What to do if your newborn baby hiccups

Newborn babies hiccups is a normal physiological phenomenon, hiccups can be gradually disappeared with age, parents do not have to worry too much, usually encountered when the baby hiccups can take the following methods. If the baby hiccups appear in breastfeeding or drinking formula, may be due to sucking the milk harder, inhaled a lot of air, resulting in the baby’s abdominal distension caused by the baby, you can help the baby pat the back, massage and rub the stomach to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, to help the baby exhaust, hiccups will be relieved after. Note that the mother in the breastfeeding posture should be correct, but also to avoid the baby sucked too hard to inhale the air, to avoid drinking too fast too fast, breastfeeding as little as possible, avoid aggravating the burden on the stomach and intestines of newborn babies, caused by hiccups. If the baby is cold in the fall and winter, resulting in diaphragmatic spasms can also cause hiccups, you can first pick up the baby, gently pat the baby’s back, feed a small amount of hot water or breast milk, to help the baby to get a hot water bag to warm up the stomach, wrapped in a quilt on the stomach, to ensure that the abdominal warmth, relieve diaphragmatic spasms. In addition, when the baby hiccups can also use the baby interested in toys to attract the baby’s attention, distraction to achieve the purpose of improving the baby hiccups.