Baby feeding sounds
The Sounds of Breastfeeding | La Leche League Canada
First time parents are often surprised by the feeding noises that come with breastfeeding a baby. Breastfeeding and parenting books don’t usually mention these sounds. Photos are silent and many expectant parents have never spent time with a breastfeed baby. So, what are the sounds of breastfeeding and what do they tell us?
In the first three to five days your milk volume is small to match your baby’s small tummy size. Your baby may suck several times before you hear a swallowing sound. As the milk volume increases your baby will suck rapidly at the beginning of each feeding to trigger the letdown of your milk (milk ejection reflex). Once your milk starts flowing, your baby will usually suck once or twice for each swallow. A baby who is getting a good mouthful of milk with each suck makes a small gulping noise with each swallow. This is sometimes too quiet to hear. After swallowing, your baby will breathe out with a puff of air that sounds like a “k-ah” sound. After breathing out (exhaling) your baby will breathe in and swallow again, repeating the cycle. When your milk is letting down strongly, your baby will suck, swallow, breath, suck, swallow, breathe in a rhythmic gulp/”k-ah” pattern.
Sometimes you may hear a “clicking” sound. Your baby may or may not also have noticeable dimples in the cheeks with each suck. And you may have sore nipples. These signs, together or individually, may suggest that your baby has not achieved a deep latch. A “click” indicates that your baby is breaking the seal on the breast. This causes your nipple to slip in your baby’s mouth and often creates a sore nipple. If you are hearing clicking, try improving the latch by bringing your baby’s chin deeply onto your breast. Your baby’s nose should tilt away from the breast as your baby’s head tips back. The nose often touches the breast but it shouldn’t be poking into it. You shouldn’t feel like you have to hold your breast back so your baby can breathe. Chin in, nose tilting away, head back is the same position you take when you drink something.
(Try it now, pretend to take a drink of water. See how your chin goes forward and your head tips back?)
When you feel that your baby is not latched well, it is important to deal with it right away. If it feels painful you may have to unlatch your baby from the breast by slipping a finger in the corner of her mouth to break the suction. Then you can try latching again. However, usually the latch can be adjusted while your baby is still latched. If your baby’s chin is tucked into her chest, she will not be able to hold onto the breast with her mouth. She will have difficulty swallowing. (Try it now. Tuck your chin into your chest and swallow. It is very hard.) You can try adjusting your baby so that her chin presses into your breast and her head tips back. In this position your baby can drink comfortably, just like you do.
If the clicking, dimpling or sore nipples persist, contact a La Leche League Leader or an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) to review your latch.
In most cases, an adjustment to the positioning fit between you and your baby quickly resolves the problem. Persistent soreness or poor latch may need further investigation to ensure that your baby does not have a tongue or lip tie or some other issue.
You may hear something that sounds like your milk is hitting the back of your baby’s throat, or like your baby is drowning when your milk lets down. Some mothers have a strong milk ejection reflex. This means that your baby can get a lot of milk with each suck. Your newborn may find this amount of milk hard to handle. This may make your baby pull away from the breast when the flow is strongest. Adjusting your position so you are laying back with your baby on top of your breast can help manage the milk flow. This is another situation in which a La Leche League Leader can help you work out the best positioning for you and your baby.
Sometimes babies make grunting noises or have raspy or squeaky breathing. These sounds may be fine but you should discuss with your healthcare provider or International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).
The most important thing to remember is that breastfeeding should not be painful. If you are experiencing nipple pain something is not right, no matter how good the latch looks from the outside. The next thing to consider is whether or not your baby is producing adequate wet and poopy diapers for his age and is gaining weight appropriately. See the LLLC article How to Know Your Baby is Getting Enough Milk for more information.
If you are pain free and your baby is growing well then the noises of breastfeeding are just funny noises and you will probably learn to love them.
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My baby makes a clicking sound when nursing. Is this a problem? • KellyMom.com
By Kelly Bonyata, BS, IBCLC
A clicking (or clucking or chucking) sound during nursing indicates that baby is repeatedly breaking the seal or suction.
Try to notice when it occurs in the feeding. Is it more noticeable during let-down, or is it constant? Also try to notice if you have discomfort of any kind during the clicking.
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If the clicking causes discomfort or pain, or if baby is not gaining weight as expected, it would be a good idea to get an evaluation by an experienced lactation consultant.
Sometimes the click is normal and not an indication of a problem. Whatever the cause of the clicking, as long as baby is growing well and mom is comfortable (no nipple soreness or pain), don’t worry about it.
Engorgement can make latch on difficult and baby may have a hard time maintaining suction.
Poor positioning and/or latch: for example, if baby is retracting the tongue or curling the tongue up when nursing, it can cause a clicking sound as the suction is broken.
With poor positioning, baby may have a hard time maintaining a good seal at the breast.
Breastmilk oversupply and/or fast let-down. Baby will often break suction if the milk is coming too fast for him to handle.
Teething may be a cause of temporary clicking. If your baby has a sore mouth from the teething he may be trying to relieve it somewhat by not getting as tight of a seal around the breast or by repeatedly breaking the suction (thus the clicking). He could also be doing the same thing just because he’s not yet used to the feel of teeth in his mouth when he’s nursing.
Ear infection could throw baby’s suck “off” temporarily. There is usually some pressure that builds in the ear when sucking and when there is ear pain, that pressure can be extremely uncomfortable.
Baby may try to relieve it somewhat by not getting as tight of a seal around the breast or by repeatedly breaking the suction (thus the click).
Thrush can make baby’s mouth sore or itchy, causing him to break suction.
Babies who suck their tongues sometimes click. Such a baby is accustomed to the sensation of his own tongue up against the roof of his mouth and may latch too quickly with a shallow latch as soon as he senses something entering his mouth. You’ll often see cheek dimpling when this sort of clicking is going on.
Less commonly, anatomical variations in the infant’s oral cavity can cause clicking, if baby cannot get the nipple/breast fully into the mouth and compressed against the roof of the mouth. Examples include:
- Tongue tie/tight frenulum: A baby with tongue tie may be unable to keep the tongue extended for the relatively prolonged job of nursing, and thus the tongue will “snap back” when baby can no longer keep it in place.
When he pulls the tongue back, suction is broken and you hear a click. - Highly-arched palate or other palate variations;
- Cleft of the soft palate;
- Unusually small or large tongue, etc.
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VisGs can be incredibly emitted This may mean that the child is in a good mood and thus shows his approval to adults in response to certain actions, for example, when the mother tickles the heels or knees or lifts the baby high above her head.
However, sometimes a child's long squeal is a kind of singing: the baby listens to his own voice and learns to control it.
Interesting findings were made by scientists at the University of Washington, who studied the sounds made by newborns. Babies hear all frequencies at the same time, so much so that they can respond to unexpected sounds by imitating them. For this reason, babies up to a year first make sounds similar to squeaking and squealing. These sounds are predominant in the general flow of sound information, so the child imitates them. As they grow older, the range of sound perception narrows, and then the child begins to imitate the sounds of adults, developing speech.
Panting
Babies often pant and grunt during defecation, while they focus on one point and tense their whole body. The fact is that in newborns, the abdominal muscles are not yet very strong, so they have to work hard. This is completely normal, babies do not need help, they do not need enemas and laxatives.
In addition, the baby may pant when he is in an uncomfortable position: trying to get out of the diaper or roll over from his back to his stomach. Thus, panting is a sign of active and concentrated activity of the child.
Sniffling
The respiratory system of a newborn is imperfect. The child may sniffle so loudly that the parents become worried and suspect a cold. However, in most cases, you should not be alarmed: sniffling occurs because the bridge of the nose of the newborn is too low and the air is difficult to pass through the nasal passages. Gradually, as the baby grows older, the bridge of the nose will rise higher, and the sniffling will disappear.
Crying
There can be several reasons why children cry.
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The child is hungry. At the same time, the baby opens his mouth and smacks his lips. Build a feeding schedule, daily routine, and then there will be much less “hungry riots”.
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Tired and wants to sleep.
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The baby suffers from colic. Put the baby on your shoulder - maybe the baby just needs to burp. Rock your baby up and down on your hands or knees, applying gentle pressure to your chest and tummy. You can use a kangaroo backpack or a sling, where it is convenient to put the child, and gently, rhythmically rock. If the crying continues and the tummy is tense, give a remedy for colic. Such drugs act quickly: if the child was really tormented by gases, after 10-15 minutes he should calm down. It would be useful to give the baby a light massage of the tummy: circular strokes clockwise, starting from the lower right side and then up. The “bicycle” exercise helps a lot when you alternately bend the legs of the crumbs as if he were riding a bicycle. You can put a diaper warmed up with an iron on your stomach.
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The child is cold. The baby becomes pale, his arms, legs, nose become cold, blue may appear in the area of the nasolabial triangle.
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Boring. Switch the baby's attention, change the type of activity. Remember that at this age, children still do not know how to control their emotions, but they easily tune in to a new wave.
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Lonely. Take the baby in your arms, shake it, sing a lullaby. Physical and emotional contact with mother in the first years of life is extremely important. Lack of it can slow down the mental and intellectual development of the child!
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Growling
It looks like an animal, primitive sound. Appears at 5-6 months. At first, babies just love the new skill of making snarling sounds that tickle the tongue. Over time, growling turns into grumbling, through which a grown child expresses his displeasure, anger, resentment.
Giggling
Up to 4 months, an infant greets anyone who picks him up. Having crossed the line of 4-5 months, he begins to single out his parents, reacting violently at their approach, moving his arms and legs animatedly and making quiet bubbling sounds. Thus, the baby expresses the need for communication and emotional connection with loved ones. In the same period, the baby will please you first with a quiet giggle, and then with an infectious laugh. Laughter is a sign of a serious leap in emotional development, evidence that the child is happy.
At first, children have fun when they are raised and lowered sharply, caressed, tickled. After a while, they find funny dances, stupid antics, clowning, answering with loud unrestrained laughter - this is a manifestation of the rudiments of humor. A cheerful, optimistic atmosphere in the home is extremely important - it promotes sensory and motor development.
Sighs
These sounds appear a few weeks after birth.
You should not be afraid, as a rule, they, on the contrary, mean that the baby is relaxed and feels safe. Hearing children's sighs, dim the lights, turn off loud music so that the baby can enjoy the state of peace, silence and comfort.
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Cooing
Our brain consists of two hemispheres, one of which is responsible for speech and fine motor skills. It has long been proven that speech areas are formed under the influence of impulses from the fingers. That is why the love for finger games and the first speech skills appear in children in the same period: at 5-6 months, children begin to play with their fingers and amuse themselves with “voice” activities. This is a kind of preparation for mastering the language, which begins with exercises in the pronunciation of individual sounds. This period is commonly referred to as the cooing and cooing stage.
The child pronounces posterior palatine (g, k, x) and vowel sounds, reminiscent of the combinations “ghy”, “aghy”, “aiy”. The next stage is the period of babbling, syllable-by-syllable speech, rich in intonations and melody. Another famous psychologist L.S. Vygotsky wrote that during this period “the child begins to understand that sounds and their combinations can mean certain objects, that with their help you can achieve a lot, that by saying “am-am”, you can get food, and by saying “ma-ma “You can call your mom.” After 7-8 months, parents can start practicing articulation gymnastics, the development of fine motor skills and the formation of the correct sound pronunciation.
A group of Russian and Finnish researchers studied the sounds of the cooing sounds of four Russian and four Finnish babies aged 3 and 6 months, recording them in St. Petersburg and Turku while the babies were communicating with their mothers. The study revealed that in the first months of life, all babies in the world “speak” the same language, but in the second half of the year, sounds specific only to their native language appear.
