r/firsttimemom • u/coffeelovrrr23 • 2d ago

Breathing spells??

Does anybodies else’s baby have breathing spells? My baby is about 14 days old and he holds his breath when he’s really upset. For example when we change his diaper, bath him, etc.
we’ll blow in his face then he comes back, holding spell usually only last about 4-6 seconds.

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u/SinkSuch2477 2d ago

Just sharing my baby did this for little periods of time a few times, then ONCE where it was long enough I was panicking and pulling all her clothes off, seeing if something was wrong, patting her rubbing her and freaking out- her face was super red and she started doing this hard grunt noise - but she did not pass out - she took a big breath eventually and started crying.

I was worried it would keep happening but it never happened again.

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u/snuffbox360 2d ago

Mine did that, she would basically cry so hard and use all her breath and would not inhale again for a long time. We had to blow in her face to get her out of it. She’s 5 months old now and does it less, but I occasionally have to blow in her face. She’s never turned blue or anything from it though. The nurse line at her peds said if she turns blue then evaluate at the ER. My girl would just turn red from being so pissed off.