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DS moving a lot while sleeping
He has been sleeping in his room since 3 months old. Recently he has been moving a LOT in his sleep. He brings his legs up and pushes them out. This happens again and again. Sometimes he does it with lot of force and wakes himself up. I am trying to figure out if it is gas, or he is too hot, bothered by wet diape, or just a phase. Did your LO do something like thus around 4 month old?
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Re: DS moving a lot while sleeping
It is probably totally normal. If the leg pulling is accompanied by a lot of grunting/straining/crying, though, it could be a sign of gas or constipation. If his poops are soft when he goes, you can rule out constipation. That leaves either gas or it is just him figuring out his body. babies are notoriously loud poopers
You can try: burping him and swaddling him before bed to help stop him from waking himself up, giving him some gas drops or gripe water before bed and/or elevating one side of his bed a bit to give him the benefit of gravity and see if that helps. If he is still doing it, then you just have to try to wait it out. Normally they out grow waking themselves up by 6 months, but def talk to your pediatrician if you are worried about him.
GL!
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