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Hiccups ?

thebobloblawthebobloblaw member
in December 2013 Moms
My LO gets the hiccups all the time, at least twice a day usually. She didn't seem to be bothered by them before but now she is starting to get a little irritated and it interrupts her feeding. Plus they last forever!

I'm guessing there's not much that I can do. My cousin said putting some sugar on a pacifier helped her son, but I'm not sure I want to be feeding her sugar, especially in the middle of the night. Any one have any strategies that help?
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  • Lpegirl2013Lpegirl2013 member
    No strategies yet but curious what others say since my LO gets them ALL the time too!
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  • thebobloblawthebobloblaw member
    Chillpr said:

    After @Cashingn2 mentioned her LO stops after feeding I tried it too and works for me! LO stops immediately after nursing.

    Do you mean feed her through the hiccups and when she finishes they are gone? And sorry if this is a repetative thread, didn't see cash's before.

    I do burp her pretty thoroughly whenever she unlatches. Sometimes she will even have a couple of good burps before the hiccups start :(
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  • Katyj1125Katyj1125 member
    Gripe Water. You can get it at BRU. It works for us all the time.

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  • kbart82kbart82 member
    My LO gets them 2x a day and they last for awhile too. He also has acid reflux not sure if that is a link. He also would get them 2x a day in utero. Just started the reflux meds yesterday so I will have to see if that helps.
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  • thebobloblawthebobloblaw member
    Thanks ladies. I've wondered if she might have some slight reflux. She spits up every once and a while but not a lot. Also sounds very nasally and congested off and on through out the day. I will have to try the gripe water and see if that helps!
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  • insertclevernameinsertclevername member
    Gripe water always gets rid of DS2's hiccups. If you breastfeed that can get rid of hiccups as well.
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  • LawrenLawren member
    The only thing that gets rid of DD's is when I put her on my boob. She gets pretty pissed when she has them and it works every time for us.
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  • sabriel1sabriel1 member
    Feeding gets rid of my LO's hiccups and so does bouncing him in his bouncy chair for a couple of minutes.

     DD born Oct 2011 - DS#1 born Jan 2014 - DS#2 born Apr 2015 - DS#3 born Sept 2016 - LO#5 due Feb 7, 2018

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  • hjweberhjweber member
    My LO also stops hiccuping when I nurse her.
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  • redmond_stephredmond_steph member
    I asked my LC about this and she said in her experience the only ways to get rid of them were to nurse again, or to let baby cry and that will get rid of them,
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  • Skylight21Skylight21 member
    My pedi said its their way of strengthening their lungs, and that they can spontaneously happen up to a year.

     

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  • synergy_gdsynergy_gd member
    Yeah I asked pediatrician about it in hospital and he said there is nothing you can do and nothing you should do, it's just something that happens don't worry about it
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  • stacers33stacers33 member
    Gripe water. Hiccups are normal due to immature sphincter...
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  • Aycul18Aycul18 member
    I think it was the nurses in the hospital that says feeding the baby will help their hiccups go away. The mentality behind it is that when they are sucking, they hold their breath like an adult would do to help hiccups subside.
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  • WhitterpowWhitterpow member
    I feed him or give him a pacifier. Sucking in general helps.
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  • lisab613lisab613 member
    Yeah mine gets them all the time too. Sucking does seem to help but sometimes LO doesn't cooperate.

     

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  • notthecheatnotthecheat member
    Mapeers3354 said:

    My LO gets the hiccups all the time, at least twice a day usually. She didn't seem to be bothered by them before but now she is starting to get a little irritated and it interrupts her feeding. Plus they last forever!

    I'm guessing there's not much that I can do. My cousin said putting some sugar on a pacifier helped her son, but I'm not sure I want to be feeding her sugar, especially in the middle of the night. Any one have any strategies that help?

    This exactly! I have also been burping more frequently during feeding as per @chillpr and started gas drops for what I suspect is gas pains- she has been hiccuping less (and gas pain seems to be better also).
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  • notthecheatnotthecheat member
    Mapeers3354 said:

    Thanks ladies. I've wondered if she might have some slight reflux. She spits up every once and a while but not a lot. Also sounds very nasally and congested off and on through out the day. I will have to try the gripe water and see if that helps!

    This exactly for my LO also! OP please let me know if gripe water seems to help with congestion and/or spit up.
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