Hello Doc,My son is 4 months old and bottle fed. Just recently, he started making this noise while feeding, almost as if he was holding his breath. When he exhales, the noise sounds like he just had cold air hit him in the face, as if his breath was just taken away. He doesn t do it the entire feeding but often enough that I am concerned. I don t notice any flaring of the nostrils or accessory muscle use. He seems fine otherwise. I just started him on baby food too so I wasn t sure if that had anything to do with it....maybe a little confusion on how to swallow? Anything would help. Thanks!
Hi... Thank you for consulting in Chat Doctor. By what you quote I put forth these possibilities -1. Congenital airway anomaly - this causes noisy breathing (both inspiratory and expiratory noise, actually inspiratory will be more than expiratory noise). But the child will not struggle to breath and there will not be fast breathing and in- Chat Doctor.  The sound will be more heard during sleeping and feeding.2. Wheezing - Here the sound will be predominantly expiratory; the kid will be struggling to breathe, might turn blue and require oxygen and may have chest wall in-