When a newborn baby has hiccups, parents can take the following measures to control the hiccups (1) Pick the baby up, pat the back gently, feed a few sips of warm water or take a few sips of milk, and then use a blanket or thick clothing to help warm the baby. (2) Pick the baby up and stimulate the soles of the feet to make them cry and end the sudden contraction of the diaphragm. Or use the tip of the index finger of one hand to gently tickle the baby around the mouth or ears, usually until the baby cries and the hiccups disappear naturally. Because the nerves around the baby’s ears and mouth are sensitive, tickling can relax the nerves, and the hiccups will disappear. (3) Divert the baby’s attention: You can play soft music. (4) If the hiccups are caused by the baby eating too much milk. In this case, massage the baby’s chest and abdomen gently to make the hiccups go down and the hiccups will stop naturally. (5) Use your index finger to push the baby’s back hairline below the back of the occiput to the seventh cervical vertebrae, and push 10 to 20 times to stop the hiccups immediately. If the hiccups do not ease after taking the above measures and the newborn continues to hiccup, you need to go to the hospital and ask a professional pediatrician to examine and control your baby’s hiccups with some medications.