Lol...growing up back then, I was familiar with this...(what do I even call it now?...myth? folklore? old wives' tale?) thing about a method of stopping baby hiccups using a thread.
Not entirely sure how it came about, and my pessimist minion strongly insinuates coincidence... but almost all mothers we grew up around used to strip off a white thread from any of their babies' clothing items and place it on their heads once they started to hiccup. It's unbelievable but in almost all cases, the hiccups ceased very soon after.
Of course, there's no scientific data on how this works or any proof that this actually stops them but seeing as hiccups are a common occurrence with babies and seeing as the definition of "baby" fits my darling Zoe, I decided to contribute my own quota to this great mystery that has plagued humanity from time immemorial.
One fine afternoon, Princess Zoe, feeling very disgruntled at her servants' slowpoke pace in making up her bottle of milk (we're very sorry, boss), rolled her eyes at us(I'm imagining this now) when it eventually arrived, and rushed it down. Finally sated, she surveyed her kingdom from her daddy's lap and promptly launched into hiccups.
Ahah! Time for action
I sharply looked around and saw one of her white blankets nearby. Yanking it, I managed to string off a thread (a big one in this case) from one corner and, looking up to the ancestors for guidance, placed it on madam Z's lovely crown of hair.
Ladies and Gentlemen, start the countdown.
Lo and behold, not up to two minutes later, I first noticed that the frequency of the hiccups changed. From a very regular beat of chest heaving...they slowed down into intermittent "hics" and finally stopped after about 5 minutes.
Hmmmm....I'm speechless at this point because from previous episodes, I know for sure that her hiccups can go on for much, much longer periods.
Yaaay.... One -nil for the Ancestors!
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