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  | Mum2ET   Senior Member
 
   
 
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Topic: baby hiccups Posted: 07 February 2010 at 8:40pm
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   Ok, so this little one seems to getting the hiccups every night and so I am pretty sure that once he comes out he will get the hiccups a lot as well (Ella was exactly the same - hiccups in utero and then had the hiccups as a baby).  With Ella I used gripe water, which seemed to work OK, but was wondering if anyone else can recommend anything else to use (I want to get something before he comes, so I am all prepared)?   Cheers, | 
 
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  | minik8e   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 07 February 2010 at 9:07pm | 
 
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   We don't do anything for them, and they don't seem to bother Jade (who gets them more than Amber)??  Sometimes if they are really bad, and are affecting her, her dummy is a miracle worker...that was actually recommended by a NNU nurse, apparently the sucking helps?
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  | RinTinTin   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 07 February 2010 at 9:46pm | 
 
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   Hiccups don't hurt them but I find Gripe water is good but messy so I generaly just shove a boob in his mouth. After feeding or sucking for a bit the hiccups go.He won't take a dummy, but like Kate says, that'll work if you don't want to feed.
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  | Raspberryjam   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 07 February 2010 at 9:58pm | 
 
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   Milla used to get them all the time, probably because she breathed so fast, but the doctors said nothing would cure them, it was just her diaphragm spasming  - she would grow out of it and she did
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  | HippyMama   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 07 February 2010 at 10:32pm | 
 
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   Generally I don't do anything for them, but if they really start to bother DD2 I just whip a boob out and voila! Fixed    | 
 
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  | mamanee   Senior Member
 
   
 
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   Ooo same here!   I just shove a boob in his mouth and they are gone in less than a minute.     | 
 
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  | Shezamumof3   Senior Member
 
   
 
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   Gripe Water      Great stuff, or yep I shove a boob in her mouth sometimes.
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   Boob here too, works straight away.  Cooper gets them all the time, did in utero too, and often they seem to upset him | 
 
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  | Mum2ET   Senior Member
 
   
 
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 08 February 2010 at 12:04pm | 
 
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   thanks guys- completely forgot that sometimes feeding can stop the hiccups. Most of the time I wasn't too worried, its just when they are trying to go to sleep and then suddenly get the hiccups it can be quite frustrating.  | 
 
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