MIL says the UK is the only country where people burp babies - is that true?

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Hi Mumsnet

MIL is adamant parents in other countries don't burp their babies for trapped wind. Is that true? Ta!

My mum was Irish and she burped all five of us

Not true. My Spanish family in Spain burp their babies.

Of course it is true! Babies in the UK have totally different internal organs than other babies.

Was taught to burp DD1 in the hospital in Germany

My MIL is South African and she's the best I've ever seen at burping. I call her "the baby burper".

How did all the other babies evolve to not get wind?

American friends and Polish friends and the Armenian lady at playgroup all burp their babies.

I don't think that is true. I think it is done all over. I didn't routinely burp DD after every bf though.

See, I knew MIL was talking rubbish!
Thanks all, no more posts required to satisfy my curiosity and settle the argument

Nope. Scandinavians burp babies.

Two American women I know both burped their babies.

It would be appropriate for your MIL to challenge how you burp the baby, rather than the burping itself.

Kiwi here... We burp babies!

I read something about there being fewer babies referred for reflux meds in Germany, the theory being they burp their babies more thoroughly. Go figure...

Just tell your MIL she is talking bollocks.

It is true. She is.

Another kiwi - the only thing FIL was any bloody use for was his unparalleled baby burping skills.

Aussie family and friends also burped their babies.

Breastfeeding is a lot less common here than other countries and it’s not as important to burp bf babies because they don’t swallow air.

I had mine here in the UK and never burped her ever.

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Of course.

The UK has the only competent mothers. Natch.

I BF and didn't need to burp my two, I'm assuming in some countries BF rates are higher and therefore it's less common?

French burp their babies too.

German here and and of course you burp them (Bäuerchen machen - it's called)

I don’t think that’s true. Burping breast fed babies is apparently less necessary... to be honest I tried to wind DS but it was impossible. He looked like a bloated little frog until he had his tongue tie fixed and I found Infacol...

English and have never burped a baby.

Americans here, yes we all burp babies.