What to do if your baby hiccups? How to treat baby colic?

We often experience hiccups in our daily lives, but few people know that babies are more susceptible to hiccups. Improper diet can cause hiccups. So what should we do if babies hiccup? How should we treat infant colic?

What to do if your baby hiccups

Correct feeding posture

Incorrect posture of parents when feeding the baby can also cause newborn babies to hiccup. When feeding the baby, whether feeding the baby with breast milk or formula, the baby needs to sit diagonally on the parents' thighs. At the same time, the baby should not be fed too quickly when drinking milk to avoid choking.

Expel gas from your baby in time

When feeding your baby, sometimes you need to stop halfway and pat your baby's back to help him pass gas before continuing to feed him. When your baby hiccups, you can feed him some warm water or do something else to distract him, which can effectively treat hiccups.

Improve your baby's mood

Many babies will hiccup when they cry. This is because when the baby cries, his mouth opens wide and inhales too much air into the stomach, causing the baby to hiccup. At this time, try to calm the baby down and stop him from crying so that he will not continue to inhale air. Then gently pat the baby's back to allow the baby to expel the air inhaled into the lungs and stop the hiccups.

How to treat infantile colic

1. Use a pacifier

You can give your baby a pacifier between feedings (a pediatrician's lifelong motto is "You must plug the hole that makes the discordant sound").

2. Keep your baby comfortable and warm

When your baby is crying, you can wrap him/her in a bath towel to keep him/her warm and comfortable, rock him/her in a cradle or stroller, or carry him/her horizontally on your lap in a front-mounted baby carrier.

3. Massage

Giving a back massage, applying volatile substances such as mint on the baby's belly to promote intestinal gas discharge, or giving a laxative can sometimes be effective.

4. Keep the room quiet

An excited baby will calm down in a quiet environment, so keep the room quiet, try to avoid being disturbed by guests, speak softly, and move slowly when taking care of the baby.

5. Don’t shake your baby

Another thing to keep in mind is that shaking a baby to stop crying can be very dangerous. Out of desperation and anger, some parents may shake their baby violently to stop him or her from crying. This often results in severe and permanent brain damage, or even death.

6. Airplane hug

I heard that colic can be relieved by holding the baby in the airplane hold, which means holding the baby's belly with your arms and holding the baby with his back facing up for a while.

In addition, before diagnosing neonatal colic, it is necessary to rule out any obvious pathological reasons for his crying, such as other pathological diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, such as gastroesophageal reflux, pyloric obstruction, congenital megacolon, etc. If it is determined that there are no pathological factors, then parents need to be patient with their babies and spend the three-month "pain period".

Tips for preventing hiccups in babies

Cannot lie flat after feeding

When a newborn baby hiccups, it is right after feeding, which may be because the baby is lying flat. The baby cannot be laid flat after feeding, because the baby will inhale a certain amount of air when feeding, which will cause bloating. Parents should hold the baby upright after feeding the baby, with the baby's head on your shoulder, and gently pat the upper back of the baby with your palm. Put the baby down after about half an hour, which can effectively prevent the baby from hiccups.

What to do if your baby has diarrhea

1. Physiological loose stools: The mother needs to feed the baby properly and strengthen the care of the baby. Pay attention to the baby's spirit, appetite, and weight changes. Generally, no special treatment is required.

Diet adjustment for breastfeeding: If a breastfed baby has diarrhea, do not stop breastfeeding easily. At this time, you can shorten the feeding time each time and let the baby eat the first 1/2-2/3 of the milk, because the first half of the breast milk mainly contains substances such as protein. The second half of the breast milk mainly contains substances such as fat, which is not easy to digest, so this part of the milk can be squeezed out and poured away.

2. Improper feeding: Parents should correct unscientific feeding methods. If the baby's symptoms do not improve after correction, the baby should go to the hospital for treatment.

3. Allergy to milk powder: Parents cannot feed their babies milk powder blindly. They need to feed their newborn babies special milk powder according to the doctor's prescription.

4. Cold: Parents should speed up the treatment of the baby's cold. If you are worried that the baby will become dehydrated, you should give oral rehydration appropriately.

5. Virus or bacterial infection: When a baby is infected with rotavirus, he or she will vomit and have a fever. If not treated in time, dehydration may occur, so special attention should be paid. In addition, parents should not hesitate to seek medical treatment immediately after discovering the situation. Before sending the baby to the hospital, you can first add boiled sugar and salt water in small amounts and multiple times to prevent dehydration.