Baby’s sleep whimpering can be caused by physiological reasons (such as hunger) and pathological reasons (such as oral diseases, gastroesophageal reflux disease).
1. Physiological reasons: babies in a state of hunger, or dreaming of interesting things, will have a whimpering performance, is a kind of involuntary physiological action.
2. Pathological causes
(1) Oral disease: if the baby suffers from some oral diseases (such as oral ulcers, herpes stomatitis), it may stimulate the salivary glands to secrete saliva, resulting in babies chirping in their sleep, and there may also be symptoms of severe pain.
(2) Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD): Babies with GERD often have reflux of stomach contents, which leads to gagging and is accompanied by nausea and vomiting.
If your baby has oral symptoms or gastrointestinal symptoms other than gagging after falling asleep, it is recommended that you go to the hospital promptly.