6 weeks and still grunting at night ?

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The grunting some days seem to be even worse than before. Grunting and kicking and squirming. Tried probiotic + gas drop + gripe water. Doesn’t really seem to help. I truly believe that if it wasn’t for the grunting he would be sleeping much longer .. its also only night time that he does this. Day time doesn’t seem to be an issue. As soon as he’s on his back he starts ..
Was hoping it would get better by this point. How is LO who has similar problem ? When did they grow out of it ?  
I keep repeating its just a phase ... but I can’t wait til his tummy becomes normal. Poor thing + me no sleep as every sound he makes I’m jumping.

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My son grunts all night too, more so the second stretch of sleep that he gets after his first long one. I’ve never equated it to gas or being in pain cause my doctor has always said babies can be loud sleepers and some more than others. I just let him stay sleeping through the grunts and try to fall back asleep myself until he fusses or cries. Good luck mama!

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Mine does this every night but only for the second bulk of sleep after his feed. He is asleep, just really really noisy. Don’t think it’s a problem for him, just keeps me awake

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My son is 6 weeks and is also a grunter. He keeps me awake at night because he’s so loud. I look at the monitor and he’s sleeping but sounds like he’s awake so I’m constantly looking at the monitor. Sometimes it can get annoying because between him and my husbands snoring I can’t sleep. Last night I had to go downstairs just so I could sleep for a few hours! I have spoke to the doctor about this and they said it’s normal, some babies just grunt a lot 🤦‍♀️

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My baby is 8 weeks and I just started noticing a huge improvement. Now she still grunts and her face gets all red like she’s pushing, but not to the point she’s crying and it rarely wakes her up. If she does wake up in the middle of the night, usually I can put my hand on her and pop in the pacifier and she goes back to sleep. Before, it was not like that. She would scream in pain quite often throughout the day and night and nothing would help. It’s hard right now, but it will pass!

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Thank you everyone for shredding some light. For some reason I thought it’s gas or tummy related. Now I feel better to know that it’s just him making sound. Hopefully it will put my mind in peace and I’ll sleep through it myself 
❤️❤️

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Hi. I asked a health professional about this and it's totally normal so don't worry. Babies as they grow start moving their limbs more as they discover what they are capable of. So it has nothing to do with them being uncomfortable or in pain or anything. So you really don't need to give anything. It's just really difficult for the parents and I can confirm sleeping is really hard with all the noise. Best of luck.

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Mine does this all night long too but he’s sleeping. It’s more of an annoyance than anything.

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My daughter does the same sometimes, I’ll put a pacifier in her mouth and/or play white noise. She goes to sleep right away. Soothes her and distracts her from dealing with gas

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Mine is almost 8 weeks and still doing it. Swaddling definitely helps but I mostly learned to ‘ignore’ it because, for most of the time, she is asleep. She sleeps next to me so I know she’s sleeping even when she’s making loud noises. 
When there’s whining or crying involved, then I pick her up.

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My daughter is 8 weeks & she grunts .  She sleeps better & longer on her stomach . I lay her on the circle pillow on her stomach & we both sleep a whole lot better

6 weeks and still grunting at night ?

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