Do you burp your baby after feedings?
If you are breastfeeding, do you burp your baby before you switch sides?
If you bottle-feed your baby, do you occasionally burp your baby during feedings?
Do you practice lightly rubbing your baby's back in a circular motion?
Do you change the position in which you feed your baby (feed the baby in a more upright position)?
Did you offer a pacifier to your baby?
Do you know that you can wait a few minutes, and your baby's hiccups can go away on their own?
Based on your answers, there are a few more ways to cure your baby’s hiccups. Your baby may start hiccupping during feedings. In that case, you should stop feeding and burp your baby. This way you will put your baby in an upright position which will make it easier to release excess air. You can also gently rub your baby's back in a circular motion. It is important to change the position in which you feed your baby. You can prop your baby up on a pillow, so that your baby does not lie flat when feeding. This way, your baby will swallow less air during the meal.
Based on your answers, you know a lot about how to cure your baby’s hiccups. Your baby’s hiccups are the result of involuntary contractions of the diaphragm followed by a sudden closing of the vocal cords which then produce a specific hiccup sound. When your baby is hiccupping, you can offer her a pacifier because the sucking movement can help relax the diaphragm. You can also try gripe water that contains different types of herbs, such as ginger, fennel, chamomile and thyme. Gripe water is usually used to relieve your baby's intestinal problems, but it's not a bad idea to try it when your baby is hiccupping.
Cleveland Clinic, Here’s What to Do When Your Baby Has the Hiccups
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/heres-what-to-do-when-your-baby-has-the-hiccups/
Verywell family, How to Get Rid of Baby Hiccups
https://www.verywellfamily.com/how-to-get-rid-of-infant-hiccups-4160825
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