Wake up cries

How does your babe wake you up in the night/morning? Mine wakes between 4-6 am, and usually makes these grunting or cooing noises. But this morning at 5:30 he skipped right past that and just woke up crying and so upset. Even when I picked him up he was just whining until I was able to feed him. (And I know I didn’t sleep through his other noises as my husband was already awake getting ready for work and the baby was completely silent then.)

I just hope this isn’t the new normal.