Very often small children hiccup.This reaction of the body can occur after eating, walking, after laughter or active games. Many parents worry too much about it, but the causes of hiccups in newborns is not as scary as they seem. Now we will briefly consider some of them.
If you properly observe, then you can notice,that more often children are hiccup after walks on fresh air, especially in a cold season. This is due to the fact that the environment is characterized by low temperature, which your chid's organism reacts to with hiccups. Also, the baby similarly gets breathless when he is in a cold place for a long time and freezes. Such causes of hiccups in newborns are eliminated by wrapping, warming their body.
The baby's body is much more sensitive thanour, therefore it reacts more strongly to any external and internal stimuli. The causes of hiccups in newborns can also be covered in internal hypothermia, associated with the consumption of large amounts of fluid. Therefore, watch what your child eats and drinks, and hiccups will rarely visit him.
As in adults, the cause of hiccupsNewborns can be latent in thirst, strong emotional shock or even overeating. Most often, children hiccup after a lot of laughing, indulge with the elders or their peers. Also, such interruptions in breathing occur, if after a meal the baby has not drunk a sufficient amount of liquid. Therefore, it is important to ensure that such situations occur as rarely as possible, and as soon as the baby begins to hiccup, immediately let him drink, calm down.
A sign of serious illnesses can be hiccupsin newborns. The causes of such respiratory failures lie either in birth trauma or in severe colds. If the baby is constantly hiccuping, and water does not help him to restore breathing, you should see a doctor. Perhaps it is a sign of pneumonia, bronchitis or the flu. Often hiccups caused by intestinal disorders, a violation of the stomach. Also, the breathing of babies depends on the work of the spinal cord. If at birth, some parts of it were damaged, then most likely, you still in the maternity home were assigned the necessary procedures, the schedule of which must be observed.
Very often traced and causeless hiccupsnewborn. How to get rid of this phenomenon depends on the individual characteristics of the organism. Some children are helped by stroking and light massage. Others have enough glasses of water, and the third is mandatory presence and an indispensable contact with the mother. Therefore, always try to feel your baby, to understand what his body lives. And only then you will be able to understand it from a half-word, with a half-movement and prevent any symptoms and ailments, including hiccups. Well, if such a phenomenon does not lend itself to all the above criteria, be sure to contact the pediatrician who will choose a medicine or tell you how to cope with hiccoughs.
