Baby grunting syndrome?! Anyone else experiencing this with their baby? My baby seems to be doing this, appears to make him uncomfortable, cries for a bit then opens his bowels, seems to be fine till next feed.. unless his got wind 🤷🏻♀️
Newborn grunting and straining is most often caused by infant dyschezia (or "grunting baby syndrome"), a normal developmental phase where the baby hasn't yet learned how to relax their pelvic floor and anal sphincter while pushing out stool or gas.
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This actually sounds like my LG but I haven't heard of this before and this is my 3rd baby!
Yep my baby is 5 weeks and definitely experienced this. He gets very red in the face, grunts, cries and sounds really sad / cross then often will pass a completely normal and soft bowel movement. It happens 2/3 times a day, at first it really upset me but now I just comfort him and know he’ll grow out of it
Yes its completely normal but frustrating!
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Baby grunting syndrome?! Anyone else experiencing this with their baby? My baby seems to be doing this, appears to make him uncomfortable, cries for a bit then opens his bowels, seems to be fine till next feed.. unless his got wind 🤷🏻♀️
Newborn grunting and straining is most often caused by infant dyschezia (or "grunting baby syndrome"), a normal developmental phase where the baby hasn't yet learned how to relax their pelvic floor and anal sphincter while pushing out stool or gas.
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