can anyone tell me the right way to burp a baby?

Question

need parents or nurse 's advice..thank you.

Answer 1

i would gently thump thjem on the back and alternately rub their back from the butt up to the neck, it worked well for mine

Answer 2

I wish I new if your baby was breastfeed you should modify yourquestion and add this so you can get better advice. If he/she is breastfed they do not burp as much since they do not get as much air as bottle fed babies. That said I have a 4 month old and I know your pain I would try to burp him for hours with no result sometimes they just don't need to. But the way I found best to get him to burp was lay him across my lap tummy down un my legs with his head on my hand and pat his back or to have him sit up on my lap and bend him forward with my hand pressed gently against his tummy and pat his back with my other hand. If they do not burp in the first 5 min. then they probably don't need to.

Answer 3

I have a 17 month old daughter, and the first thing the doctor and nurses told me was that tapping them on the back rarely worked well, and when it did just caused them to spit up most of what they ate. Unfortunately I still tried it a few times, and she did exactly that. Lost her breakfast lunch and snack, lol. I found for me that the best thing was to burp often, and sit her against my chest and stomach and rub her back up and down in circular motions firmly. Not hard, but firm. Also talking softly and soothingly, or making them laugh works wonders in addition. It worked everytime. Also, if you lay them down (for gas) and do bicycle motions with their legs it helps move gas. It is true that breastfed babies have less gas and air bubbles, mine was breastfed...just make sure to burp them often. If you wait to long, the bubble will be under all the food and will exit behind the food. Good luck!

Answer 4

Well I don't have baby yet, but I've seen how my aunts and sisters have burp their babies. There are many ways to burp your babies. Some are like what the other ladies told you, but you should know that you can't force your baby to burp just like patting him/her on their back. You pat them on the back to relax them so that they are able to burp the yucky stuff out. That's why you can burp them on your shoulder or let them sit on your lap and pat their back. Good Luck. You'll be a great mom!

Answer 5

There are several ways to burp a baby. The simplest and least effective is to put the baby over your shoulder and tap him lightly. My children had difficulty burping. To help them, you can push on their back so that their belly pushes into you chest/shoulder. What works much better is to sit them up (support their head as necessary) and push gently from the bottom of their belly up to the top of their belly. This works very well. It was the only way to burp my oldest.

Answer 6

A nurse in the nicu showed me how to burp my little boy, so try this. Have him with his head on your chest and take your hand and rub firmly up from his waist, gently pushing up. While doing that either bounce lightly and/or talk sweetly in the ear, this relaxes both of you and takes your mind off of the burp until you hear that wonderful sound of success! Good Luck!

Answer 7

Well there are different ways to burp a baby; sometimes you just have to do what the baby prefers. you can do the over the shoulder burping secession. Sometimes it helps to rock the baby back and forth on your lap; do this by placing the baby sideways on your lap and have them drape over one arm and rock that back and forth and rub and pat with the other hand. some times it helps to lay the baby flat on your lap and rub in a circular motion and pat.

Answer 8

Usually after every ounce you need to burp them. You can hold them over your lap, belly down and lightly pat their backs. Or you can place them on your chest, with their head laying over your shoulder and pat their back. You want to make sure their head is level with yours, though, as they tend to slide down and crumple up, (which will make them spit up). all babies are different, but you can tell when a baby needs to burp. He will spit out the bottle, or milk, or start squirming and grunting. Those are the most likely signs that he needs a break to burp, or rest.

Answer 9

My wife and I both have our own way, but they both work. Instead of putting the child over your shoulder, sit him/her on your knee so that he is facing in the direction of your other knee. Then pat the middle-to-lower part of the back. Don't be afraid to give the baby a good whack - most people do it too soft and that's why it doesn't work.

My wife's way is to sit the child facing you on top of a pillow on your lap. Hold the child by the waist and pat softly with your fingertips, while gently bouncing the baby on your lap. This way takes a little longer, but it works every single time.

Answer 10

pat the babies back or rub the back. Make sure you have a burping cloth handy. The baby can be held near the shoulder or sitting up on your lap depending on the babys age.

Answer 11

I am a parent of a two year and most things when beginning with a baby is trial and err. Some things that worked for me though was putting him over my shoulder and patting, laying him over my arm or lap and patting his back. Two other things if those didn't work that I tried was to make him laugh ( sounds wierd but it works). By making him laugh it activates his stomach reaction getting the air to come up. Oh and also you could try bending his legs into his stomach. Have you heard of the Motor boat song--motor boat, motor boat go so slow, -motor boat, motor boat go so fast.... I played that game pumping his legs up and down activating his stomach again like the laughing(and it also helped with gas-farting). Hope that helps. Good luck!