how to you help your baby to burp? any good tips?

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how to you help your baby to burp? any good tips?

Answer 1

Two different positions helped my kids: 1-Flat on stomach layed over my lap. Just keep rocking your legs back and forth while rubbing the baby's back. 2-Lay baby on back on the bed or couch and bring his/her knees up to chest and back down. Also, give peppermint tea. It's a natural stomach ailment "healer". It will help soothe stomach pain and help to pass any gas through the system.... either way.

Answer 2

My daughter had a hard time burping too, when she was an infant.

1. The normal, put the babies top chest on your shoulder being careful of her head, and gently rub and pat on her back.

2. Hold your babies chest in your hand, sit the baby up on your leg with her leaning towards the hand you have on her chest. Use your other hand to rub and pat her back.

3. Walk around holding the baby upright, not laying. While you are walking, rub and pat.



All babies are different, and once you find the best way to get YOUR little one to burp, that's the way to stick with.



Good luck to you, and believe me, this time passes by far too quickly...even when the baby is fussy, treasure this time...

Answer 3

I think my daughter must have been the worst baby in the world to burp. It wasn't unusual for me to spend half an hour trying to burp her, sigh. The two positions that I finally found that worked the best were: sitting her upright on my leg while I bounced her up and down slowly with one hand moving in a circular motion on her back and one hand on her tummy (The warmth of my hand on her tummy seemed to help for some reason, maybe made the gas expand, I don't know.) and lying her facedown over a pillow, with her chin resting on the pillow but her mouth, nose and the rest of her face off of it, my left hand on between her and the pillow and my right hand gently thumping her back. Good luck!

Answer 4

There are a lot of great tips mentioned already. Here's something so simple, but works. Sit your baby up. That should cause the burp to come up immediately. The tapping helps! =)

Answer 5

I had a huge problem with my son. He would never burp, and would get really cranky with all the gas built up. My doctor suggested sitting him on the knee while patting his back, and then rocking him, while still on the knee, back and forth and side to side. It gets the air bubbles moving. The pharmacist recommended using Oval drops or even non-alcoholic gripe water.

Answer 6

When you have the baby on your shoulder alternate between patting and gently rubbing their back in an upward motion to bring the gas up. You can also lay them down tummy side down on your lap with one hand supporting their head and the other hand patting their back. You can also put them in a sitting position on your lap with one hand supporting their head and the other patting their back. Don't be afraid to pat them well enough to get a good thumping sound.

Answer 7

for my baby, the best position was over the shoulder. however, it only worked when her belly was up near my shoulder -- a lot of burping examples i've seen just show holding the baby against your chest with her head near the shoulder, which didn't do anything for mine.

Answer 8

lightly pat the baby's back if still No burp try putting baby over your knees and rub back

Answer 9

The burping position that always worked when all esle failed for my 6 kids was laying them tummy down across my knees and rubbig their backs lightly.

Answer 10

I found that when I sat my son on my knee holding him under his chin,bounce him up and down,while pating himon his back.

The other way that worked realy well was to lay him across my lap holding his chin,while bouncing him and pating his back. When nothing else worked I used the baby gas dropes.



I am the mother of a 4

year old!

Answer 11

Over the shoulder, pat on the back. Simethecone drops are perfectly safe (never absorbed into the blood stream) if you really can't get the tummy gas out.

Answer 12

1. Over the shoulder position - requires you to hold your newborn firmly against your shoulder, and apply a patting or rubbing motion with your hand on your little one’s back. Support your baby’s lower back and bottom with your other arm. (The most common)

2. The face down, on your lap - position requires you to place your newborn on your lap with their head resting on one leg and their stomach over the other leg. You must support the baby with one hand, while you apply a patting or rubbing motion, or gentle pressure on their back with the other hand. ( This has worked for me most of the time.)

3. Sitting up position - position your baby in your lap with his/her body leaning forward. Support the chest and head with one hand while you pat your baby’s back with your other hand.

Answer 13

when I was burping my son:

Position 1: I would hold his chin/head in my hand, and have him sitting on my lap and pat in a upward motion from bum to neck & and a circular mini massage that included his sides....

Position 2: same upwads patting and have him in my arms facing me with his head on my shoulder

Answer 14

Put the baby on your shoulder and lightly pat his or her back with your hand.

Answer 15

pat them gently on the back

walk around the room bouncing them

or roll them on their stomach and rub their back

all 3 worked for children...

Answer 16

rub babies back in a circular motion then rub upward.