Hungry or just making sleep sounds?!

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My nearly 3 week year old is currently sleeping in the rock and play in our room at night as I am EBF. It seems like all night long he makes lots of different sounds -some congested breathing, grunting, complaining, moaning, etc. When I wake from the sounds gradually increasing in frequency, I take it as a sign  that he's hungry and ready to eat again (usually every 2 hours). I know crying is a late sign of hunger, so I've been trying to feed him before it gets to that point. Today, I've been observing him sleep and notice that he makes these sounds even when he seems to be very much asleep. Am I making myself crazy by feeding him at night too frequently?! Should I wait until he cries? Or am I doing it right and just looking for an excuse for me to get a little more sleep at a time? :)

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So glad I'm not alone!!  My guy is SO noisy at night that it often wakes me and hubby up but most of the time when we check on him his eyes are closed and he looks asleep.  We keep him swaddled at 6 weeks because even though he strains to bust out he seems to thrash about much more with his arms out and sleeps better swaddled.  He also at times makes really loud dramatic noises while bf'ing which makes it hard to be discreet in public lol.

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Mine grunts, moans and strains. I think they just do that. At night, I only feed him when he cries. He usually does a little cry here and there to notify me and if I take too long he blows up into a waling cry.

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I have the some problem. She sleeps so loud. She grunt and roots around and I was waking her up before she started crying to eat but now I think she is just a loud sleeper. I tried to ignore the grunts and she slept for about three hours.

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That's the problem I have too. I have a habit of anytime he's too fussy for too long and nothing else works, boob goes in the mouth unless I JUST fed him from both boobs. Then I rock. But my baby also sucks on his fingers to self soothe and when my parents watch him, if he does it too long for their liking, he must be hungry but I know sometimes he just does that. So I worry that overeating might be causing his tummy issues. But idk. I try to take it one feeding at a time so I don't go crazy.

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Mine does this too! The first couple weeks I think I was too exhausted to notice but now that she sleeps for 2-3 hour chunks I'm just rested enough for her grunting and occasional cries to wake me up... Sigh

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Mine is so loud at night when not in a deep sleep. I just watch her and leave her alone if her eyes are closed. Mine baby also puts her hands in her mouth she is getting hungry, so I keep an eye out for that. But yes, this sounds pretty normal to me. See if you can ID other signals that your baby is getting hungry.

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I have waited for my little one to hit the crying point. Because she makes noises every time she is in and out of REM sleep she will make noise every 30-45 minutes and obviously she doesn't need to eat that often.

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If you are worried that it's a hunger cry try giving them a pacifier. If they are hungry they'll suck but when nothing comes out they will spit it out. Depending on the week my son could eat every hour or sleep in 4 hour chunks.

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Mine is the same way! My milk comes so fast! She spits up a lot and she gets cranky sometimes and chokes because it comes so fast.

Hungry or just making sleep sounds?!

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