| Posted By |
Message |
spooks
So in love!
Member since 6/06 4378 total posts
Name:
Sarah
|
Newborns - Waking Up/Hungry
DS is almost 3 weeks old. He does these squeaks and groans in his sleep - around when he should be getting up, but then he's still sleeping. I say should be getting up, b/c you'd think he'd be hungry (about 2.5 - 3 hrs. after last feeding) - if I leave him, he stays sleeping for another hour sometimes though. I feel bad too - b/c if he is hungry, maybe he just has a hard time waking up? Do you think if he was really hungry though - he'd be waking up and crying?
|
Posted 2/28/10 9:56 AM  |
| |
|
Long Island Weddings
Long Island's Largest Bridal Resource |
Raffy1212
LIF Infant
Member since 5/09 318 total posts
Name:
|
Re: Newborns - Waking Up/Hungry
DD does the same thing and I always think it's gas pains. I don't want to wake her when she's sleeping either. When she's hungry and awake, she cries. The grunts and squeaks are different. Sometimes I will wake her and she'll eat, but I'm not sure that's why she was grunting. I could be wrong though...maybe it's hunger pains? Still figuring everything out at 5 weeks.
|
| Posted 2/28/10 10:28 AM |
| |
|
nicknmb
SISTERS!
Member since 1/06 5193 total posts
Name:
MaryBeth
|
Re: Newborns - Waking Up/Hungry
I never woke DD up to eat - I believe that if they are hungry, they will wake on their own.
|
| Posted 2/28/10 10:31 AM |
| |
|
summerBaby10
let's be nice
Member since 9/07 10208 total posts
Name:
Wifey
|
Re: Newborns - Waking Up/Hungry
my 3 week old also squeaks and groans in his sleep but he does it anytime he moves or switches positions. If he is hungry, he full out cries. I think we woke him up his first week to eat but then we stopped & let him wake us up.
|
| Posted 2/28/10 11:14 AM |
| |
|
mrswask
Pookie Love
Member since 5/05 20229 total posts
Name:
Michal
|
Re: Newborns - Waking Up/Hungry
Jordan does the same. When he really is hungry and ready to eat, he cries.
|
| Posted 2/28/10 11:23 AM |
| |
|
Grill
LIF Adult
Member since 4/09 994 total posts
Name:
J
|
Re: Newborns - Waking Up/Hungry
I always interpreted that as an early hunger cue. Crying is a sign of extreme hunger and frustration, which I wanted to avoid...for his benefit and my 3am sanity : ). When my DS grunts and is restless and it is around the 2-3 hour since his last meal, I always offer him food. 99.9% of the time he takes it. That's how I know that the grunts were hunger related. Now at 11 weeks old, I can say that most of our nights are cry free. He grunts, I feed, he goes back to sleep peacefully. Knocking on wood!!!
|
| Posted 2/28/10 11:36 AM |
| |
|
MrsAT
LIF Adolescent
Member since 9/07 881 total posts
Name:
Allison
|
Re: Newborns - Waking Up/Hungry
If he reached his birth weight at the last visit to the pediatrician, then I would leave him. They wake up when they want to eat!
|
| Posted 2/28/10 2:52 PM |
| |
|
