Grunting and groaning during feed

It could just be a phase. They usually get a bit bored with nursing
around three or four months, and again around nine or ten months. How
old is the baby?

On Jun 2, 3:16 pm, betsy <be....DeleteThis@eskimo.com> wrote:
> On Jun 1, 10:37 am, "jeni_ste...@yahoo.co.uk"
>
> <Jen.Ste....DeleteThis@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > it when he is feeding though. At bedtime he usually has a nice quiet
> > feed before sleep but tonight he did his grunting, pulling off and
> > screaming and is now in his cot blowing raspberries. Is it just wind
> > and what can I do about it?
>

On Jun 2, 3:37 am, "jeni_ste...@yahoo.co.uk"
<Jen.Ste....TakeThisOut@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone
>
> For the last couple of weeks ds#2 has started grunting and groaning
> during a feed. Often he pulls off to do it. Occasionally he will
> release a little bit of wind, but then starts up again. He only does
> it when he is feeding though. At bedtime he usually has a nice quiet
> feed before sleep but tonight he did his grunting, pulling off and
> screaming and is now in his cot blowing raspberries. Is it just wind
> and what can I do about it?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jeni

Hi Jeni,


I am a mum of four kids and found sometimes my milk came a little fast
for them causing them to gulp and thus creating wind. That's when they
grunted and groaned... try leaning back in an almost prone position so
the milk has to flow up hill.
Hope this helps

Cheers
WildFreesia
www.gogosupermum.com

On 2 Jun, 23:16, betsy <be... DeleteThis @eskimo.com> wrote:
> On Jun 1, 10:37 am, "jeni_ste...@yahoo.co.uk"
>
> <Jen.Ste... DeleteThis @googlemail.com> wrote:
> > it when he is feeding though. At bedtime he usually has a nice quiet
> > feed before sleep but tonight he did his grunting, pulling off and
> > screaming and is now in his cot blowing raspberries. Is it just wind
> > and what can I do about it?
>
> It could be. Have you tried burping him more? Has he just become
> more active? More activity could lead to more indigestion.

Thanks for the reply. He's nearly 5 months old and isn't really any
more active. I do burp him after every feed except the night time one
and before sleep. If I tried to burp him then he'd never sleep.

> Has he started any solids yet?

Not yet.

How is his pooping? The grunting
> sounds like he may be trying to poop. You could try holding him in a
> sitting/squatting position with his back leaning against you to see if
> he will poop.

He's not trying to poo as it can be after he's had one or anytime
really.

>
> Is he being overwhelmed with too much milk?

I don't think this is it either because one side has a slow let-down
and one a fast and he does it on both. I do lean him into me as I lie
back in the nursing chair but it makes no difference.

On 7 Jun, 04:20, JenJen <jenjenramb....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> It could just be a phase. They usually get a bit bored with nursing
> around three or four months, and again around nine or ten months. How
> old is the baby?

He's nearly 5 months. He wants to feed, but just starts the groaning
as soon as he latches on.
He's not looking around or anything, so isn't distracted.

Jeni

On 7 Jun, 06:32, tat....DeleteThis@optusnet.com.au wrote:
> On Jun 2, 3:37 am, "jeni_ste...@yahoo.co.uk"
>
> <Jen.Ste....DeleteThis@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone
>
> > For the last couple of weeks ds#2 has started grunting and groaning
> > during a feed. Often he pulls off to do it. Occasionally he will
> > release a little bit of wind, but then starts up again. He only does
> > it when he is feeding though. At bedtime he usually has a nice quiet
> > feed before sleep but tonight he did his grunting, pulling off and
> > screaming and is now in his cot blowing raspberries. Is it just wind
> > and what can I do about it?
>
> > Thanks
>
> > Jeni
>
> Hi Jeni,
>
> I am a mum of four kids and found sometimes my milk came a little fast
> for them causing them to gulp and thus creating wind. That's when they
> grunted and groaned... try leaning back in an almost prone position so
> the milk has to flow up hill.
> Hope this helps
I do feed him uphill as he used to get overwhelmed by milk on one
side. Now it makes no difference which side, he still moans? I'm at a
loss what to do as it's becoming hard to feed when he wriggles and
pulls off.

Jeni

On Jun 20, 11:48 am, "jeni_ste...@yahoo.co.uk"
<Jen.Ste... RemoveThis @googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Is he being overwhelmed with too much milk?
>
> I don't think this is it either because one side has a slow let-down
> and one a fast and he does it on both. I do lean him into me as I lie
> back in the nursing chair but it makes no difference.

Could it be taking longer for him to get a let-down now? Sometimes
babies get pretty aggressive when they are in a hurry for a let-down.
If so, breast compression might help. I also have found that I can
latch off my impatient baby and wait a few seconds for the let-down,
then latch her back on again.

--Betsy

On 24 Jun, 14:52, betsy <be....RemoveThis@eskimo.com> wrote:
> On Jun 20, 11:48 am, "jeni_ste...@yahoo.co.uk"
>
> <Jen.Ste....RemoveThis@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > Is he being overwhelmed with too much milk?
>
> > I don't think this is it either because one side has a slow let-down
> > and one a fast and he does it on both. I do lean him into me as I lie
> > back in the nursing chair but it makes no difference.
>
> Could it be taking longer for him to get a let-down now? Sometimes
> babies get pretty aggressive when they are in a hurry for a let-down.
> If so, breast compression might help. I also have found that I can
> latch off my impatient baby and wait a few seconds for the let-down,
> then latch her back on again.
>
> --Betsy

He is like that sometimes, but I've figured out that's not what the
groaning is about.
I had a re-think about the burping, and realised that I really
*wasn't* burping
him after every day feed like I used to as a newborn. So I have been
doing this
for the last few days and lo behold only one short groaning session
since!!
DH's theory is that the wind from the previous feed was pushed back up
when
he lay down for his next feed and the milk was fighting against it.
The groaning was him trying to get it out iykwim. Anyway it makes
sense
to me and extra back rubbing (even if he doesn't actually burp) has
made all the difference!

So thank you so much for mentioning it, even though I dismissed it at
the time.
He's still a fussy eater but no more groaning:).

Jeni