I’m kidding, of course!
But seriously, does anybody know a good way to get rid of baby hiccups?
Seriously, why do you want to? They don’t bother the baby. They are as happy as can be hiccupping away and were doing so in utero even before there were gas bubbles tickling their diaphragms. Ignore it.
(Make a reasonable one minute effort to get a good burp out after feedings is really the best you got.)
Start counting them… “Come on baby,one more,you can do it!!” usually makes the giggle…
Immerse them completely in water. Make sure the container is at least 14 inches deep. The hiccups should subside after about three minutes.
Wait until they grow up and then send them to college. During their first semester, move and don’t tell them.
Sorry-- flashback to Carson and his ongoing “baby doctor” routine.
Not funny, dude.
Shaking baby will stop lots of things.
throw the baby really high in the air.
the scream reflex will overcome the hiccup reflex.
catching the baby makes it a win-win.
Kinda like making a pizza?
My pizza never has the hiccups.
And here’s a baby who has had the hiccoughs for forty years!
<hic> Kill me <hic> Kill me
I don’t even know how to stop adult hiccups.
Why stop them? Hiccups build character.
Sometimes stroking down their back gently a few dozen times can help. Not always, obviously.
Have you tried shaking a baby?
The soft-spot on the top of the skull is NOT a reset button.
Try a spoonful of sugar. Worked for me the last time, but as usual YMMV.
The only method that has ever worked for me was one I learned from a college roommate. (I used to get hiccups really bad after a night of beer drinking.) Slow, deep breaths, in and out, concentrate on your breathing… and next thing you know, they’re gone.
Unfortunately it’s difficult to get a 3 month old baby to take deep breaths repeatedly.
My kids always hiccuped when they were hungry. Or, nursing fixed it, whether they really needed a feed or not. I don’t know for sure.
Our German Shepard has several stuffed animals she likes to carry around. We call them her babies. My gf taught the dog to vigorously shake them in response to the “shake the baby” command. It freaks out visiting parents.