Are there any good tricks to cure them or prevent them? My 2 month old gets them ALL the time.
I used to put sugar on my finger then in my son's mouth. Probably an old wives tale that it thickens up the saliva....but it worked sometimes!
So does my 3 month old. He always have. Most swear by gripe water but my baby refuses to take it and even if you do get it down he usually get so worked up he throws it back up.
But you should give it a go. Most people have great sucess with it.
put just a tad of white sugar(granulated) on pacifier or tip of finger-my daughter had the same problem-this trick my mom taught me..and if you get them-let a tsp.of sugar slowly dissolve in your mouth-all gone are the hiccups.all the other tricks dont work but this does.
I can't believe no one has mentioned it yet, GRIPE WATER! It works wonders (most of the time). It is all natural I believe, and has some ginger in it I think that helps with hiccups and colic. I have an 8 week old, and at least for the first 5 weeks I used it multiple times a day for hiccups. You can definitely find it at Babies R Us, and around here even Wal Greens and Wal Mart has it too. It's in the same area as baby gas drops and things, and is in a bottle similar to Childrens Motrin or Tylenol.
This is probably pretty darn ill-advised for a baby, but peanut butter has always worked like a charm for me. My 8 mo never really seems bothered by her hiccups. They bother me though (although not as much as when she had them in utero!). Nursing her always seems to help. Also, just distracting her with some other fun activity or soothing her almost to sleep.
Keep your baby upright after eating for at least 30 minutes. Don't lay him or her flat during that time even if they need changing. Usually babies will get hiccups right after laying them down to change if it is too close to feeding
First, you should make sure your child doesn't seem distressed in any other way. Hiccups are one of the major indicators of acid reflux - although obviously anyone can have hiccups. But you may want to read up on acid reflux and its many other symptoms to make sure. Anyway, having said that, I am an EXPERT in getting rid of hiccups - my 2 daughters both have acid reflux and get hiccups all the time. For babies - the binky helps. The constant sucking and swallowing helps. For older children - I learned this trick when I worked in a pediatrician's office in high school and it ALWAYS works - while they hold their nose and you hold their ears closed have them drink some water for as long as they can stand without taking a breath - lots of swallowing needed - and no gulping for air when they are done- just a slow even breath at the end. If the hiccups have been going for awhile, you may have to do this 2 or 3 times for persistent ones - but it has ALWAYS worked for us, and we get hiccups a lot !
Give her something to drink...
As she gets older it'll be less often.
The only thing that works for me is to drink a very hot or very cold liquid, or a very hot liquid followed by an ice cold one...I think that the change in temperature kind of "shocks" the track, but for a baby this can't really be done. My son used to have them all of the time, too, while I was pregnant and probably until 8 or 9 months! It will go away eventually- and probably will bother you much more than the baby
for adults it is a teaspoon of sugar.. We used to blow in their faces when they least expect it..
lol, no such thing ;) don't stress over it, it doesn't hurt anything. just one of life's little quirks.
It is extremely common in infants (in fact, I've never heard of an infant not having them frequently!). My son used to get them 5 times a day for the first, I want to say, 5 months of his life. It's annoying, but it goes away.
I was told to put the baby on to nurse. I think it worked. But I think I also just did nothing a lot of the time because it never made the baby any less content.
Nursing or a nuk the sucking helps!
My mom had me put part of a peppermint in warm water (so it will disolve)in a bottle. It worked when my child was about 4months old.
I would never do this for an infant, but a sure cure for hiccups is drinking a glass of water through a paper towel. Hold the paper towel over the glass, drink, voila! I dont know why it works, but it does every time.
