Noisy grunting

[ZoeJe]

Morning all.

I have a 5 weeks old who is grunting and squirming constantly. When she is awake this is all she does. She doesn't cooo and never seems content.
My first born grunted a bit at night but nothing like this. I done a sleep recorder the other night and she grunted for 3 hrs straight. She's asleep so I don't really know what to do, I just lay there awake. I've started lifting her legs and usually a little toot comes out but it's never enough relief. She has only done little poos so I think she's defo slow at learning to coordinate her muscles and pelvic floor. Im using different wind medicines to try and help but they don't seem to relive her. I was just breast feeding her then I thought maybe the latch wasn't right and she was taking on too much air so I'm now combining bottle and breast but still the same. I ended up taking her to A&E the other day and we have to go back to see an ear nose and throat doctor to check her nostrils are clear and that she doesn't have choanal atresia. Also laryngomalacia was mentioned. She's putting on weight well so they are not to worried.

Does anyone have an experience in any of this?

Hi, no experience or insight I'm afraid but I also have a 5 week old little girl who in the last week or so is grunting and making some equally disconcerting noises. I swear some of the grunting sound almost as angry as me in labour!

I too, am EBF and considered if she could be taking in too much air. She fusses on the boob but I don't know if it's now a vicious cycle of fussing because of the trapped wind and taking in yet more air because she's fussing.

We've just started Infacol today but believe it could take a few days to see any improvement.

Sorry not much help I know but wanted to let you know I don't think it's uncommon.

Hopefully the hospital can check out the two conditions you mentioned and help, or at least put you mind at rest. Getting sleep at this stage is hard enough without worrying when they do finally sleep so my thoughts are with you.

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I have a now 16 week old DS and his grunting was unbearable at one point...it was so bad I actually started considering moving him to his own room despite advice as I was getting really frustrated, DP and I could get no sleep whatsoever. At the time I just couldn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel and I thought this would never end. All of a sudden one night he just magically stopped, and he’s sleeping like a dream now..to be fair I can’t even remember now when exactly he started and how old he was when it stopped (and he’s only 15 weeks..that tells more about my memory lol).

Apparently it can be linked to reflux (DS has silent reflux), but for us luckily that wasn’t the cause. I’ve been told this can be completely normal and this is what happens as their muscles are developing.

I don’t have much in forms of advice I’m afraid, but you have all my sympathy, it’s so hard! It will end very soon though, you will see ☺️

Thanks for your replies. It's good to know that it's common. Everything fine at hospital so looks like we just need to put
Up with it until she decides to stop. The magic number seems to be 12 weeks.

Some grunting is absolutely normal, everyone says sleeping with a newborn is like sleeping in a barn yard lol

But It sounds like it could be reflux as well maybe, have you tried tilting the cot a little bit, so she is not completely flat?

My daughter has silent reflux and she could not be on her back at all because of all the grunting, , she is better now that she is on gaviscon, still has reflux but the grunting seems to have stopped.

If its not reflux, i have also read their bodies are still getting used to digestion and all that wind

Infacol never worked for us but dentinox was great for wind as you can mix it with a bottle.

hopefully it will pass quickly

Aw I used to find the tiny animal noises so cute when mine were tiny.
Is she in distress because of the grunting? Or is it just a noise she's making whilst sleeping/ eating?