Baby cries in her sleep?

[greencrunchymom]

My three week old will sometimes wake up and cry in her sleep.  It only lasts for a few seconds, but it just breaks my heart.  Is this normal? 

[frogautumn]

That sounds pretty normal--my guess is that she's working on a bit of gas and feels uncomfortable for a second.

[greencrunchymom]

Thanks! I figured it was normal, but it's good to hear someone else's opinion!

[MrsGregory]

Mine did this too.  And it was heartbreaking, because it wasn't the usual, completely indignant "I will have you all KILLED when I perfect my death ray!" cry that she normally gives during the day.  It was soooooooo sad and forlorn.  I snuggled her when it happened.  And it stopped happening after a little while.  I'm glad to read the gas theory, because when it was happening I read up and thought maybe she was having night terrors, and was advised not to do *anything* as this just prolong the terror, so I had been feeling awful because I truly, truly could not follow that advice.

[mrskatiekuj]

could just be her way of processing stress from throughout the day - lots of new things to take in while shes awake