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@winniebee: Our son hiccups if we lay him down too soon after his feedings, and he does have reflux. We will hold him upright for a bit afterwards. It seems to do the trick.

My son gets hiccups constantly. He has reflux, and I've heard it's common in reflux babies. He really hates them, too, and they often lead to him puking. We use gripe water to get rid of them. It almost always works.

My son doesn't seem bothered by hiccups, but my husband hates it! He gets all distressed when our son has them and says it's worse than when he cries. Weird, huh?

@winniebee: Around 3 weeks he started spitting up, which is totally normal, but it quickly turned into him throwing up what I felt was way too much after each feeding. It was terrible at night and often was projectile vomiting with it coming out of his nose. He was miserable so I took him to the doctor to have it checked out. My ped said that if the spitting up isn't making the baby uncomfortable and he is still gaining weight, it was more of a laundry problem than anything else, but since he was upset by it she did want to see him.

I had started supplementing formula at night some because he has been a terrible nurser from the start (would nurse for and hour+), which meant I was getting no sleep whatsoever. Since I was already giving him at least a bottle a night, my ped suggested I try Enfamil AR, which is a thickened formula, before she put him on any medication for it. He's been on it since, and he now gets it for every night feed because it became more and more difficult for him to keep breastmilk down unless I was willing to sit up with him for at least 45 minutes after each feed. I still keep him upright for a good 15 minutes when he's done with a bottle, though, or he pukes a sizeable amount. We haven't had to put him on any medications since the formula was doing a good job.

Maybe a few others will chime in how they found out their LO's had reflux.

My daughter also gets hiccups multiple times per day, and she hates when she has the hiccups. She usually gets them when she gets overly excited. She starts breathing really fast and gulping in air, and then voila, hiccups! If she starts to get really distressed about her hiccups I definitely pick her up and rub her back to calm her down. Apparently it's not possible to spoil a baby as young as yours (or mine), so I don't see any real problem with comforting them for their hiccups. If you're worried that he hiccups too much, then ask his doctor about it...

My daughter hiccups a ton too. We too are wondering if she has reflux. She does spit up but not after every feeding. Usually if we put her down too soon or she doesn't burp.

We hate it when she gets hiccups because it goes on forever!!!! Usually nursing her does the trick. I think it opens up her diaphragm? Will have to try the gripe water. Go back to work Tuesday so won't be around 24/7 to treat the hiccups!!