baby strains and arches his back in sleep Posted: 01-19-08 11:17am
My son will be 6 weeks old on Monday.
About 2 weeks of age he developed sleeping
problems. He strains and grunts and arches
his back in his sleep. He almost never
wakes up doing it, but his face turns red
and he is very uncomfortable. It starts
around midnight every night and gets worse
as the night goes on. He stops doing it
around 7-8 in the morning. Sometimes he
wakes up crying but it`s very rare. Lately
he started doing it also when he is awake
and naptime during the day. Of course I
haven`t slept either, because I can hear
it and really breaks my heart seeing my
baby in pain. It seems like he is
constipated, but he has normal bowel
movements. My pediatrician says it`s
normal baby behavior and he is colicy. But
he is not fussy and doesn`t cry while
doing it???? He is a happy baby while he
is awake and really only cries when there
is something wrong. I also thought it`s
gas, I have cut out all dairy in my diet
and switched the formule to soy formula -
I breastfeed and formulafeed, since I
don`t produce enough milk. Nothing has
changed. So I don`t know if it`s gas, if
he is colicky or is it something else. Has
anyone else had these problems with their
baby? Please help, I don`t know what to
do.
I was a colicy baby and would cry for
hours each and every night due to painful
gas. Have you tried more simple little
things like swadling your baby tightly and
having him lay in diff positions? My son
arches his back and cries from time to
time too and in most cases he just wants
to be tightly wrapped because his blankets
came loosened and he wants to change
positions, hes a side layer like his
momma. You can be amazed what little
things like that can make such a
differance! Think of many aspects like
that and try them all out, it might just
help!
