Through your experience, what is the best way to burp a baby?

Answer 1

I don't think there is a best way since all babies are different, but I prefer the good ol' over-the-shoulder method. Works good for my son and worked for my daughter. Sometimes if he is gassy, I hold him against my chest with his legs tucked up froggy style and that helps. Otherwise, sitting upright in your lap while supporting the chin works too. But either way, pat baby on the back in an upright position and work the bubbles up!

Answer 2

There is really no one best way--you get the "feel" for your baby after awhile. The traditional way is to put the baby up against your shoulder facing you (with a burp cloth underneath between baby's chin and your shoulder). Then pat or rub the baby's back gently until you get some results. Sometimes it helps to kind of massage in circles or upwards to move any gas bubbles up.

I have also had success laying the baby across my lap face down and patting/rubbing back (with the burp cloth under baby's chin in my lap). Or holding baby facing away from you supporting them in sitting position with one arm loosely around their middle, and patting the back with the other. You either need to lean them forward enough to let gravity help with supporting head in this position, or wait until they've got the head & neck control for it. I found a website that illustrates this positin, and actually recommends it as the best position! How about that, I was doing something instinctively that turned out to be right!

You should give it a good try at every feeding, even the ones in the middle of the night, or they (and probably you, too) will pay for it later when they get a tummyache and wake up gassy & crying. But if all else fails, Mylicon drops can be a lifesaver for relieving baby gas.

Answer 3

My son was and still is a very gassy baby, what worked the best for me was toput a burp cloth on my shoulder and put the baby up there and to rock back and forth almost like 1/2 sit ups very slowly. But every baby is different though, you just gotta get kinda creative.

Answer 4

I've tried it all. My son had a stubborn digestive system and was very difficult to burp. I'm talking like 30-45 minutes just to get any response. Try the different methods and see what works for your baby. I think the one that worked best for me was to cradle his face in my palm, line his body along my forearm and pat his back and gently rub from his lower back up towards his neck to help them along.

Answer 5

Football hold. Extend your arm out, palm up and straddle the baby over your arm so that the tummy is on your forearm and the chin is in your hand. Then pat and rub and pat and rub until they burp. If all else fails, gripe water.

Answer 6

Sitting the baby on your lap, hold the chest and chin with one hand and rub the back. I, almost always, get a burp within a minute or two.

Answer 7

well for me it worked putting the baby on my chest and patting him gently on the back. just make sure u have a blanket or something covering ur chest and shoulder because sometimes the baby spits up when it burps and trust me u dont want the all over you!! lol

Answer 8

Well i have 4 so figured this out a long time ago. put ur hand on babys chest holding them with your thumb and mi finger under the armpits and sit them on ur lap. and lift up on ther armpits this stretchs the tummy and helps gas excape. patting there back while they are like this helps although a lactation person told me patting the back was more to suth the parent then the baby. just make sure ur supporting there head.

Answer 9

Tough one, all babies are different. I burped my 9 mo old granddaughter by putting her on my shoulder, sit in a rocking chair and lean back and pat her back. My 5 month old grandson was different. I'd sit him up, lean him a bit forward and pat and rub his back. He didn't like the rocker method.

Answer 10

Sit the baby on your lap, support the head and neck with one hand and tap the baby's back with the other hand. It also helps if you lean the baby over a bit. Or you can try lying the baby on it's belly across your lap and patting it's back.