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Infants' hiccups (or yoke) can confuse parents, but are actually completely healthy. WikiHow today will give you tips on how to treat hiccups and make your baby feel better quickly!

Steps

Method 1 of 3: Change suckling habits

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   Try to breastfeed your baby. Hiccups happen when the diaphragm gets irritated. When a baby is fed a small amount of slow-flowing breast milk, the diaphragm has time to rest to transition from irregular contractions back to its normal movement.

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   If the hiccup occurs during the episode, try giving your baby something to eat. Again, swallowing basically can help regulate an unstable diaphragm. Some ideal foods you can feed your baby are:
   • Apple sauce
   • Rice cereals to eat weaning
   • Banana mashed

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   If your child is old enough, give him water. Many people advocate drinking water from "bad posture" (eg with buttocks or leaning back slightly), but both are clearly difficult and dangerous for young children. It is best to give your baby a water bottle (with a nipple) or even a drinking bottle if the baby is old enough.

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   Slows the flow of milk. When the baby swallows too much milk and too quickly, the stomach will swell, causing hiccups on the diaphragm. Try feeding your baby twice, half at a time, instead of feeding your baby a lot at once. That way, your baby will swallow less milk at a time, hoping to prevent hiccups in the first place.

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   Stop and pat your baby burp in the middle of the feed. Another way to slow the flow of milk as it enters your baby's body is to give your baby a "break in between" times with each feed. When you are about to move your baby from one breast to the other, you should pause and burp your baby before continuing to breastfeed with the other side. If you bottle feed your baby, take a break to burp your baby after half the bottle has been fed. Your baby will be able to digest a little milk, limit over-fullness and start hiccups.

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   Let your baby sit upright while feeding. A baby's stomach may become distended from swallowing too much air during a feed. Sometimes changing positions can fix this problem. Have your baby sit upright (from 30 to 45 degrees) while feeding so that air is less likely to slip into the stomach and cause the diaphragm to intervene.

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   You need to make sure your baby is latched on properly. If the nipple is not latched on the mouth, the baby can swallow air while feeding. Do you hear a lot of gurgling, gurgling sounds while you are breast-feeding? If so, correct the way the baby latches on to keep the baby's mouth and breast milk sealed.

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   Bottle feeding is one way of reducing air intake. Keep the bottle at a 45 degree angle so that air cannot reach the end of the bottle, limiting your baby's swallowing air. You can also purchase bottles that are designed to reduce the amount of air entering the bottle. advertisement

Method 2 of 3: Apply folk “tips”

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   Use some sugar. Originated as a "trick" of mothers "diaper milk", but some new doctors really behind this story. Make sugar stick to your pacifier or finger. Just wet your finger / pacifier and press into the sugar bowl. Then, let the baby suck on it for a few minutes, the hiccups will gradually go away. This notion (until now, very unscientific) suggests that attempts to swallow granular sugars will interrupt and return the diaphragm to normal, and there is no other explanation.
   • Note: try putting some sugar under your child's tongue and encourage him to swallow quickly, before the sugar dissolves.
   • Another way to do this is to dip the pacifier in the sugar and put it in the child's mouth.

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   Massage your child's back. A gentle back massage will relax the muscles, contributing to a more comfortable diaphragm. Rub your baby's back in up and down movements, moving the hand from the waist up to the shoulder, while the baby is in an upright position. This technique can take a few minutes to work.
   • Another way is to lay the baby on his stomach on his stomach and let him move back and forth a little. This will remove the air bubbles that initially caused the hiccups. Now, gently rub your baby's back until the hiccups subside.

     

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   Clap your baby's back. This will help the baby belch the excess air in the body. Usually the baby will hiccup one last loudly before the hiccup ends.

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   Try giving your baby a gripe water syrup. Although there is no medical evidence that this drug is effective at treating hiccups, many parents still use this syrup to soothe a child's bowel discomfort.
   • Dilute some colic syrup with water and pump it into a dropper. Note that your child may be allergic to one of the ingredients in stomach pain medication, including alcohol, ginger, fennel, cumin seeds, and more.

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   Keep the baby in a completely upright position. Try to keep your baby upright if possible, or hold hands and help him stand. Your child may experience reflux after eating. In this case, doctors recommend that parents maintain an upright position for the child for 30 minutes after eating.

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   Distract your child. Distracting your baby with games or toys can not only make them happy when they are hiccups, but they can also stop the hiccups.
   • Play peek-a-boo.
   • Give your baby a shaking drum.
   • Give your baby a chew toy.

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   Don't try any other method. Although the following are all common folk “tips”, they can actually accidentally hurt your baby, so it's best to avoid it. These “tips” include:
   • Startling your baby (which works for adults but often doesn't work for children)
   • Press down on the top of the baby's head
   • Press the baby's eyeballs
   • Pull the child's tongue
   • Hit the baby's back.

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   If no way is successful, just wait. While hiccups are annoying, most hiccups aren't a sign of something serious. If your child hiccups for many hours or days, you should seek medical attention. But for most parents, pure patience and no intervention are often what the doctor asks for. advertisement

Method 3 of 3: Diagnose if your baby has gastroesophageal reflux disease

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   Diagnose other pathological symptoms. Some hiccups are caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease. This is a common condition when a child backs up food from the stomach into the esophagus, causing pain and hiccups. If your child seems to hiccup very often, this could be the cause. Here are some symptoms to watch out for:
   • Irritability due to abdominal pain
   • Stomach pain
   • Constantly vomiting

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   Talk to your pediatrician. If you are concerned that your child might have gastroesophageal reflux disease, see your pediatrician about treatment options. In many cases it's temporary, your doctor may advise you to let the disease go away on its own. advertisement

Advice

• Your baby's hiccups will go away on their own.
• Newborn babies may feel uncomfortable when hiccups. Try feeding your baby or rocking it until your baby is comfortable. This can help relax muscles.
• Talk to your baby: when you are both talking, your baby will be distracted and the hiccup will go away on its own.

Warning

• Do not scare or make your baby cry. While it can cause a child to stop hiccups, it won't be good in the long run.