Please share your burping secrets!

[Wildwaterfalls]

Hi all

Our 7 week old DD generally sleeps reasonably well, but often seems a bit windy which bothers her in her sleep.

Burping better is clearly the answer, but I don't seem to be very good at it! I walk around with her 'over my shoulder' for about 10 minutes, patting and rubbing her back, but only get a burp about 50% of the time.

Are there any other / better ways I should be burping? Should I try for longer? Trouble is at night she often falls asleep again straight away on my shoulder!

Thanks

I read a tip on here once that an MNer got via a paeds nurse - all you have to do is sit a baby up for 10 minutes. Patting isn't required. If DC hasn't burped within 10 mins just by sitting up, there ain't nothing coming! If it's the other end that she's struggling with, gently bringing one or both knees up to her tum in a gentle rocking motion may help.

Works well for me, but then I haven't got a terribly windy baby. Others may have better ideas.

Thank you! That's reassuring, especially the bit about the burp coming within 10 minutes. I have been feeling bad about putting DD back in her bed without having burped. Will try the leg thing too... I think there is a bit of an issue at both ends really. Sometimes she wakes us up with a loud fart

We were taught a brilliant winding method by a very lovely lactation consultant that worked for us every time. I will try & explain it & hope it makes sense!

Sit them on your lap & support them sitting as upright as possible. Leaning them forwards, at a 30 degree ish angle, rotate their little body clockwise in a circular motion, with their bum static on your lap. It's almost as if you we're moving them around an imaginary ice cream cone IYSWIM.

You may or may not get a burp it doesnt matter. it works by moving the air off the plyorus in the stomach so digestion isn't disrupted.

No matter how much you wind them, they seem to struggle a lot with tbrir digestion & wind. it gets better around 15-16 weeks when they start rolling & moving around on their own more.

My HV suggested lying baby on tummy, stroking upwards on back then patting. Works wonders for us!

Thank you so much, great tips. We will start trying these techniques. I like the fact you can do them sitting down, especially for mid-feed burps - have been feeling quite unladylike getting up and walking around the house with clothes in disarray and breasts on display

I always propped my Moses basket up at one end with a catalogue. This meant that any burps could work their way up themselves.

Oh, you might find there aren't as many burps because breast fed babies aren't meant to take in so much wind.

You can also hold her under the armpits with both hands in front of you, and gently swing her body side to side.

Or, sit her on your lap, do a few pats, lean her right back then all the way forward (so she's bent in half) then sit her up straight again.

Ok, so we had a total nightmare with windy colic and tried pretty much everything...

Rather than put on shoulder, 'sit' them on your knee, supporting their head with your hand. I alternated with rubbing their back and firmly patting working my hand up his back with each pat, five up, five down til I got to fifty then started the rubbing again.

Still not working? I'd support his neck with one hand and gently and slowly lie him backwards and back up again three times. Warning, this one often dislodged a bit more than just wind!

Sometimes the wind needed to go downwards. In this case, I'd lie him on his back and rub his wee tummy gently but firmly in a clockwise direction ten times and then give it a very gentle press.

Cycling his legs didn't work for us, but I have seen it done with some spectacular results before.

All else fails, colocynth granules, Infacol and gripe water had varying degrees of success.

Gosh, what a rant, hope some of it helps!

Thank you so much, some great tips here. The sitting up on my lap and rotating / tilting had been quite successful.

Interesting, we tried a baby massage class which involved the clockwise tummy rubbing, and the results were explosive, literally, to DD's great relief and my mild embarrassment!!

Pleased its helping

It worked really well for us. It's a good one for reflux babies when the whole rubbing/patting thing it out.

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