While newborns rely on those tiny nasal air passages for their breathing, and the snorting, grunting noises they make when there is some blockage maysoundterrible, what is most important is how your baby is doing overall. If your baby is making these noises, but is sleeping comfortably, and...
Grunting Flaring of the nostrils Chest retractions (sucking in the skin above the collarbone, between the ribs, or below the ribs) Breathing that's consistently fast Wheezing from the chest (rather than the nose or throat, which is a sign of garden-variety congestion and stuffiness) ...
Of course, I was beyond excited to welcome this little boy into our lives (our little “piglet,” as we now call him, an affectionate term for the adorable grunting noises he makes while he eats). Yet I was terrified that, just as the difficulties of labor had been much harder than ...