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Restless baby at night - coughing & straining noises
Hi,
My DS is 7 weeks old and for the last few nights (usually after the last feed at 4am ish) has been making a lot of straining and short coughing noises. Has anyone else's babies gone through/going through this? Of course, it's very difficult to sleep and most of the time it doesn't sound like he's in pain but I do worry as last night it was pretty constant going on (on & off) from midnight onwards. It's so loud that I know that he's not asleep hence why he is so crabby in the mornings. He doesn't have a runny nose and generally has a bowel movement every other day (in which there is a lot of). He was born premature by 2 weeks - is it just his digestive system/lungs maturing? Is there anything I could give him to help him?
Thanks xx
My DS is 7 weeks old and for the last few nights (usually after the last feed at 4am ish) has been making a lot of straining and short coughing noises. Has anyone else's babies gone through/going through this? Of course, it's very difficult to sleep and most of the time it doesn't sound like he's in pain but I do worry as last night it was pretty constant going on (on & off) from midnight onwards. It's so loud that I know that he's not asleep hence why he is so crabby in the mornings. He doesn't have a runny nose and generally has a bowel movement every other day (in which there is a lot of). He was born premature by 2 weeks - is it just his digestive system/lungs maturing? Is there anything I could give him to help him?
Thanks xx
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My LO also makes a lot of noise when he sleeps, and like you it's generally in the middle of the night. He's 4 weeks old. He goes down fine when we put him to bed at 9 or 10ish and he sleeps quietly. But he starts making lots of grunts and straining noises as he starts to wake up for his nightfeed. He then makes just as many noises when he's settling back down after the feed. I don't go to him unless he's actually crying. He'll quite happily lie there making noise until he wakes up or falls asleep. I did worry a bit at the start but he seems fine and now I just think it's something he does.
Hope that helps!
Elle
Your Lo's are exactly like mine!!! That's re-assuring that he's not unique.....It's just a little distressing to hear because he is SO loud and it can go on for several hours (on & off). It doesn't happen every night, just noticed it these last few nights. He doesn't cry so I do leave him, I just don't sleep whilst he's like this - unlike my husband!!
Gi & Thomas 7 weeks today!
It was so exhausting cos he woke so often. My HV showed me some massage techniques to relieve the wind and it def helped. More often than not I would pump his legs and massage his tum and he would fart loads or poo and then would settle back and sleep for longer. He was refered to a paediatrician just to check him out but all was fine and he has gradually grown out of it. he still gets wind, but now he is more mobile he seems to be able to wriggle and squirm until he farts!
Good luck! I hope it passes soon, it is absolutely knackering! x
It's good that you have a massage class, I also did baby massage and they def show you techniques there. essentially I would rub freds tum in a circle starting around the groin on his right (your left as youlook at him) and rub up and round under the tummy button and down and round to the other side of the tummy, as if you're drawing a C shape on its side. Does that make sense? I would do this a few times then push his knees gently up to his tum and hold them there, then repeat the process. Quite often he would start to strain when I pushed his knees up and eventually after a while out would come the trumps! You have to be patient, sometimes it comes straight away, sometimes it takes a alot longer!
Good luck hun, I feel for you. I was beside myself with tiredness while it was going on.
But if it is just wind, it does pass.
Oh, I also changed to Dr Browns bottles when formula feeding and that seemed to help too, took about a week to notice a difference.
xx
My breastfed baby made straining noises following night feeds and seemed gassy, we had a dramatic improvement when I cut dairy from my diet, she has gradually started to tolerate it again now after several months of me avoiding it - it was a relief to find that it helped and to suddenly be able to get more sleep - if anyone is struggling definitely worth a trial.