Grunting/straining

Honestly it COULD just be active sleep, although she is thrashing more than mine did during active sleep so I’m not really 100% sure. Keep doing bicycle kicks and lots of tummy time on you to help her out!! She is so gorgeous, congratulations 🤍

My little boy used to do this and we were told it was perfectly normal. I think it’s just their digestion getting used to working. I also think he had infant dyschezia which again is very normal for newborns! 🙂

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24109-dyschezia

My baby does this after every bottle during the night, but she settles down herself. Think it’s my baby trying to exhaust herself to fall asleep🫠 x x

Sounds like Infant Dyschezia aka Grunting Baby Syndrome

I recommend looking up massage for colic, it's more specific than just circles on their tummys and it really relieves the wind. You can also try gripe water 30 mins after a feed

Sounds exactly like my little one. Pretty sure it’s a mixture of grunting baby syndrome, active sleep and getting a fart out with mine lol x

It's normal. My daughter is a grunter too. She tends to do that in early or late sleep stages. We know she's about to wake up when we hear our little piglet in the morning. Sometimes she does it in the middle of sleep, then lets out a massive fart and goes back to being quiet. It's quite comical.

This is so normal, I stressed about it so much when my LG was little, she out grew it. I don’t even remember when. Each night it got better & now she’s 4 months, doesn’t happen at all.

I literally could have written this for my little girl. She’s 3 weeks old and have been wondering if it is gas, also formula fed with Aptamil. After some feeds she will go straight back down but more often than not we will have the thrashing about, grunting noises. She also poo’d more regularly as a newborn and now we get one big poo at a similar time every night! Xx

Looks like rooting to me. My babies both rooted around and grunted as early hunger cues. At this age, both my babies were cluster feeding round the clock, very very clingy wanting to nurse nonstop because of that growth spurt. I'd try feeding baby, or you can wait until baby starts squawling. If not hunger, then maybe gas like others have said. Regardless, if baby isn't actively crying I'd quit recording and worrying and try to get some extra zs in until baby gets upset 😂🙆

Sounds completely normal. This is what newborns do.

It's normal for babies to do so at 5 weeks. This is time for the first developmental leap. It can be displayed in many ways (fussiness, feeding more often, sleeping poorly...) We are currently going through this phase, and our boy wants to be held at all times.👶 But don't worry, the fussy part lasts for about a week.

My baby does it! I find it sweet and funny 🤣

It could be the swaddle! Our little guy liked the butterfly looking ones where it puts his arms up next to his head. He would always make those sounds trying to get his arms out of swaddles like that one hahah

Thanks so much everyone! Sounds like it’s fairly normal and she’ll grow out of it, I did ring the health visitor who also said it’s normal and because she’s pooping once a day they’re not concerned! As long as she’s not in any discomfort or pain then it’s OK! 🤎

Omg I remember when my LG started doing this it freaked me OUT! It only lasts a little bit. It’s so normal!

My little girl did exactly the same! I don’t have any advice.. she just grew out of it after a few weeks☺️

I don't think it's anything, I think it's just her age. As their digestion gets more mature this all goes away. Doesn't mean it's not uncomfortable for them or stressful for you though. She sounds like a normal newborn too me. Congratulations mama xx

Totally normal mama! I feel like my baby girl stopped doing that when i stopped swaddling her around 2 months

She's beautiful 😍

oh really? She loves being swaddled and sleeps so much better when she’s in this swaddle bag, but maybe I’ll try without soon? X

thank you so much ♥️ I never know if I’m just being bias when I think that hahaha x

our pediatrician advised us to stop swaddling around that time