Burping your baby is one of the best ways to act out your unending child care efforts.

There are recommended positions that will help your baby be burped in a comfortable way. The burping positions depend on you and your baby.

Over the Shoulder Position

*You can also lay your baby over your shoulder (with a supporting cloth or bib), so your collar bone presses against her tummy. That pressure is vital to getting a good burp. Be sure that your baby is leaning comfortably against your chest and sitting on your arm.

Over the Lap Position

*You can place a burp cloth on your thigh while you lay your baby on top so her mouth is over the cloth and your knee is applying the vital pressure on her stomach.

Over the Hand Position

If you think this works for your baby, you can sit your newborn on your lap with the palm of your left hand against his tummy and his chin resting in the “V” between your thumb and index finger (if you’re right handed). Then, lean him forward slightly, so that most of his weight is resting against your palm (providing that vital pressure). If he is less than three months old, make sure you are supporting his neck.

Whichever position works, gently rub and pat your baby’s back until gas is released. Have your burp cloth readily draped over for possible spit ups.

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Burping your infant is one of the essentials of your infant care experience. After every feeding of your baby, whether through breastfeeding or bottle feeding, burping is a need to do.

It is a need because during feeding, air can be swallowed and accumulate in your baby’s stomach. The formation of air bubbles will possibly lead to discomfort to your baby. Too much air in the stomach can lead to uneasiness, colic, and later on, spitting up of the milk.

Proper burping technique helps prevent your baby’s discomfort. If your baby is on bottle feeding, you can choose to burp after every few ounces. While for breast feeding babies, every 10-15 minutes is recommended.

Breastfed and Bottlefed babies are recommended to be fed in a more upright position of 45 degrees. Avoid frequent feedings with short intervals because it will contribute to less swallowing of air. If your baby is bottle fed, it is not a good idea to let your baby drink milk while straight on her back. Not only will it increase gas, choking is at an increased risk to happen.

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For new parents, there are really a lot of challenges to infant care from changing diapers to having to stay awake at irregular intervals. However, one aspect of child care which may surprise you even further is burping. Sometimes it can bother you to no end to see what’s bugging your child after feeding him/her.

Burping is all about that extra rush of air which babies tend to swallow while feeding. If this one is left unchecked, it can lead to throwing up and crankiness. In order to solve this, the trick is to gently pat the baby’s back. As a contingency, you need to put a bib near the baby’s mouth because they may give off wet burp once in a while.

There are many ways in which to try to make your child burp. Try sitting upright and holding him against your chest or you can hold the baby in your lap. You can also try making him/her lay on his/her belly.

Repetition is key and soon enough you won’t have any problems solving your baby’s crankiness due to failure to burp.

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