending) to go back to sleep. DH tends to just get up because he's up and it undermines it IMO and makes DS think he can just ignore it because mummy/daddy will get up anyway 🙄

Well that's lovely but I doubt a ten week old baby would figure it out

It's quite clear that poster is speaking to someone else

yes. Does nobody read the full thread any more?

Earplugs!

My first was like this and it was exhausting. You can pretty much expect to get very little sleep in the first year or more sometimes.

If I’d moved my noisy baby out of our room before 6 months I wouldn’t have slept better as I’d have been worrying about SIDS.

I found the noise bothered me less during the day and I was usually so tired I could nap so try doing what everyone says and nap when baby naps during the day. You can also drink lots of caffeine, get some fresh air and take heart in the knowledge that after a few more weeks of this you will be used to surviving minimal sleep. My body got used to it during pregnancy when I was up every hour to go to the loo.

I second ear plugs, I had to use them also in the early days. Meant I didn't hear the grunts, but could hear the crying if needed.