Although newborn hiccups are a very common neonatal phenomenon, it will not cause any harm to the baby's health, but it will bring discomfort, the baby will also have some pain, so what is the reason for the newborn hiccup, what is the newborn hiccup, the following follow xiaobian to understand it in detail
Baby gets cold
Babies, especially newborns, have low physical resistance and are susceptible to cold if they are not properly cared for. Especially when the seasons change like now, the temperature changes greatly, and it is easy to induce the baby to burp.
If the baby has no other physical illness on weekdays, suddenly burps and hiccups are high-pitched and powerful, then it is a cold.
At this time, parents should give the baby more hot water, the temperature should not be too high; timely clothing to keep warm, especially pay attention to the warmth of the chest and abdomen, if necessary, you can also add a thermal hot water bottle outside the underwear.
Feeding position
Many times when the mother is holding the baby to feed, due to improper holding posture, it will cause the baby to spit up and burp after eating milk. At this time, as long as parents adjust their posture when feeding the baby to ensure that the baby's stomach and abdomen are not oppressed, they can avoid the baby from spitting up and burping. In addition, if the baby burps after feeding, parents can gently pat the baby's back a few times to help the baby burp to relieve.
Drink too much milk or too much milk
The baby's improper diet is also an inducement, giving the baby too much milk or the baby drinking too fast, it will inhale a lot of air and burp continuously. In addition, the milk given to the baby is too cold, fed too much cold medicine, and then interferes with the normal operation of the spleen and stomach function, and the stomach gas is reversed, which will also cause hiccups.
What else can be done with hiccups in newborns?
1, you can give the baby to drink a little orange peel water, orange peel has a comfortable gas machine, the role of temper management.
2, you can also give the baby, drink some hawthorn water, ventilation and laxative.
3, do not immediately put the baby on the bed after feeding the baby, hold it vertically for a while, and let the baby's head rest on the mother's shoulder.
【Transferred from: Sohu Original - Haitao Daddy Parenting】