Newborn spitting up and hiccups

[Kmn]

Let him have another little suck when he's hiccupping - it may help calm them down.

[1MOREPLZ]

I was going to say exactly the same thing... my little man gets the hiccups quite often.. i simply let him have another small feed and the hiccups disappear...

[~clover~]

I used to do the same. Another little drink should help with the hiccups.
Sounds like he might have a little bit of reflux. He could just be possetting, but if you are worried talk to your MCHN or gp about it.

[belfie]

I get the same with hiccups (not the vomiting tho ). I've found he'll still drink when hiccuping - and I remember a middie at the hossie saying that some babies will & some won't. So saying, he will lie in his bassinet & hiccup away without being too bothered by it.

The only other things I tried (which you've probably done) was changing his position - as that could disrupt the hiccups mebbe? Good luck with it!

[SunnyRain]

I don't know, lately the vomitting and hiccuping has calmed down. I wonder if my milk supply has stabilised to what he needs so he's not overfilling. I'll see how it goes. The problem with giving him another topup is the hiccups came after a topup and he was already getting too much milk, it seemed.

[MantaRay]

Both my DS's were hiccuppers - they were in utero too. If it's any consolation, apparently it doesn't bother babies the way it bothers us. They can be quite comfortable even with hiccups. DS2 was also a chucker. At least once after every feed for I don't know how long - 4, 5 or 6 months. The paed said it was normal and one day would stop. It did eventually and a couple of days later I sat down to feed and looked around for the cloth nappy ready for the chuck up, and realised that he hadn't vomitted in a day or two!

So it does stop and it is normal. Please try not to worry, you are doing a great job. It is certainly possible that it would ease once the milk settles a bit. I hope it stays that way for you.

[~clover~]

Both my DS's were hiccuppers - they were in utero too.

I miss that feeling. My mum never experienced it with any of her pgs. She thought I was nuts when I told her about it!