What to do if your newborn baby has hiccups

Newborn babies often have hiccups, in most cases, hiccups occur within a period of time after feeding, this is a normal phenomenon, first-time parents do not need to be nervous. The reason why newborn babies have hiccups is because the baby’s diaphragm spasm, diaphragm continuous contraction caused by the baby’s diaphragm movement is controlled by the vegetative nerves, newborn babies regulating the diaphragm of the vegetative nerve development is imperfect, when the baby is subjected to minor stimuli, such as inhalation of cold air, breastfeeding too quickly, swallow too much air, the diaphragm will suddenly contract, which causes the baby to inhale quickly, there will be Hiccups. When the baby hiccups, you can give the baby a few mouthfuls of milk or drink some warm water, so that the baby hiccups will be able to quickly relieve. Also try to avoid swallowing too much air when you are breastfeeding, this will also reduce hiccups. Breastfeeding with the nipple and most of the areola in the baby’s mouth, and formula feeding with the nipple full of milk to prevent swallowing too much air can avoid hiccups. Just after breastfeeding, we hold the baby upright and pat the back to burp, which can help the air sucked in to be expelled, thus avoiding hiccups. Newborn baby hiccups is a normal phenomenon, usually pay attention to the way of feeding, hiccups in time to give the child a few mouthfuls of milk or drink a few mouthfuls of warm water, you can effectively solve this problem.