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ReubenE:
What exactly is the relationship between placing a strand of fabric on a baby's had and activity in the baby's throat?

Like the fabric is on the hair of the baby. Does it generate magnetic/electrical waves from the hairs to the skull down to the throat diaphragm to cure the hiccup?
Please explain how a random fabric on your baby's hair cure something in your baby's throat. I'm asking cause you've repeated it about 3 times.

That's what we are trying to tell you. Scientifically it doesn't correlate but does it work? Yes it does. How ? We can't say. As you can see several people here saying it works. Id it doesn't work they won't claim it works na.. I've seen my mum do it and it works . She did for us too and it in worked , she did for my brothers children and it worked.

It works o my wife used to do it,and surprisingly it stop baby's hiccups

Snowx:
Op said hiccups, someone said hiccups..which one is correct?

Hookup is correct.

femi4:
No scientific proof

But science isn't the only way to proof things!

Some things are beyond science...spirituals, faiths, beliefs, supernaturals, metaphysicals, miracles et al.

If they don't exist, those words will not exist in the dictionary too.

CaptainFM1:
But science isn't the only way to proof things!

Some things are beyond science...spirituals, faiths, beliefs, supernaturals, metaphysicals, miracles et al.

If they don't exist, those words will not exist in the dictionary too.

Without proof, it's a fallacy

Nigeria educated and uneducated mothers will still not stop itt. 😂

Jovi10:
That's what we are trying to tell you. Scientifically it doesn't correlate but does it work? Yes it does. How ? We can't say. As you can see several people here saying it works. Id it doesn't work they won't claim it works na.. I've seen my mum do it and it works . She did for us too and it in worked , she did for my brothers children and it worked.

Bro, because they are claiming it works does not mean it does. I'm glad you asked how, but can't say.

They did it for me too, I did it for lot of babies including younger siblings too. By your judgement I have equal right to claim it works too but it does not. There is no relationship at all whether scientific or otherwise between a random fabric on a baby's HAIR on what goes on in the baby's throat. That piece of cloth is not generating any energy or conducting any activity on the baby's hair to the skull to the mouth to the diaphragm.

This claim is like playing tennis without the net, either way you win.
If the hiccup stops, yeeeeeh the fabric worked. If it doesn't, the baby has "strong head" just like some people said above.

Hiccup is not a disease. It will stop with or without the random piece of cloth.
Those saying drinking water during hiccups even makes more sense than the random piece of cloth on hair.

Our parents threatened us with not whistling in the night that it would bring out snake. Some of us still live with that nonsense consciousness till today even though we've realized it is a lie

I once had severe hiccup in-flight. One of the hostesses told me to swallow ten times in quick succession and that it's gonna alter the spasms. It was difficult from about the 6th attempt but I managed to do ten.

It worked like magic. It stopped immediately. Since then, whenever I have hiccup, that's my first line.

Racoon:
Guess the doubts of many people have been cleared by the experts now. The useless myth that that putting thread, rope or cotton wool on the scalp of infants or child during hiccups is curative.

and how is that affecting u and ur expert now??

Ringstonermasks:
This thing dat year sha... only d distraction can stop d hiccup

It you have hiccups you drink fluid preferably water.

Natbrowny:
People practice it. Its an old practice though.

If somtin is practiced by one generation, whether right or wrong, good or bad - other generations adopts it without questioning it. If u believe somtin works 4u, it will.. It's like giving a person vitamin C telling him/her that its a malaria medicine. The person looking for sound health will believe it and works in most cases.

This hair on babies is like placebo effect (not in medicine in this case though).

If u believe it works 4u, it will. That child may grow up and discard ur style and adopts another. The bottom line is result. We r all result oriented.

Your comment reminds me of the Monkey ladder experiment that demonstrates social learning conformity and the power of cultural norms. In the experiment 5 rhesus macaque monkeys were placed in a cage, a ladder was then introduced with bananas on top. Whenever a monkey climbed the ladder, the entire group was sprayed with cold water.

Initially, the monkeys were eager to climb to get the bananas, but after repeated spraying they associated ladder-climbing with discomfort. Eventually, no monkey dared to climb the ladder. when a new monkey was introduced to the group, it would attempt to climb.

The old guys would aggressively beat up the newly introduced guy. The researchers started replacing individual monkeys with new ones. Despite none of the original monkeys remaining the new monkeys still avoided climbing the ladder despite not knowing why not to climb it. I think same thing applies here, also people seem to forget that correlation does not necessarily equate causation.

Jovi10:
That's what we are trying to tell you. Scientifically it doesn't correlate but does it work? Yes it does. How ? We can't say. As you can see several people here saying it works. Id it doesn't work they won't claim it works na.. I've seen my mum do it and it works . She did for us too and it in worked , she did for my brothers children and it worked.

It doesn't work because even if you don't use nothing, the hiccups would still subside.
Abi what do oyinbo people do when they don't use wools? . Lmao

Lucifyre:
Your comment reminds me of the Monkey ladder experiment that demonstrates social learning conformity and the power of cultural norms. In the experiment 5 rhesus macaque monkeys were placed in a cage, a ladder was then introduced with bananas on top. Whenever a monkey climbed the ladder, the entire group was sprayed with cold water.

Initially, the monkeys were eager to climb to get the bananas, but after repeated spraying they associated ladder-climbing with discomfort. Eventually, no monkey dared to climb the ladder. when a new monkey was introduced to the group, it would attempt to climb.

The old guys would aggressively beat up the newly introduced guy. The researchers started replacing individual monkeys with new ones. Despite none of the original monkeys remaining the new monkeys still avoided climbing the ladder despite not knowing why not to climb it. I think same thing applies here, also people seem to forget that correlation does not necessarily equate causation.

That experiment always comes to my mind.

It's a good reason for a lot of our behaviors, even ourselves can't explain.

Lucifyre:
Your comment reminds me of the Monkey ladder experiment that demonstrates social learning conformity and the power of cultural norms. In the experiment 5 rhesus macaque monkeys were placed in a cage, a ladder was then introduced with bananas on top. Whenever a monkey climbed the ladder, the entire group was sprayed with cold water.

Initially, the monkeys were eager to climb to get the bananas, but after repeated spraying they associated ladder-climbing with discomfort. Eventually, no monkey dared to climb the ladder. when a new monkey was introduced to the group, it would attempt to climb.

The old guys would aggressively beat up the newly introduced guy. The researchers started replacing individual monkeys with new ones. Despite none of the original monkeys remaining the new monkeys still avoided climbing the ladder despite not knowing why not to climb it. I think same thing applies here, also people seem to forget that correlation does not necessarily equate causation.

Wow and daaaaamn. It does relate in a wider view.

Gggjhhj:
Who told you is superstition, seen it countless times.
I know you must have heard licking salt when pepper enters your eye is superstition too, both works my bro.

You lots always claiming to be woke

Its not about woke. Its about reality n common sense.

Beat a child with a broom and he becomes impotent. They believed it back in the day as the cause of impotence among men.

Another generation came and It started fading off when some men still became impotent without been beaten with a broom. They applied common sense and didnt find any correlation btw been beaten with a broom and impotence. (common sense and not education)

Its not about woke. That thread stuff doesn't work. U were made to believe it does coz an older person told you. U probably havent experimented it b4 swallowing the idea.

If a child does hiccups. Let the d child drink water and it disappears after a while. Some dont even drink water

Put this into practice, when a lil child hiccups, and someone placed a thread on its head. Be very observant and u'll see that person making sure d child drink lots of water.

femi4:
Without proof, it's a fallacy

I guess you mean they don't exist?

Do you know why science uses the word "nature" in most of it's theorems?

That's because "nature" simply means anything science cannot explains.

Forget scriptures for a minute and try explain how the first human came to being?

That's howwe roll in ns8js and it works. Don't need doctors advise

OneOnland:
The paediatricians seem to be ignorant then.

Wool being placed on the head is not scientific, or let me say, biology really related, but more of the mechanics of the brain. Whereby, "what is this on my head?" curiosity interferes with the part of the brain that coordinates the hiccups.

The interference then puts the curiosity first and the hiccup stops. It's more mechanical.

For it to work, the hiccupee needs to not exactly know prior what's on their head. Or at least, trick their brain that they aren't unaware, signalling the brain part for curiosity, and so on that the hiccup stops.

Wool on head, or any other curiosity begging item placed on head would work for a curious person, but won't work if you're hard-headed. I even do it for my own self by tricking my brain that I didn't know if a thing's on my head.

Those paediatricians must be hard-headed.

Which pysch ward did you escape from?

This is part of the cultural practices in Nigeria. Cultural practices can be harmful and non-harmful. This falls under the category of "non-harmful" cultural practices. The other non harmful cultural practices is backing of babies which may even be beneficial in preventing and correcting some cases of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH).

Attention should be drawn towards harmful cultural practices that are still deeply rooted within our culture. These harmful traditional practices that should be avoided include but not limited to:
1. Putting objects like spoons, onions, cow urine, substances, oil or anything whenever a person or child convulses
2. Inflicting pain in any form including but not limited to beating, slapping, setting fire to the leg or body of a child or person who is convulsing
3. Using pawpaw water or leafs to bath a child that has jaundice (i.e yellowish discolouration of the skin, eyes)
4. Applying oil, methylated spirit, rub, menthol, camphor smelling clothings to a new born baby. These increases the risk of a child developing jaundice and neonatal sepsis
5. Giving a baby nospamin or grape water because of 'stomach movements ' this increases the risk of the baby having intestinal obstruction in the form of intususseption.
6. Not exclusively breastfeeding a baby for 6 months
7. Forcefully massaging and shaping the baby's head or other parts of the body
8. Throwing up and catching a baby, the baby can have shaking baby syndrome
9. Force feeding a child or person who is unconscious (the person can aspirate into the lungs and this can worsen prognosis and lead to death)
10. Feeding palmoil or forcefully inducing vomiting for ingestion of poisonous and harmful substances

Out wool or a thread on a child having hiccups doesn't stop it. It's just an old African practice.

People who need white men to teach them every thing really have big problem

I just did that now on my 1 month old son and the hiccups stop immediately I was surprised it's like a magic honestly speaking

dontrulee:
Which pysch ward did you escape from?

You know, what you wrote here, that's really rude and out of place. You need to be wiser.

ReubenE:
What exactly is the relationship between placing a strand of fabric on a baby's had and activity in the baby's throat?

Like the fabric is on the hair of the baby. Does it generate magnetic/electrical waves from the hairs to the skull down to the throat diaphragm to cure the hiccup?
Please explain how a random fabric on your baby's hair cure something in your baby's throat. I'm asking cause you've repeated it about 3 times.

If the baby notices something may be on his head, and then gets curious, it stops. And that's because the curiosity interrupts the part of the brain that processes the hiccups.

This is rather non-related scenario, but take that a human was all smiles and joyous, then all of a sudden hears a loud bang, every atom of joy-give that the person was having would stop and would be filled with rather only fear and flight. So, it's all about the distraction the wool causes for them, not like it is medicinal (biology/cell related) itself.

With belief that little threaded cloth on your head will stop hiccup, then it will stop.

I still do it till date and drink enough water.

Extra30:
It works. Science doesn't explain everything. Science had it's limitations

Very well said. Science does not provide answers to all problems.

Don't mind them. It has been working for ages. Try it and save the baby the stress and have rest of mind too as a mother. So that you can also rest well.

Natbrowny:
People practice it. Its an old practice though.

If somtin is practiced by one generation, whether right or wrong, good or bad - other generations adopts it without questioning it. If u believe somtin works 4u, it will.. It's like giving a person vitamin C telling him/her that its a malaria medicine. The person looking for sound health will believe it and works in most cases.

This hair on babies is like placebo effect (not in medicine in this case though).

If u believe it works 4u, it will. That child may grow up and discard ur style and adopts another. The bottom line is result. We r all result oriented.

oga, rest. E dey work. Forget long and irrelevant grama

Extra30:
It works. Science doesn't explain everything. Science had it's limitations

We know science doesn't explain everything. So what explains everything?
Did you do a research on this thread thing?

fortunez1:
I can post a video tomorrow to prove that it works and i do practice this daily on my baby.

Please do

Racoon:
https://dubawa.org/does-placing-strand-of-wool-on-head-stop-hiccups/?amp=1

"Placing Piece of Thread on Baby’s Head Won’t Stop Hiccup" – Paediatricians
https://healthwise.punchng.com/placing-piece-of-thread-on-babys-head-wont-stop-hiccup-paediatricians/


https://healthwise.punchng.com/placing-piece-of-thread-on-babys-head-wont-stop-hiccup-paediatricians/

It works for me tho..

Natbrowny:
Its not about woke. Its about reality n common sense.

Beat a child with a broom and he becomes impotent. They believed it back in the day as the cause of impotence among men.

Another generation came and It started fading off when some men still became impotent without been beaten with a broom. They applied common sense and didnt find any correlation btw been beaten with a broom and impotence. (common sense and not education)

Its not about woke. That thread stuff doesn't work. U were made to believe it does coz an older person told you. U probably havent experimented it b4 swallowing the idea.

If a child does hiccups. Let the d child drink water and it disappears after a while. Some dont even drink water

Put this into practice, when a lil child hiccups, and someone placed a thread on its head. Be very observant and u'll see that person making sure d child drink lots of water.

Oga I have experienced it first hand, leave all this your write up, I won't be saying it if I had not experienced it, reason I gave the instances of salt and pepper too, I am saying it cause I want to say it, probably the cloth tricks the child's mind or brain I wouldn't know but it works