My daughter is 8 months old and does this, randomly, for the past month and ahalf. She double bresths, snorts, whimpers, then starts screaming. Screaming like I have never heard before.. Its horrible. I pick her up and try to calm her but she screams and starts flailing her arms and starts screaming "mama,mama"so I have to turn on a light, sit her facing me, hold her little head- in my hands and make her focus on me. As soon as she focuses, she stops crying, smiles, and gives me a kiss. I have used soy since we found her dairy intolerance and she was on gas drops. I noticed that she started having these episodes as we were weaning her off gas drops so I feel it really does have to do with has as well as reflux. I really hope others have found a better answer but for those of you reading this in 2018, our Dr said it's normal, it happens, and as long as their breathing is not "laboured" and they are able to be calmed and no discoloration , we have to wait for her to grow out of it.
I know this is an old post but there seems to be some recent activity so I'll share my experience. My son is now 10 months old and has been doing this since he was a few months old. He was diagnosed with silent reflux around 5 weeks and also displayed signs of dairy intolerance. He does exactly what is described in the initial post. He begins double breathing in his sleep as if he has just cried for an hour straight. Sometimes he does not wake up from it but when he does he seems to still be sleeping but screams his head off. I hold him and eventually he calms and usually transitions right back into a deep sleep. I have been told that this is caused by his reflux and happens during sleep because of acid backing up while he is laying down (same thing that happens to adults with reflux). His reflux pain in combination with being in REM sleep turns into the episode that everyone has described. It still scares the crap out of me but he never changes color or shows signs of respiratory distress. Obviously I continue to look up if others have found a more definite cause but my research has come up with the same results as everyone else. The common denominator seems to be reflux or dairy intolerance. Please remember that reflux does not always include throwing up. My son has never projectile vomited which is the hallmark of most babies with reflux. Silent reflux can be tough to diagnose and incredibly painful for babies as the acid continues to burn their throats without coming completely out of their mouths.
Sorry not an answer but a question.Can i ask if you had any results back on this. Seems very much like an issue we have with our 1 year old. Any feed back would be much appreciated
Hi I'm Eva-Monae I posted about two years ago about my first son. He grew out of it I would have to say well before his 2nd birthday. But now my second son 11months old just did the very same thing. I feel like it may be gas related both of them seemed to be gassy before bed and then the episode would occur . I just started transitioning him to regular milk, specifically organic whole milk. The weird part is that he does not do it every time he drinks the regular milk, it happened completely randomly. Maybe he burped AnD acid came up which burns his throat which causes the crying and the small jerks I feel is from the discomfort. It's so weird that both my children have done the same exact thing around the same time it has to be something causing it. My bet is on the MILK. or something in the diet. Yesterday he didn't do it and he had one bottle of regular milk. Today he had regular milk, formula, and juice at some point during the day. I will try to keep you guys updated, sorry it took so long.
Here is a video of my son. https://youtu.be/gbXrNGVxioY
He has been doing this since he was 2 months old. He is now 4 and we are still trying to find answers. If your child does this or something similar, please contact me.
Hi! My 8 month old has been doing this since the day he got his two month shots aka the first time he ever took Tylenol aka the first time he ever really zoned into REM sleep I think. We ended up in the ER but we didn't get it on film so they knew nothing. We visited an ENT who MISdiagnosed him with laryngomalacia, visited another ENT who confirmed he does NOT have that. He does have reflux and has been on Zantac and nexium since 2 months as well. Since have gotten a video of him, no physican can diagnose anything- ENT, pulmonologist...no one. He doesn't change color but the noise is awful. It's hard to wake him from it. I find that it happens a few times a night/week for a while and then doesn't happen again for a bit. Sounds as if he's double breathing after crying...but no crying. Any answers yet? My big thing is he's an awful sleeper- and we have been advised not to let him cry it out yet as we are unsure what this breathing thing is...but his sleeping habits are getting worse and worse. Does anyone's child have this but also is a bad sleeper? Any suggestions? We have a sleep study scheduled for end of August (they didn't think it was high priority so no need to rush...) but I know it's not going to occur the night i am there...I am sure...would love some insight!
No answers yet? I just caught my sixth month old doing this. Freaked me out a little, I thought she was choking, from what I seen on the monitor. We went in there, heard snorting and rapid breathing, figured she was having a bad dream, so I rubbed her back and it didn't stop. So I rolled her over and she started screaming hysterically. I picked her up and she continued to scream. I couldn't calm her. So my husband made her a bottle and she finally went back to sleep. Very weird? I have an appointment on the 11th. I will ask Dr then.
Any updates yet? My 18month old has just done this for the second time in around 2 months I left him to wake up from it himself. He has stopped now and seems to be breathing normally again!! Really freaks me out ! Gonna book in to see the doctor! But we have a long wait for appointments please someone update us
Any answers? Or negative/positive outcomes from this? My daughter started this. It scared me so much and took a lot to wake her... I'm hoping it was a bad dream and she was in a deep sleep.. however we have had a friend whose baby passed recently from SIDS and he was the same age of my daughter so I'm very anxious about night time as it is. Talking to doctor tomorrow.
All 3 of mine have done this, it freaked me out with my first, I thought she was having a seizure!! But now I've seen it happen with the second and third, as I'm writing this holding my son who has just done this a few moments ago, it's like a more intense version of what they do as new borns, when they open and close their eyes, smile over and over again really quickly, it's still scary to witness, hence why I'm back here googling and reassuring myself that it's normal, then remembering once again that yes it is lol. It sounds like he's sobbing, whimpering and rapid breathing, I rub his back and say shhhhhh, but the only real way to calm him is to wait until her wakes himself up, then cuddle him.
My 13 month old has been doing this for the past month or so, maybe twice a week, He is in a very deep sleep and then his breathing changes almost like he is having a hard time (no discoloration) and then he whimpers I usually move him a bit but most of the time he wakes up screaming and there is nothing I can do to calm him. Eventually he settles down and falls back into a deep sleep, he never opens his eyes during these episodes..I have explained this to the doctors and no one seems to no whats going on. This is really stressing me out, I am currently pregnant and the lack of sleep is not helping. ANY UPDATES? ANY ANSWERS YET?
My 7 mo old did this tonight. I was concerned so i paged a doctor. She said that its normal as long as she isn't sick (could cause difficultly breathing), doesn't have any labored breathing and if there isn't any discoloration. That helped calm me.
My 8.5 month old started doing this around 5 months. I mentioned it to her doctor and she said it's from dreaming. It stopped again shortly after but now suddenly it's started again. In the last week it's happened at least three 3 times. I was finally able to catch it on camera and will be showing it to her doctor soon. One thing I noticed is it happens during REM sleep and she is near impossible to wake up. I can turn the lights on and pick her up and she doesn't even flinch. It tends to last about 15 minutes with intervention. I'm not sure how long it would go otherwise.
My 7 1/2 month started doing this tonight I'm to scared to fall asleep I woke him up earlier because I started to panic but he just started playing and laughing like nothing was wrong with him. Is this just a phase babies go through?
I have an 8 month old daughter who does the same thing. She just had one 20 minutes afo and its very scary not knowing what's going on. Would really like to know if anyone has found any answers.
This just happened to my 11 month old for the first time. Scary! I woke him up and it continued for about 10 more min or so. I nursed him and it eventually stopped. I got online to look for clues and found this thread.
Any updates on the condition from anyone on the thread? I'd love to be able to find more information on this!
Really wish someone had an update . My newborn has been doing this too awake asleep doesn't matter. It happens about 4 times in a 24 hour period where she takes a gasp of air. Seems mostly when she is asleep . My question is why are our doctors so incompetent to figure
out what the issue is. Anyway my daughter was born with a vascular loop which basically means one of the veins of the heart loops the opposite way and crosses her esophagus and can possibly cause breathing issues when asleep or eating. Not sure if this is what is happening but for all others you may want to have a 4d ultrasound of the heart as this was the only way to see this abnormality. Also this technology has only been around the past decade and when pregnant most doctors won't order the ultrasound unless they feel there may be complications with the pregnancy.
I have 6 kids and none of them did this. How normal is it? I hate when the doctors say its normal. My son does this while he is awake or waking from sleep. I took him to the er, they did an xray and said he had pneumonia. Gave me meds. The holding breath thing stopped. Then like a month later it started again. I go back to my doctor and he says nothing is wro g this is normal oh and he never had pneumonia. What??? Well the meds they gave me coupled with the albuterol breathing treatments seemed to help. He says, just a councidence. Prayer is not a last resort but right now its the only thing I can do.
My 7 month old just started doing this and after a few times I woke in the middle of the night and had a 'light bulb' moment. I experience the exact same thing myself years ago after being vegan for 15 years and then going to a cheese festival and eating quite a bit if cheese. My friend told me I was having cheese nightmares. Had never heard if it before. Anyway my daughter is on solids (veg and fruit mostly as it's early days. When we go out I give take an organic squeeze pack for her to have. Some of the ones have cheese in it (potato, corn, cauliflower and cheddar or ricotta). I wondered if it was linked at all, so I made sure she had none with the cheese for a while and the breathing and whimpering didn't happen. Last night I have her some of the cheese one to aee what would happen and it happened again. Might be a coincidence but I thought I would let you all know. Maybe it's because her body is not used to dairy (same as mine after being vegan for 15'years). I can eat cheese now and I'm fine but at the start my body was obviously responding to it.
My daughter just did this 10 mins ago and I had to intervene, didn't wake her but just moved her around a bit and robed her back. She's 11 months now. Just now I decided to look it up keeping in mind that my chances of getting anything was down to 0! So surprised to find your post.. It couldn't have been more exact of wat I feel. She has done this a few times before and it freaks me out cuz I wonder what if am not there to wake her cuz I feel like she's strees by doing so! She can't breath very well, it's like a combination of having a nightmare and gasping for air sound! i wanna know if this is normal or a pattern that leads to something else! God forbid! I have never talk to her pediatrian about it thinking it was a one time weird thing but now reading so many of you having the same issue Ill bring it up just to see what he says! But it looks like it could be a normal thing. But then again my son which is 5 now NEVER did it!
Did you get any responses? My 10 month old does this and has since he was born. He has only done it 4 times (2 at night, 2 during nap).
Has anyone figured anything out? My 11 month old does this and has for sometime. We have ruled out any obstruction of the airway and she is on an acid reflux medication. It is only really late a night like 3 to 6 timeframe...is that when everyone else's is?
My almost 6 month old just did this about 20 minutes ago and it scared the heck out of me. Im so tired but I'm afraid to go to sleep because I fear that it'll happen again. The last time this happened was about two months ago. He goes to the doctor in two days, so I will definitely be asking the Dr about this.