Unsettled baby!

**Sazzgen3** · October 25th, 2012, 11:26 AM

I have a gorgeous 10 week old baby who has dropped her early morning feed about 2 weeks ago. My only problem is that she is stirring about 4.30am but not for a feed. She just starts coming out of her deep sleep and starts wiggling like crazy and grunting which wakes her and keeps her awake and me. It carries on until we get up or I put her on the pillow next to me after hubby has gone to work then shes out!!!!!!!
Is she needing more milk at her last feed at night as she could keep drinking even after the bottle is empty?
Or ???????
Eeek help please a tad tired and out of ideas lol!

***LittleMissSummer*** · October 25th, 2012, 12:12 PM

Is she waking up unhappy or is just wriggling and making noise?

When my DS is stirring in the mornings he starts making little grunts and squeaks, hes not unhappy just waking up. If hes hungry he will let me know otherwise he just plays until i wake up. Is that what she is doing?

**Sparkles** · October 25th, 2012, 12:20 PM

My Ds was the same, from 8 weeks slept through but would start stirring around 4am, didnt want milk just wriggled & grunted,no help here just letting you know you're not alone. He was out of our room quite early because of it as we just couldn't sleep!

**Chrispe** · October 25th, 2012, 01:21 PM

Is it possible she is grunting and wriggling because she is uncomfortable? (eg wind or reflux?) and that might be why she stops once moved?

**lady_neon** · October 25th, 2012, 01:52 PM

I've noticed my 4 week old does the same, stirs, wriggles, grunts and sometimes let's out a whingy cry, but after a couple minutes goes back to sleep. If he starts fully crying or screaming I offer boob

**buffy1** · October 25th, 2012, 02:54 PM

Might be working through some digestive/tummy issues perhaps? Wind could be the culprit. Maybe try picking her up for a burp or bicycle her little legs.

When my DD was a newbie we called 4:00-6:00am 'The Gruntening'. She grunted, snorted, snuffled and wiggled at the same time every day - usually followed by a poosplosion a bit later.

**Sazzgen3** · October 27th, 2012, 09:30 PM

Littlemisssummer-she wiggles and grunts for at least a couple of hours or more eek lol! Shes doesnt play she sounds like she starts to get frustrated!
We have had to raise her bassinett mattress since she was born as she would fuss almost all night so could possibly be a wind issue. Might try burping her and see how we go.
Thanks sooooooooo much for the help ladies i now have a couple more things to try!

**Patti** · October 28th, 2012, 06:41 AM

I've heard 4am us the coldest part if the night. Stirring at this time could mean bubba is cold. Maybe and extra blanket before you go to sleep?

**Sazzgen3** · October 29th, 2012, 08:24 PM

Hmmm ok I will try an extra blanket I always worry she will cook though lol.
Please someone tell me its going to end and soon far out lol!
I had to get up to her about 4 or 5 times this morning argh and i did try to burp her and bicycle legs but no wind. I am going to try offering her more milk tonight as her last feed and seeing how she goes.

**Patti** · October 29th, 2012, 09:18 PM

Good luck! My DS was waking at 4-4.30 each night and feeding. The last couple of nights I doubled over one of his blankets - so effectively an extra blanket and he slept thru till 6am. So now he is swaddled and has 4 blankets on! He doesn't feel hot and the room is around 20-22 degrees, I think they are hard to cook lol. I also give him a feed at around 10pm before I go to bed. In saying all of that, I tried all the same things for DD 2 years ago and none of it helped

I hope you have a better night.

**Sazzgen3** · October 29th, 2012, 09:32 PM

Oh sweet its good to know i cant cook her that easily haha. Well I will be trying that tonight anything is better than nothing

Thanks I hope i do to so weird as my first was nothing like this at all so I am in completely uncharted territory here. lol

**Frangipani Lou** · October 29th, 2012, 09:50 PM

It's can be hard to work out how many layers to on them . DD was cold last night at one stage but the new SIDS reccomendation is that your baby had the same layers if clothing/ blankets as you.

**Butterfly Dawn** · October 29th, 2012, 10:55 PM

I would think that more clothing is better then blankets. But all mine have hated blankets. And the baby now is doing my head in with her blanket refusal.

Hope you have a good night tonight

**Patti** · November 10th, 2012, 05:16 AM

Hi there,
How are you doing? Still getting the 4.30am wake up call?

**Sazzgen3** · November 15th, 2012, 02:29 PM

Shes still unsettled but i actually remembered my first little one did the same thing but a bit later on. So I am hoping its the same sort of phase and she gets through it! Thanks for asking!

**k4t** · November 15th, 2012, 04:48 PM

If you use a dummy popping it back in when she wriggles might help. I bed-share with DD and when she wriggles and grunts I put her back on my boob which almost always settles her but I'm pretty sure a lot of it is comfort sucking not feeding.