Why do newborns get the hiccups so often?
Answer:
try burping him higher up on the back. With kids positioning of the hands while burping can vary. He might still have bubble guts from all that milk.
My son got the hiccups all the time, but my daughter never did.
It's nothing to worry about. I asked my pediatrician about it at the time, and she said the baby feels no pain or discomfort, it won't hurt him, and he'll outgrow it eventually. My son did, probably by the time he was 4 months old.
I heard that it is because baby is growing, however they are growing whether they get hiccups or not. You'd think that advice came from someone I met in the street, but it was from my health visitor!
My daughter had them ALL the time, seriously- I was a little over enthusiastic with the camcorder and in every shot of my daughter she was hiccupping.
It's just one of those things.
Their diaphram muscle is not fully developed yet.
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