Do you burp your newborn at every feeding? If your newborn falls asleep while eating do you wake him/her up to burp? Do you do the same for bottle and breast?
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We burped her at every feeding and if she fell asleep, I still tried to burp her because she has/had worse gas than most babies. If she was really asleep, she actually didn't wake up while I burped her.
I always burped her more with a bottle too which is what the LC I saw suggested. She ate faster from a bottle and would spit up a lot if we didn't burp her every few minutes (I think they recommended five minutes). While breastfeeding, I just burp between sides.
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We never really burped her because she never got gasy or spit up. Honestly, we would sit her up for a "break" and if she needed to burp she would just let it out.
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I have never regularly burped LO. He did spitup a lot, but burping really didn't seem to help. He was never fussy or gassy though, in which case I would have put more emphasis on burping. Whenever I'm around MIL and she seems me not burp him, she promptly takes him and says "Here, I'll burp you." Kinda annoying
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we always burped. they usually stayed asleep during the burping in the newborn phase!
if we didn't get the burp out, we usually paid later, so we always got the burp.
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Sometimes I don't burp her if she's asleep, but I try to usually. In that case I rub her back instead of patting as it seems gentler. I burp between sides. She will also stop eating often if she needs to burp so that's helpful!
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ditto @mrs bee; as a newborn, LO slept through burpings. EBF (from the breast) babies don't always burp though, so we didn't/don't always get one.
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same as hilsy and mrs bee -- LO slept through burpings, but we had a hard time always getting one... he's almost 7 weeks now and we usually get a burp each feeding now. If we don't burp, he spits up later.
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I would always try to burp afterwards - most times I got one, but sometimes I didn't and after a few minutes of trying I would give up. When he started spitting up a lot around 4 months, we would stop him halfway through a feeding and burp, then again after he was done eating.
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We had to burp after every ounce for a long time because she had issues with tummy gas. We burped even if she had fallen asleep.
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if my LO is asleep, it usually means she doesn't have a burp. when she has one, she is squirmy, and roots wildly around at the boob but doesn't latch on even though she is still hungry. 90% of her burps come out as soon as we sit her up, but she has had some stubborn ones that come out 30 minutes later after squirming, patting, walking around. if i forget to burp her and she has one, she will spit up later...it happened this morning!
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Oh we definitely burp! Every ten minutes when nursing and every ounce when bottle feeding. If we get lazy about it we pay. Dearly.
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Thanks everyone! I was afraid of waking her up and then struggling to get her back to sleep, but it seems like that won't be a problem.
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I burp between boobs or if he's pulling off and fussing. Patting on the back actually puts him to sleep though nursing rarely does:)
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in the beginning yes. Somtimes I skipped burping because I didnt want to disturb her when she fell asleep but then she would throw up in her crib and I would feel terrible
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