Hiccups

[littlerayofsunshine]

Hi everyone,
My beautiful daughter is 2 months old today :smiliedance: but the thing is since day one she has had really bad hiccups. She gets them continously throughout the day, after a feed, before a feed, changing a nappy, going to sleep etc. i dont know what to do, and i know that they hurt her cause when i hold her i can feel how strong they are and sometimes she cries which only makes it worse. is there anthing i can do?

[toni796]

Do you breast or bottle feed? If you breast feed do you have a bottle or 2 around also? Try giving her a small amount of water when she gets the hiccups. This can sometimes help to get rid of them.

[littlerayofsunshine]

she is bottle fed. ive tried doing that but all she does is spit it out, i dont think she particularly likes water.

[melbdad]

try these:

1) sit her up on your lap, gently pushing up her neck/chin and rub down her back with other hand (ask yr midwife/nurse)

2) if u are bottlefeeding, try an anti-colic or lactose-free formula. also let the bubble settle abit in the bottle before feeding. maybe breastmilk may help?

3) get one of those anti-colic milk bottle as its designed to lessen air swallowing while feeding

as far as i know, burping is not harmful. i think yr kid can beat that! see a doc if u still worry too much.

[Two To Be Three]

my daughter has this but she had the hiccups all through the last trimester and she is now 10 weeks old and still has them everyday most of the day

i went to the doc about it and he said not to worry about it as she will soon grow out of it and the main thing i was to do was give her water and if she didn't take the water put a tiny bit of honey in the water but i had to make up 180 of water and a drop of honey and she should take ity and she dose

i have noticed that i slows them down but not stop them

sorry if im not much help

cheers Catlin's Mumma

[pkbub]

Sorry I don't have any advice to help, but just letting you know lots of hiccups are normal.

I remember DS had them almost every night for the last couple months before he was even born. Once born he would often get them a couple times per day. And I am a BFing mum and at 9 months he still gets them almost once per day - usually when he's tired I've noticed:detective:. Annoying really, cause they make it harder for him to settle.

Caitlinsmumma - Honey can be harmful to babies - I don't know why your DR suggested it.:thumbsdown: It can contain botulisim - a brain toxin. Don't use Honey - please. Plain sugar will sweeten the water without possible side effects.

[Natsmummy]

Caitlinsmumma - Honey can be harmful to babies - I don't know why your DR suggested it.:thumbsdown: It can contain botulisim - a brain toxin. Don't use Honey - please. Plain sugar will sweeten the water without possible side effects.

My Dr told me to use brown sugar because it is more natural (not sure if thats a fact but thats what I was told).


try these:

1) sit her up on your lap, gently pushing up her neck/chin and rub down her back with other hand (ask yr midwife/nurse)

I found this style of burping very effective with DS, especially if I gently jiggled my leg at the same time.

[LittleMissyMoo]

Buy some infant Wind Drops from the chemist or the supermarket in the baby section. They're free from alcohol and other nasties. I think they also sell a homeopathic brand (gripe oil?).
It helped DD enormously!