Not a premie, but my daughter was a VERY loud sleeper, tons of grunts and wiggles for the first months. At 7 months she still room shares our pediatrician recommends the longer of the AAP 6mobths - 1 year recommendation and is near silent. She just grew out of it.
Quote from: ysette9 on October 27, , PM. Maybe because I have never had a full term baby, I had never seen that word before. The last two nights we have been doing shifts and I take second shift I ended up with her on my chest while i laid down flat. It worked surprisingly well. She seemed to grunt slightly less while on me. We will see what next week brings. Quote from: former player on October 29, , AM.
Quote from: iowajes on October 29, , PM. We couldn't do anything about the grunting unfortunately but my husband seemed to sleep through it easier. He would take them to sleep in their bassinets in the living room to give me a break or I would sleep on the sofa while he stayed with them in our room. That is exactly our situation now as well. He sleeps with her in the bedroom and I take the couch.
I can often though not always hear her through the closed door and my earplugs before he even wakes up. Sometimes he wakes to her house first and brings her out to me.
It has to end eventually, right? This is something your baby will learn with time through trial and error. Some doctors recommend that parents help their newborn by providing anal stimulation.
This involves use of an anal thermometer or a piece of cotton to help stimulate the bowel. While this method usually works to help your baby have a bowel movement, it may have negative side effects in the long run.
Your baby may eventually become dependent on this method to have a bowel movement. In most cases, the grunting starts in the first months of life and resolves on its own after a few weeks.
Every baby is different. It all depends on how long it takes for your newborn to master the coordination of its bowel movements. The grunting of a healthy child learning how to deal with digestion is different from the grunting of a sick baby. Grunting with every breath is never normal. Grunting at the end of every breath could be a sign of respiratory distress. If your baby is grunting often and also has other signs of illness, such as a fever, or appears to be in distress, see your doctor.
This could be a sign of a serious medical condition and requires immediate attention. Other signs of respiratory problems include:. These things can often change quickly, but they give you clues to how premmies are feeling.
Also, the body language of a premature baby born at 24 weeks will be different from that of a baby born at 34 weeks. For example, very premature babies might not make eye contact for as long or as often as a near-term babies.
For example, a very young premature baby might open his eyes only occasionally. So, the size of the baby is not a reflection of the amount of noise they make. Snorting, grunting and groaning sounds during sleep are normal for most babies. Interestingly, babies tend to make less noise when sleeping as they mature.
This may have a connection with their gut maturity and digestion becoming more developed. Also, their airways become bigger which means their breathing patterns change. Young babies breathe more quickly than adults do. Sometimes they take longer and slower breaths and then shallower intakes of air. At other times they will sneeze, snore, hiccough and give little coughs.
Any changes in breathing are worth discussing and a sign that your child needs to be checked by a doctor. Laryngomalacia is a condition which can occur in babies from birth.
This is where the tissues which are positioned above the larynx, also called the voice box, are relaxed and softer than they should be. Babies with Laryngomalacia sound noisier when they are crying or feeding. Their breath can be noisy on and off. Parents and caregivers usually notice laryngomalacia in the first few weeks of life. Most babies grow out of it by around months of age when the floppy cartilage matures and develops more tone.
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