Stridor in 6mo

[Quaraly]

My son has just turned 6 months. He has started doing a high pitched wheezing sound during breastfeeds like he’s struggling to catch his breath. This started 1 week ago. He doesn’t do it at any other time. Dr Google led me to think it might be laryngomalacia however apparently it’s unusual for that not to have presented by now.
I will contact the GP this morning but just wondered if anyone’s child had experienced this?

Three of mine had laryngomalacia, my eldest squeaked from birth but the other two only did it when they had croup. Stridor is an emergency though so if he is actively wheezing/pulling in stomach or neck muscles please get medical help straight away. If it was noticeable a week ago but settling it may have been croup?

Any abnormality in breathing is considered an emergency to 111, they will dispatch an ambulance. I had this twice in two days with DS last year. His stridor was awful, I'd never heard anything like it. They gave him steroids for croup but it took another week or two to settle completely.

The second ambulance was dispatched immediately even though I ummed and ahhed about calling 111, simply because it was a breathing related call in an under 2 year old

Since it’s only happening during feeds and not all the time I don’t think you should panic. Stridor is associated with a difficulty breathing in and usually happens with something like croup - so you definitely hear the sound as he’s breathing in?

I mean clearly he doesn’t have croup so you don’t need to worry about that either. Any chance of taking a video and showing it to your GP?

Thank you for the replies.
@Haworthia I spoke to the GP today and that’s what they asked for! So I have a video ready to send them tomorrow.
I don’t think it’s croup because he’s not unwell in any other way no temp, cough etc and that wouldn’t just be happening during feeds.
Of course if he couldn’t breathe I’d call an ambulance but it’s only happening during feeds, definitely on inspiration. It’s so bizarre.

@Quaraly

My son has just turned 6 months. He has started doing a high pitched wheezing sound during breastfeeds like he’s struggling to catch his breath. This started 1 week ago. He doesn’t do it at any other time. Dr Google led me to think it might be laryngomalacia however apparently it’s unusual for that not to have presented by now. I will contact the GP this morning but just wondered if anyone’s child had experienced this?

Hi @Quaraly, I know this is an old thread but just wondered if you ever got answers for this? It sounds identical to my five-month-old and we’re really struggling for answers. We were referred to paediatrics at the hospital last week, who just swapped my daughter’s reflux meds (Gaviscon) for new ones (Omeprazole) but although she’s breathing a bit better, she’s still not back to normal and is still doing the sharp intake of breath thing a little. Like you, my Googling lead to Laryngomalacia but the doc immediately dismissed that as ‘it would usually have been diagnosed at birth’. My next step will be a private ENT specialist I think as I don’t feel like we’re getting anywhere with the GP! Thank you xx

@SkyBlue20 Hi can you please update?

I’m so sorry, I’ve only just seen this so probably no longer relevant to you but I’ll update for anyone else who may find it in the future… if memory serves, we got referred to ENT but the waitlist was so long that by the time the appointment rolled around, we didn’t feel we needed it anymore - she just grew out of it. She’s four now and absolutely fine. I hope you’ve found answers.