Let?s face it: Hiccups can be a pain?even baby-size ones. And it?s not like you can just tell your baby to hold their breath or down a spoonful of peanut butter (two common hiccup ?cures? frequently adopted by adults). Happily, there are a few things you can do to relieve the discomfort baby hiccups can cause?and maybe even prevent them from happening in the first place.
What causes baby hiccups"

It all starts in utero, says Janice Heard, a community paediatrician in Calgary and member of the Canadian Paediatric Society?s Public Education Advisory Committee. ?Many moms can feel their infants hiccupping during pregnancy,? she says. Hiccups are actually very mysterious she adds, and no one really knows why they occur. (One theory from researchers at Queen?s University in Kingston, Ont., is that they act as a burping mechanism to help babies take in more milk.)  .related-article-block{display:inline-block;width:300px;padding:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem;float:right;border:1px solid #ccc}@media (max-width: 525px){.related-article-block{float:none;display:block;width:280px;margin:0 auto 2rem}}

Baby talk: What your baby is trying to tell you
Whatever the cause, we do know that hiccups are a symptom of an irritated diaphragm, which can happen when infants get upset (a prolonged bout of crying often leads to uncontrollable hiccupping) or when they eat or drink too fast. ?Their bellies expand too quickly, which irritates the diaphragm,? says Heard. When this happens, the dia...