# Will shaking a baby stop hiccups? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 16, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871 "2015-02-16T23:52:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/1 "2015-02-16T23:52:22Z")
I’m kidding, of course! But seriously, does anybody know a good way to get rid of baby hiccups? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/2 "2015-02-17T00:06:49Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > 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.) ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/3 "2015-02-17T00:49:28Z")
Start counting them… “Come on baby,one more,you can do it!!” usually makes the giggle… ---
**Author:** ![Tuxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@Tuxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuxie)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/4 "2015-02-17T00:56:01Z")
Immerse them completely in water. Make sure the container is at least 14 inches deep. The hiccups should subside after about three minutes. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/5 "2015-02-17T01:09:07Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I’m kidding, of course! > > But seriously, does anybody know a good way to get rid of baby hiccups? 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. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/6 "2015-02-17T01:13:11Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I’m kidding, of course! > > But seriously, does anybody know a good way to get rid of baby hiccups? Not funny, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/7 "2015-02-17T02:02:06Z")
Shaking baby will stop lots of things. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/8 "2015-02-17T02:23:51Z")
throw the baby really high in the air. the scream reflex will overcome the hiccup reflex. catching the baby makes it a win-win. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/9 "2015-02-17T03:25:23Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/10 "2015-02-17T04:27:29Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Seriously, why do you want to? They don’t bother the baby. And here’s a baby who has had the hiccoughs for forty years! \ Kill me \ Kill me ---
**Author:** ![Hector\_St\_Clare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Hector\_St\_Clare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hector_St_Clare)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/11 "2015-02-17T04:32:29Z")
I don’t even know how to stop _adult_ hiccups. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/12 "2015-02-17T04:54:43Z")
Why stop them? Hiccups build character. ---
**Author:** ![get\_lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@get\_lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/get_lives)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/13 "2015-02-17T05:12:34Z")
Sometimes stroking down their back gently a few dozen times can help. Not always, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/14 "2015-02-17T05:18:03Z")
> [@Hector\_St\_Clare](#): > > I don’t even know how to stop _adult_ hiccups. Have you tried shaking a baby? ---
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/15 "2015-02-17T06:02:49Z")
The soft-spot on the top of the skull is NOT a reset button. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/16 "2015-02-17T08:02:23Z")
> [@Hector\_St\_Clare](#): > > I don’t even know how to stop _adult_ hiccups. Try a spoonful of sugar. Worked for me the last time, but as usual YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/17 "2015-02-17T12:49:58Z")
> [@Hector\_St\_Clare](#): > > I don’t even know how to stop _adult_ hiccups. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/18 "2015-02-17T13:38:20Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shaking-a-baby-stop-hiccups/712871/19 "2015-02-17T13:39:17Z")
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.