Baby Burps.?

Question

I have an 8 week old son (first baby) who is doing just fine. Just a slight problem, when he is feeding (bottle formula SMA Gold) and I stop to burp him, he is sometimes very cooperative and burps on cue, but of late he doesn't bring much wind up and I'm sure it contributes to a grumpy mood with accompanying bad belly (at least that's what I think it is). I have tried Infacol which doesn't seem to have any effect. Is this normal or am I getting the technique wrong - sitting him upright, gently rubbing and patting his back? Thanks.

Answer 1

Every baby is different with winding techniques, all I can suggest is carry on doing what worked before.

It used to take me at least 30 mins to get my daughter to burp.
I sat her on my lap, body facing left, my left hand supporting her head by holding gently near chin. I patted her on the back for a minute, then rubbed her back. keep alternating and the wind should come up.

If all else fails, try stretching the babies body, to do this, gently lift them under their arms so they are more or less standing upright (Poor description I know).

It is important to persevere so to avoid colic.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Your doing it right, don't worry!

You need to keep giving infacol as it takes a few days to kick in so carry on with that, it won't harm baby in any way.

My son used to hardly ever burp but would fart like a trooper 30mins after a feed. He just preffered getting rid of his wind that way!

He might just not have wind, look out for a little blue line under his lips, if its there he needs burped. So handy!

You should carry on winding him and see if it eases any. Another good way of winding is sitting baby on ur knee and gently twisting his body side to side. Its hard to describe but I'm sure you know what I mean!

Also make sure he isn't taking in to much air through his bottle.

Answer 3

Try laying him across your knees on his stomach that works sometimes. Also sitting him on your lap with your hands spread wide, one across his back and one on his stomach and gently rock him in circular motions. These work well.

The bottle you are using could have a too fast teet. Make sure the bottle is for new born. They come in different flow settings believe it or not!

He will be very uncomfortable if not winded properly, it is important.

I hate to be one of those people for criticising parents but... breast fed babies don't have this problem half as much. You also may want to consider infant vitamins due to the bottle milk not being so good for him. Sorry, infant formula is OK, its just not as good that's all.

Answer 4

At 8 weeks take your lead from him. If he stops and comes off the teat then he is indicating he is ready to burp. Just one other thing to think about, is he taking a longer time than usual to feed or does he seem to be sucking very hard to get his milk? If so, try increasing up to the next teat size. Sometimes when they have to suck very hard for the milk they actually take in more air, hence more wind. Try also to sit him and have the bottle as upright as possible, this will minimise the air he takes in whilst feeding.

Answer 5

I seem to remember that my (3) children sometimes took as much as 5 minutes of rubbing and patting on the back to get up the burps, sometimes several small burps rather than one large one. Try spending a little more time burping, and perhaps burp more frequnently during feeding.

Answer 6

Hold him under the chin gently... so he is upright and then rub and pat firmly....not too gently... if that doesnt work, then throw a muslin square over your shoulder and keeping him straight as possible then rest him over your shoulder and rub and pat.

He might be a little intolerant of the formula milk, pick up something called Colief from Boots or another good chemist and then add to the milk (follow the instructions).

Answer 7

Firstly, well done Michael for contributing to feeding the baby ,some men never ever do. You seem to be doing the right thing,i agree with an earlier answer about putting baby over your shoulder ,this helps a lot,burp halfway through the feed also.If he does end up with colic.....you will know because he will scream with pain and draw his knees up...the best thing you can get for it is colief,some doctors will prescribe this ,so it will be free,as its quite expensive .Good Luck xx

Answer 8

there are many ways to wind baby.tapping and rubbing the back.you can put baby over your knee and tap the back whilst supporting the head too.infacol is usally the best as it should collect all those tiny bubbles of air into one big one.always make sure there is no gap between the milk and teat whilst feeding so baby does not take in too much air as this will make it worse.if baby has wind he will draw his knees up towards his tummy and clench his fists trapped wind is very painful and that way baby does that with the knees and fists.good luck hun

mum of four

Answer 9

At 8 weeks old, my son took a lot of work sometimes to get a good burp. So I would try to burp, if no burp then continue feeding and try again in 2 oz. It gets better as they get older.

Answer 10

Have you tried the "tick tock" method?

Here's an article I found on it. This is from Minti - a parenting website. http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/61/Tick-tock-baby-burping-technique-works-every-time/?highlight=burping

Simply hold the baby by the armpits (support head with fingers) and allow his legs to dangle freely. Also, baby's face should be level with yours. Then very gently tilt him from side to side (we call this 'tick tock' and actually say 'tick tock' as we're doing it). 3 or 4 tick tocks are normally enough for that wind to come. We've done this with 2 babies and it works every time, and each of our friends who've tried agree, this is very effective.