https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:29:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3am-grunting-and-squirming#post-2537029 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:14:38 +0000 anniefannie 2537029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my guy did this basically from birth to about 4 months. bicycle legs and other gas-relief things helped some, but didnt take it away. annoyingly, time was really the best medicine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3am-grunting-and-squirming#post-2536963 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:44:48 +0000 peaches1038 2536963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had the same thing and I took a video to show my ped. They said it was normal. I did use gripe water when he seemed particularly uncomfortable and it helped a bit. If he didn't wake up from it then I mostly just left him but I never slept through it-he was so loud!! I think he outgrew it about 6-8 weeks. Does he have other reflux symptoms as well? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3am-grunting-and-squirming#post-2536935 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:23:10 +0000 Cherrybee 2536935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine is doing the exact same thing! She's 3 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3am-grunting-and-squirming#post-2536895 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:38:24 +0000 edelweiss 2536895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i agree that if it's reflux, hopefully the meds will kick in soon. have you tried putting the crib on an incline (putting a few books under one end)? </p> <p>my first LO did a version of this, however it was screaming and crying at 4am because of gas. unfortunately the only thing that worked was time. hate that answer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3am-grunting-and-squirming#post-2536881 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:21:22 +0000 PawPrints 2536881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh I remember those noisy nights. My LO was grunting loudly over and over throughout the night for her first few months and I never knew what the best thing was to do about it. I ended up just picking her up and nursing her every time and she would settle down. I worried I was creating a bad sleep association but honestly everything changed so completely and quickly that by the time we were worried about nighttime sleep, it wasn't really an issue anymore. If my next baby is similarly noisy, I will probably A) stress about it less, and then either B) put her in a crib in her own room much earlier so the grunting doesn't wake me up, or C) just do the same thing I did before and nurse her every time. It worked out fine and she was STTN reliably by like 4 or 5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3am-grunting-and-squirming#post-2536830 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:40:12 +0000 Portboston 2536830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If he has reflux and has only been on meds a week, give it a couple more weeks. It took about 3 for us to really see a difference. After that, it was like we had a new baby. Of course we had to go to the dr once a month to get his dosage adjusted since its weight based. But he was so much more comfortable on meds.<br /> As for night time, my LO tummy slept so I don't have much advice for you :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3am-grunting-and-squirming#post-2536822 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:36:35 +0000 fussygal 2536822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Every night like clockwork starting between 3:00-3:30am DS (5.5 weeks) becomes incredibly restless and grunts and squirms non-stop, sometimes for 1-2 hours. He doesn't really want to eat (although sometimes he does) and he never fully wakes up, but he seems SO uncomfortable. I'm sure it's some sort of indigestion problem and he's currently on medicine for reflux (started one week ago), but I feel so helpless! I've tried burping him, doing bicycle kicks, etc, but nothing really works. I've heard of others going through this and their babies grow out of it after a while (sometimes up to 3 months!), but I'd love to hear from anyone who has gone through something similar and any advice about calming babe down. </p>