How to relieve baby hiccups

Common relief measures for baby hiccups include patting the baby’s back, applying hot compresses to the baby’s abdomen, massaging, and drinking more hot water. Baby hiccups are common in the process of milk swallowed a certain amount of air, resulting in increased gas in the stomach, in addition, may also be related to the baby’s gastrointestinal tract is not well developed, the gastrointestinal tract to produce more gas, intestinal peristalsis irregularities and so on. When feeding the baby, the indoor environment should be kept quiet, try to let the baby concentrate on eating milk, do not let it look around, after the baby finished eating milk, to pick it up, burp and then put it down. If the baby often hiccups, you can use a hot towel on the baby’s abdomen, you can also around the umbilicus for clockwise massage, to promote the baby’s intestinal peristalsis, in addition, by giving the baby more to drink warm water, but also can help relieve hiccups symptoms. Hiccups are relatively common in babies, and short-term hiccups may not require hospitalization. However, if your baby has frequent and persistent hiccups, parents should pay attention and take your baby to the hospital in time to determine the cause of the hiccups and rule out the possibility of pathologic hiccups (hiccups).