Infant hiccups can be treated by burping, drinking hot water and abdominal massage.
1. Hiccups: Hiccups occur when an infant eats milk too fast or inhales cold air. Parents can hold the baby upright on the shoulder and pat the baby’s back with the strength of their hands to help the baby expel the air in the stomach.
2. Drinking warm water: Hiccups can also be caused by cold, so you can give your baby some warm water and pay attention to the baby’s abdomen to keep warm, which can effectively alleviate the symptoms of hiccups.
3. Abdominal massage: If hiccups can be done clockwise massage, to promote intestinal peristalsis, but it is not recommended to massage just after eating milk.
If the baby hiccups frequently and continuously, parents need to take the baby to the hospital to do pediatric internal medicine examination, and according to the cause of treatment.