FTM. 7 week old baby.
As I’m a first time mum I have no idea what is normal behaviour but I’m starting to worry my baby is doing something out of the ordinary. I know babies make all kind of jerky movements. I had noticed her pulling what I thought was a cute face as her head lifted right back after feeding and falling asleep - right from birth. But recently it’s become more exaggerated. She will be completely relaxed and feeding at bedtime. As she starts falling asleep- her head will seemingly involuntarily jerk back and her arms will jerk out. She squirms a little and it lasts a couple of seconds before she relaxes again and goes back to feeding. Sometimes this happens a few times with a short gap in between and then she usually falls asleep. A few times I’ve watched her get frustrated as her body jerking is pulling her off the boob. Sometimes she even cries a little. It only ever happens when she’s falling asleep at night. I thought it was a normal newborn startle response thing - is it? Do all little babies do this? Or is there something wrong with my baby? She has reflux in case that’s relevant- maybe the reflux is making her uncomfortable and that’s why she jerks back?
I know everyone will say go to your GP- and of course I will. I’m just spiralling at 3am because she’s just been doing it and I’m looking for someone who’s experienced the same or some reassurance that all babies do this? Thanks.