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Ladies
My week-old baby often has one or both of the following: hicups and some spit ups. SPit ups are more rare, let's say 1-2 times in a day (8-10 feedings a day). Hicups are more often, and seems especially after real full feeding. One time I saw a small foutain out of his mouth. I know that fountain is not good, but that was one ocassion. I will be looking for this in future. How do you deal with hicups and spit ups? Are they bad signs or I am just doing something wrong? Or it is normal for the baby? |
Anonymous
| Pretty sure hiccups are norm. Mine had them all the time, even before they were born. My first never, ever spit up, my second was quite a spitter upper. I gave him just a 1/2 teaspoon of mylanta plus on a recomendation from a ped in CA, worked like a charm. My ped here wanted me to put him on zantac or whatever that stuff is, but just seemed to strong to me. good luck and congrats |
Anonymous
| Our daugther spit up and had hiccups a lot as a baby. It never became any kind of a problem - more just a nuisance to wash burp cloths and bassinet sheets. It helped when we kept her upright after a feeding a little bit. I'd check with your ped if you are worried, but I'm pretty sure both behaviors are pretty normal with little ones. |
Anonymous
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Our ped. said the hiccups are quite common especially in newborns since their diaphram is still developing and getting a "workout" now that the baby is breathing on its own and not through the umbilical cord in the womb. You may also find your little baby sneezing a lot too.
In addition, our ped. said that hiccups don't bother babies as much as they bother the parents so not to worry too much. Hope that helps ease your mind a little bit. Have you tried changing the position of the baby when you nurse? If not nursing, perhaps change the nipple on the bottle to a slower flow? |
Anonymous
| both are normal - the fountain probably indicates that the baby overfed at that particular feeding. Keep the baby upright after eating. |