Family: How to Get Rid of Baby Hiccups
Does your baby have the hiccups? Are you frustrated after each time you feed your infant son or daughter? Although baby hiccups are perfectly normal, it's also normal to want to get rid of them. Here are some tips on how to help them go away faster. 1. Changing Feeding Habits a. Try breastfeeding. Hiccups happen when the diaphragm gets irritated. Drinking a small amount of breast milk as it comes out slowly might give the diaphragm time to relax and go from herky-jerk back to its normal motion. b. If the hiccups happened organically, try giving your baby something to eat. Again, the idea is that the act of swallowing may help regulate an out-of-whack diaphragm. Some ideas of things you might give your baby are: Applesauce Rice cereal Mushed bananas c. If your baby is old enough, give them a drink. A lot of people advocate drinking water from the "wrong side" (i.e. bending over, half-upside down), but this is obviously bot...