Who here never burps their baby?
My baby is 3 weeks old. She spent 15 days in hospital as she arrived early. When she was tube fed she just digested my milk and pooped. When I started BF her via her mouth I'd just let her sleep after and she would digest and poop as normal. It never occurred to me to burb her.
When we got home my mother was obsessed that the baby had wind and needed burping. For days she cried and wouldn't settle at night so we tapped here and there in every position imaginable until one night I just laid her on me and cuddled her in kangaroo care style. Then it occurred to me that she was so distressed because we were trying to burb her. Since then I've not bothered with it and she just settled after a feed and farts in her own time and sleeps 3 hours without being restless.
Is this common or are you all burpers? I've read a study claiming there is no evidence to suggest burping is warranted and that it can just cause spit ups etc.
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To burp or not to burb
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HJ82 · 02/06/2019 07:02
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