I have a friend who just had a baby and the paternal grandmother told her that patting a baby to burp it makes the baby jumpy and hostile. She proceeded to say that you have to rub the baby's back to burp him so that he will be a calm babay when he grows up. I have 3 kids and have never heard of this. Is this b/s or what?
2006-11-08 05:06:28 · 14 answers · asked by soularangel 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I do both to my daughter, when she is awake I mostly pat her back when she has fallen asleep while drinking her bottle I rub her back and snuggle her at the same time.
2006-11-08 06:00:43 · answer #1 · answered by magsmolsmom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of patting a baby to burp making them jumpy and hostile.?.? Maybe that's what grandma was told 30 or 40 years ago, but things change. They used to say to put your baby down to sleep on their stomachs too and not to take a baby outside of your home (not even outside) or have them around people at all for the first 6 weeks of their life. None of that is advised anymore.
I usually start out rubbing my daughter's back for a minute or two and then start patting.
2006-11-08 05:23:38 · answer #2 · answered by Julie F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's one of those old wives tales.
Personally, I do both. I pat her a few times and then I rub a few times and repeat the process until I get a good burp. Seems to work for me and my baby isn't at all hostile.
2006-11-08 08:18:49 · answer #3 · answered by braks_gurl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is a old Grandma's tale, I have 3 children. I patted and rubbed all their backs, they are all fine. I think it is the choice of the parent. If you pat their backs and they do not burp, rub their back. This helps move the bubbles up. I use to have a mother-in-law that thought she knew everything to, but when I mentioned some of the stuff she had told me to my family doctor, he was the one who gave me the phrase "Old Grandma's tale"!
2006-11-08 05:15:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely an old wives tale. I prefer rubbing, myself, though, it seems to work better. I rub/massage gently up the back starting at the bottom up to the top, over and over till the burp comes out.
2006-11-08 05:09:20 · answer #5 · answered by toomanycommercials 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep this is not true. Anyway that the baby burps is fine and it won't make for jumpy babies. That is just an old wives tale.
2006-11-08 08:05:52 · answer #6 · answered by mktk401 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not true u have to pat the baby or the burp wont come out trust me im the oldest i did stuff like that and u have to pat the baby
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2006-11-08 05:09:19 · answer #7 · answered by Diana 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
grandmothers are from the generation where everyone did what the grandmothers before them did, and it was a big deal to go against past generations of habits.
every baby is different
you take the advice that is useful to you, and disregard the rest.
2006-11-08 05:10:03 · answer #8 · answered by smartkid37138 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're both the same, but rubbing from the bottom to the top worked best with mine.
Good luck
2006-11-08 05:11:36 · answer #9 · answered by Sweet Sue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually you should just do whatever works. If just patting keeps them calm then fine, but if you need to pat and rub then that's fine too.
2006-11-08 05:09:27 · answer #10 · answered by CelebrateMeHome 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋