Newborn grunting, making noise from 4.30onwards

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DD is 3 weeks old, she roughly sleeps 10-1.30 quick feed and then to 4.30/5 after that she goes back in the cot but grunts, wriggles around, spits up but doesn't ask to be picked up or fed and is mostly asleep.
If I move to get her she's back asleep with her eyes closed. She will do this until 7.30 when she'll wake properly (not cry just looking around the room) and I'll get her up.

Its making me really tired as I can't sleep through the noise and end up having disturbed sleep until I give up at around 6.30.

Should I pick her up to try and get her in a proper sleep or is it best to leave her as she doesn't want any interaction from me.

Thank you

Very normal. If it settles her to be next to you you can do that. Otherwise just leave. I recommend earplugs.

Normal! They make all manner of weird noises at that age, their systems are getting used to having something inside and so the feeling can be quite strange.

3 week old don’t understand that you need sleep, or if it’s night or day. They just need comfort and love and food. So I would get her up, cuddle, rock feed etc and see if that helps. Unfortunately no sleep is part and parcel of brand new humans!

Don't worry this is normal.
DS is 17 weeks now and mostly snores, grunts

Thanks everyone, I'll do my best to ignore it. She doesn't usually settle very well being held but I might try it tomorrow.

I think it would be less annoying if she was just awake at that time.

If she doesn't need fed, could you not swap sides of the bed with your partner for the last part of the night or maybe slip downstairs to the sofa for a bit of extra sleep? Presumably they have had a bit more sleep than you so could maybe take over for the sleepy but fidgety stage?

Sounds normal. Grunting, sighing, fidgeting, farting, hiccuping....the lot. You'll start to recognise the different cries, the hungry one, the tired one, the bored one, the dirty nappy one etc....

Sounds normal. My son used to go hmmmm with each outbreath when he was newborn.

As a new mum you will be hyper-alert to any noises your baby makes for the first few months, it’s a evolutionary defence thing. That’s why they’re keeping you awake unfortunately.

If reassurance doesn’t help you to sleep through it I would suggest sleeping on the opposite side but it’s what you feel comfortable doing.

My daughter did this and reflux turned out to be the cause.

Completely normal and you'll get used to it.

My DD sounded like a farmyard at night!

I think don’t pick her up if she’s asleep- she’s learning to self-settle and it’s best if she carries on! You‘ll get more sleep later if she can do this by herself.

It's because they are in a lighter sleep at that stage of the night/morning - unfortunately, so are you.

You could try playing some white noise to mask it?

DS is almost 4 months. I feel like such a crap mum because I don't think I can really tell his cries apart (except for the 'nothing's really wrong but I want to vent' cry).. Am I the only one?

Grunting and spitting up is a sign of reflux sometimes. Do you have a cot with a reflux incline? If so try it and you may find the grunting stops.

Dd did this, she sounded like a badger! E took her into our bed ( following all the safety guidelines) and she stopped, not sure why. At the time dh thought she might have been cold.

Congrats

Normal! May be digestion or anything uncomfortable for her. Sounds like you are getting loads of sleep! At that age I was sat up all night cluster feeding. It'll go away probably by 12 weeks though.