We have a new baby who keeps getting hick ups what is the best way to get rid of them?

Answer 1

If they have hiccups, give your baby another drink and they will soon go. But hiccups are caused by not all the wind being brought up, so it is a natural thing and doesn't do any harm. If you have trouble winding your baby, I did, use Infacol before the feed, it's very good, burps so much easier!!

Answer 2

From what I've read, it is natural for baby's to get hiccups... some get them more often then others, but they dont hurt at all and they will go away on their own. My daughter used to get hiccups all the time while she was still in my tummy, and this continued after she was born. Now that she's older, 12 mths, she rarely gets them. No worries!

Edit: Well, as I see everyone else is more concerned than I was, I'll post an 'official' response from a website and not just my own opinion on the subject.

Hiccups After Birth
If your baby had hiccups while in utero, it is very plausible that he will have the hiccups after he is born. Some babies that did not have them in utero may still have them after birth. Hiccups can start after birth as early as the day your baby is born. Like the hiccups your baby might have had in utero, these hiccups are generally not painful for your baby.

Hiccups after birth occur when the diaphragm muscle contracts causing your baby to take quick short breaths. Normally these hiccups go away after only a few minutes. If they are really bothering you, try burping your baby more often during feedings. To get them to stop you can try to feed your baby whether you are nursing or bottlefeeding. The constant sucking and swallowing can help that muscle relax and help the hiccups stop.

And a second opinion from Dr Greene:
How is it treated?
Folklore is filled with many suggestions to help a child break a cycle of hiccups. Nothing needs to be done unless the child seems upset or the hiccups last longer than five or ten minutes.

Burping or taking a few sips of water will often break the cycle, if you want to try something. Or, you might offer your baby something to suck on.

Honey is an old remedy for hiccups that should not be given to babies in the first year.

How can it be prevented?
Generally nothing needs to be done to prevent them. Feeding when the baby is calm, and before the baby gets too hungry, may prevent some episodes of hiccups.

Answer 3

Give him water/ milk from the bottle; put more clothes on the baby to keep him warm; strip a layer off - he could be too warm. These are also common causes of hick ups in infants.

Answer 4

my son is the same way. He is 3 weeks old. sometimes i just let lay in his crib and they go away. Other times i just give him some milk. He will drink a little and then they go away.Don't give him gripe water for hiccups because that will get his bowels running and it is used when air bubbles get trapped in a baby's stomach. I had to use some on my son so i know.

Answer 5

hi hun, i imagine you've lengthy gone in to labour. I had my daughter 3 months in the past and went by something very similar. I had the diarrhoea first which befell 2 days formerly the labour and then the the pains which began as decrease back soreness contained in the approach the nighttime to heavy era pains. i did not imagine most of the labour pains both because it looked controllable. So i keen to sit down down up and undergo it for a lengthy time period, even as my hubby placed on my TENS gadget which worked for controlling the soreness. after I phoned the medical institution they did not take me heavily because I hadn't considered a "instruct/mucus plug" and informed me it replaced into purely muscle rigidity which disillusioned me. So I waited round and then I went to the bogs and the instruct got here out small tiny string of white mucus which I wrapped in tissue as information to instruct the medical institution. i recognize its painful yet carry on in there wait until eventually you observe the "instruct" and then commence making waiting to flow. purely be warned although you're some centimetres dilated so may nonetheless be in for a wait or in the journey that your little united stateslike mine will convey about a speedy labour.

Answer 6

aww congratulations! my baby used to have hiccupps all the time when he was very small and in the womb, i could always feel him hicupping. I don't think there's much you can do to be honest. If your baby suffers with colic it might be best to use either some gripe water or infacol, ask your pharmacist. my son's valve in his throat never used to fully close so when he was fed he'd be sick and then start hicupping! it stopped between 6 months and a year though. it won't be doing your baby any harm.

Answer 7

This worked for me, put them over your arm as if you are winding them, and give them a little water from a bottle, as they try to drink it air will go in and stop the hicks (hopefull)

Answer 8

My son used to hiccup in the womb and then he did it after he was born too. The doctor told me it is nothing to worry about and it does not bother the baby. If you are breastfeeding you can try letting him suck (don't bother with giving water, it is not any better, and your bf baby needs nothing but breastmilk). I noticed that when he fell asleep the hiccups stopped, and it didn't seem to cause him any grief.

Answer 9

Sugar water.. Put 1 or 2 oz of water in a bottle and add just a little bit of sugar.. Gets rid of them quick!! Plus, you should give your baby water occasionally anyways!! Good luck

Answer 10

Try letting your baby suck on a binky. That always worked for me. By the way, hiccups is a good sign that the baby's tummy is full!