help hiccups?

Question

my new born gets hiccups often and get fussy anyone know how to get rid of them

Answer 1

My newborn had this all the time. Try a tiny bit of apple juice mixed 50% with water. the sucking action on the bottle should stop them

Answer 2

There really is little to be done with newborn hiccups. It's normal and most babies don't like them very much, but then again, most people of any age don't care for them. Sometimes you can try nursing for a couple minutes, the sucking may be enough to set the diaphragm back into normal rhythm. But, mostly you just have to wait it out with a fussy baby. ADDED: Since babies get hiccups even while in utero, air does not really have anything to do with hiccups. There has been no scientific evidence to explain why hiccups occur. They are a spastic contraction of the diaphragm.

Answer 3

My son is also a hiccuper. He hiccuped constantly in my stomach and did the same after he was out. He is now 8 months old and still gets the hiccups, usually when he's laughing cause it gets his diaphram off, sometimes 2 or 3 times a day. A good bottle always ridded my baby of this problem. Some people say to give water to them but my son always got easily choked on it, so formula did the trick. Unless you are breastfeeding in which case nurse him. Congrats.

Answer 4

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.

also try this:
Pat baby on the back. If your baby has the hiccups, hold her upright against your shoulder and pat her back gently, suggests Dr. Garcia. ''Some babies are prone to swallow a lot of air when they nurse or drink formula,'' he says. ''And too much swallowed air distends the stomach, which can lead to hiccups. Some gentle pats may help bring up the air and stop the hiccups.''

Check the nipple. ''A baby may swallow too much air and hiccup if the hole in the nipple of the formula bottle is the wrong size,'' says Dr. Garcia. How can you tell? '' When you turn the bottle upside down you should get a drip, drip, drip of formula that gradually stops, rather than a free flow or no dripping at all,'' says Dr. Garcia. He recommends experimenting with different bottle and nipple types to see what works best for your baby.

Go ahead and feed. Don't delay feeding your baby just because he has hiccups. ''Hiccups won't interfere with your baby's eating. And eating just might make the hiccups go away,'' says Michael J. Pettei, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Albert Einstein School of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York City, and co-chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Schneider Children's Hospital of the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York.

Good luck with your little angel!!

Answer 5

All newborns tend to sneeze and hiccup a lot...Normal newborn reflexes, they fade with time...
Hiccups will not hurt the baby, although they will make the baby shake or jump pretty dramatically.
If the hiccups are keeping your newborn from being able to sleep,try some non-nutritive suckling (i.e. a few sucks on the breast, your finger, the pacifier) to see if this relaxes the diaphragm and breaks the pattern of hiccups...
otherwise, relax and know they'll go away (usually within minutes) on their own
Good luck!

Answer 6

A stimulation of the diaphragm causes hiccups. This can be caused by anything from anxiety, eating or drinking too much, or a disease process. Have hiccups? Try this: It REALLY works. Drink a glass of water while holding your ears. If this doesn't work and hiccups are persistent, seek medical opinion.

Answer 7

Most newborns get a lot of hiccups and you can't always get rid of them. One thing that may help is nursing.

Answer 8

I had the hiccups for like 24 hours once. My friends mom made me take a spoon full of sugar and it really worked! Of course you can't give a newborn a spoon full of sugar..... so i would try burping him and if that doesn't work i would look online or call your children's doctor and ask!
~Lauren

Hope I helped!!
Good luck

Answer 9

If you are using a bottle, give them some formula or water in their bottle. I always give mine some formula and they go right away. If you are breastfeeding, just have them feed, even if it's not on schedule and that will get rid of them as well.

Answer 10

If it is time to feed, drinking helps
This is to "time" the diaphragm back

It usually stops once the child is relaxed .... e.g. sleeps