Hello mommies..Hope u all had a great weekend!
Today I want to talk about BREATH HOLDING SPELLS in infants.
I experienced this a few days back  and it was the most horrifying incident where I just went blank and was shivering with shock n fear.
My son was little cranky that time and I was trying to make him sleep.  The door bell rang, as I was alone had to go and check which made him cry louder. I couldn't step out the room coz within a few secs he stopped breathing.
When I turned around to look at him he was crying but there was no sound n his face n lips were turning blue, he was trying to hold me but couldn't. I was so terrified, completely blank at that moment. I was just tapping his back, somehow after an interval of around 40-50 sec, his breathing came to normal n blood flushed in back. 
He always cry like this taking long breaths but this time it was too intense. I turned to google and searched frantically for hours about it.
Came to know about the term- Breath Holding Spells. These are the episodes in which a child cries because he is hurt, frightened, or upset, turns pale or blue, and loses consciousness. They typically start between 6 to 18 months of age n usually stop by the time the child is 7 years old.
The child will start to cry and then will make no sound although he will appear to still be crying. The child cries and is exhaling or breathing out, not inhaling or breathing in.
The only thing which calmed me was reading further- Although breath-holding spells are frightening to watch, the child is not harmed by them and they do not cause any brain damage.
There is no treatment intervention that is needed, keeping the head down restores blood flow to the brain.
Sometimes these spells are linked with iron deficiency so it's always good to mention this to your baby's Paediatrician to rule out any further problems.
Hope this is helpful for new mommies and they can be prepared in case something like this happens.