What to do if your baby hiccups? What causes your baby to hiccup?

I just finished feeding my baby and then I heard him burping. Should I wrap him up? How can I help my baby get rid of the gas?

Hiccups are a common physiological phenomenon after a newborn is born. When a newborn has symptoms of hiccups, parents should first pat the newborn's back with milk. You can use your hollow palms to knock on the back from bottom to top in turn to expel the hiccups, which can improve the symptoms of hiccups in newborns. Newborn hiccups are common when the baby is feeding quickly or while crying, and swallowing a lot of air while lying flat on the back, which can lead to frequent hiccups. In severe cases, vomiting and even colic may occur. Avoiding the above factors can prevent swallowing a lot of air and reduce the chance of frequent hiccups in newborns. In daily life, newborns also need to pay more attention to keeping warm, strengthening feeding, maintaining smooth bowel movements, avoiding cold abdomen, and preventing the occurrence of digestive system diseases.

Infant hiccups may be caused by diaphragm spasm or by inhalation of a large amount of air, especially when crying for a long time or inhaling a large amount of air while drinking milk, which may cause hiccups. Hiccups can expel the gas in the intestinal cavity. Some patients have indigestion and a large amount of food accumulates in the intestinal cavity, which is decomposed by bacteria parasitic in the intestine and produces a large amount of gas, causing hiccups. At this time, it may also be accompanied by abdominal distension and changes in stool characteristics and frequency. In terms of medication selection, patients need to be given oral digestive drugs and drugs that promote gastrointestinal motility. If necessary, intestinal microecological preparations should be added for treatment.

In most cases, parents do not need to stop their babies from hiccuping, because the reason why babies hiccup is mostly due to inhaling cold air and swallowing more gas in the stomach when feeding. Babies are often not particularly painful when they hiccup. Parents can observe carefully. Although babies hiccup very frequently, their eyes are very flexible, their mental state is mostly normal, and they do not have obvious symptoms such as crying and restlessness. This shows that baby hiccups do not cause chest and abdominal discomfort like adults, so parents do not need to intervene when babies hiccup. If the baby's hiccups are severe and do not stop on their own for a long time, parents can use some methods to improve them, such as patting the child's back with a hollow palm or applying Dinggui umbilical cord stickers to the baby.

1. Pat the baby's back. When the baby hiccups, you can try patting the baby's back. If there are residual food residues in the child's esophagus, some gas will accumulate before it completely enters the stomach. Therefore, parents can gently pat the baby's back to help the baby expel the gas, so the baby's hiccups can also be relieved.

2. Change the diet. In the baby's daily diet, some babies are allergic to food, and some foods are more irritating to the baby's stomach, which can easily cause hiccups. Therefore, parents need to pay attention to which foods are more irritating to the baby. When feeding complementary foods, try to alternate between a variety of complementary foods and choose the most suitable healthy and nutritious food for the baby.

3. The feeding environment should be good. When feeding your baby, you need to create a good eating environment for your baby. The baby's eating mood is also very important. When the baby is crying, we do not recommend feeding the baby. Pay attention to the speed and amount of feeding when helping the baby to breastfeed, and parents should not be too nervous. It is also necessary to pay attention to the impact of external factors on the baby's diet.

4. Divert attention. Hiccups can also be relieved by diverting attention. Use your baby’s favorite games to help your baby divert attention and reduce the number of hiccups.