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My son is 35weeks preterm now he is 1year and 1month old..my baby is experiency breath holding spells when he cries..not every time..but once in a week..or twice..but am very tensed to face that situations..usually it happens when he gets that separation anxiety from me..i tap on his back he will be normal.. usually within a minute he will be normal..but seeing him holding breath so long is heart breaking....what can i do in this situaions..he is always on low hb category..now his hb level is 11.5..what can i do in this situations to make him breath again
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You have to take a pinch on buttock of the baby. No need to get a panic. Baby will become normalise after some years.
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