Why do preemies grunt?

Beccaboo0713

I swear Jacob is the most grunting little thing. I was told it was a preemie thing, but why?

nasmith882

OMG!!! we aren't alone..we went out to eat today and I swear people were looking at my LO like he was crazy...While I was feeding him all you hear is

 uggg, mgggg urrrrgggg huhuhugrrrrg...

C.P.C.

DD was a major grunter too

KellyMichelle

I don't know, but I know my DS always did it. 

hmms

DS grunted a lot too, in the hospital they told me he was shifting fluid in his lungs...but he continued when we got home, not sure how long he'd shift fluid...eventually it went away - but he could get awfully noisy - enough that I moved the bassinet into our bathroom so I could sleep too

clyoungsey

DS has yet to cry when I am around (and I am around a lot)..I know he can, but the only time I have heard him was when he was first born.  Other than that, the grunting and squealing is all I or the nurses get to signal a need or hunger.  He is a grunting little guy!

Mrs. Destructo

I have no idea why either, but I think the little grunts they make are just about the cutest thing about a preemie. When we finally took our 2nd baby home and put him next to his brother, it sounds like we had a herd of billy goats in our bedroom. It was the sweetest, most heartwarming noise. I miss it.

AviatorJJ

i googled this and there doesn't seem to be a straight answer for this. i got everything from fluid in the lungs when they breath to an immature nervous system to not being heavy sleepers.

my son would also make a humming noise on his exhale when he was sleeping. that i miss!

lemen99

I have no idea!! ours still grunts. lol

lemen99

p.s. it's super annoying when every time he grunts someone feels the need to point out that he's pooping. and then I say "no, he just grunts" and they say "but no, look, he's trying to poop, haha." and I repeat myself until I realize they are just are not listening..

Beccaboo0713

I love his little grunts. He is my little billy goat and he sighs a lot too, like life is so hard

buckeyethor

 i never knew why.. just that it was normal for preemies to be loud grunters.

TriciaJoy

I think I have the only non-grunting preemie.

Our NICU roommates were all grunters.. it was cute. Though one of them grunted with his reflux.. that was sad.

Robbie never did and still doesn't really grunt, though. Even when he poops. *LOL*

 

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lemen99:

p.s. it's super annoying when every time he grunts someone feels the need to point out that he's pooping. and then I say "no, he just grunts" and they say "but no, look, he's trying to poop, haha." and I repeat myself until I realize they are just are not listening..

this exactly

na24

Until reading this post, I had no idea that the grunting was a preemie thing! ?I just thought our girls were billy goats as some random kind of thing. ?How funny. ??