How to fix a newborn’s incessant hiccups

Newborn hiccups are mostly caused by too much milk, improper feeding, diaphragm spasm, etc. The treatment includes burping, changing the feeding position and nipple size, and stimulating the soles of the feet. 1. Hiccups: If too much air is swallowed due to too much haste in breastfeeding and too much forceful sucking during breastfeeding, abdominal flatulence will occur, so after the baby has finished drinking milk, hold it vertically with its head resting on the adult’s shoulder, gently pat the baby’s back with a hollow palm, or gently massage the abdomen to help exhaustion. 2. Change the breastfeeding position and the size of the nipple: breastfeeding to the baby should try to let the newborn in a tilted position, so that the milk filled nipple, do not leave air in the nipple, the size of the nipple eyelet must be suitable for the baby to suck the flow of demand, can not be in the baby’s excessive hunger and cry very fierce when feeding, feeding should be avoided when too fast, too fast, too cold, too hot. 3. Stimulate the soles of the feet: you can stimulate the soles of the feet of the newborn, let it cry, can make the newborn’s diaphragm contraction suddenly stop, so as to stop hiccups. The above are common ways to relieve hiccups in newborns, when there is no effect, take your baby to the hospital to do relevant examinations and give corresponding treatment, do not self-medication.