Buurrrrpppp

When an adult does it - it sounds horrible. When an adult does it in public people look at him or her in pure disgust. How rude, you would think. When baby does it, it is an achievement. Even cause for a mini dance because it means baby is now comfortable and chances are she won't be gassy or colicy.
Of course I am talking about a burp.

They say when breast feeding your baby she won't take in as much air as when on the bottle. If a baby takes in air then the air needs to go somewhere so that means she needs to burp. A baby who is fed, changed and burped is a true bundle of joy. Sometimes a burp can get stuck - not sometimes, when it is a newborn, most times. This causes baby to cry and shriek with discomfort and the neighbors will hear the cries and think to themselves 'haha, the joys of parenthood, we are glad our kids are in university.'

Here is a tip moms, and it comes with everything related to baby.  You may be exhausted. You may think that if you lie baby on her side she will burp all the same, you may think you hear a tiny release of air but if you spend another five to ten minutes just letting baby digest her feed and get a burp out, both you and her will be happy campers.
Breast fed or bottle fed, hold you baby up on your shoulder, let her stomach reach your nape and rub her back. Go clockwise, anti clockwise and keep going until she burps - she will burp. My key is 2 burps and she is happy. The older the get, the less you need to worry about the burps, but when they are younger, give it time and be prepared to aid her in getting that air out.

My doctor always used to say it doesn't have to be a grandfather burp - loud and long, but baby needs to burp. Word of advice mums, it may be easy to give baby some meds to help bring up the air, but the more natural you go, the easier it is. You do not want your baby to be a medi-baby (a baby brought up on meds) and not be strong enough to fight lil colds and stuff.

All it takes is time and patience and faith on your part..baby will not let you down. Remember the burp cloth, sometimes it's not only a burp that comes out.
Until the next time, enjoy being a fab mama
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