Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I prefer sitting my baby on my lap and burping her that way if she needs to burp. You can talk to your pediatrician about using Mylicon drops if you feel it's necessary to ease the gas discomfort. And I really don't have any advice for the bottles. We use Avent and the Playtex Airevent (I think that's their name) with no real rhyme or reason-they are just what we have and our girls never really had an issue with either of them.
You've gotten some pretty good advice on the "how to burp baby". The only thing I would maybe add is, (you'll want to do this standing up) take the baby and lay him/her on your arm face and stomach down. Hold his/her little side of face/head in your hand while their body stretches out over your arm and their feet are tucked under your armpit. Keep your arm in a horizontal position (like a guy's arm is when he is escorting someone) then with the free hand rub and gently pat baby's back while you walk around or sway back and forth. (you'll kinda look like you are holding a football and the baby may look like a cat who fell asleep on a tree limb) This worked great for us with one of our daughters who we had a hard time burbing any other way.
Another thing about burping, I found with my kids if I took a minute or so to put down the bottle or put away the "natural" bottle and put a burp cloth on my shoulder while the little one laid on my lap and was kinda jostled while I did so, then after all that I put baby to my shoulder to burb. This gave time to allow the air bubbles to come to the surface easier.
As far as gas, the above poster gave good advice about the Mylicon drops. Be sure to ask a Doc about them though before using.
As far as bottles go, I really don't think that there are any that are better than others. The best thing is to try and hold the bottle so that as little air as possible is sucked in.
I preferred the "sit the baby on the lap leaning forward and rub his back" method for burping. No spit up on the shoulder is a good thing in my book.
We never really had gas problems with our kids.
The best way to feed babies to eliminate the possibility of swallowed air is with the breast. It would seem to me that the ones that hold the least air would be the bottles iwth the plastic baggie things that hold the milk, but then you deal with the toxins in the plastic, especially if you're warming the milk first... so maybe using glass bottles would be best and the gas would be of a lesser concern?
i started a thread about burping but have more questions....
moms, moms-to-be, babysitters.....
questions
1. what's the best method you've found to burp a baby?
2. what do you do for gas?
3. what's the best bottle to avoid air getting in the babys stomach?
#1) sit baby on your lap, lean them slightly forward, and gently pat their back but enough of a pat that it can help release any air bubbles.
#2) burp the baby
#3) I nursed both of mine up to 8 months, so didn't really deal with bottles & air issues when they were still very small, but after that used Playtex Vent-Aire. I also pumped & used Vent-Aire during that time. Dr. Brown's is suppose to be a decent bottle. I don't think there is any "magic" bottle out there.
i started a thread about burping but have more questions....
moms, moms-to-be, babysitters.....
questions
1. what's the best method you've found to burp a baby?
2. what do you do for gas?
3. what's the best bottle to avoid air getting in the babys stomach?
#1 - see your other thread. 2. - I looooved "Boiron" drops. They are homeopathic, clear tasteless drops and they did the trick. Unfortunately, even a very well burped baby can have gas problems. Some babies are just gassier then others. It could have to do with what the mother ate (if the baby is breastfed) or the formula could be hard on the stomach. #3 - When we had to switch from the breast to the bottle, the only bottle my Max would take is Dr.Brown. This is the only bottle that I personally found on the market that doesn't allow a lot of air to get through.
Location: Visitation between Wal-Mart & Home Depot
8,309 posts, read 38,766,834 times
Reputation: 7185
Quote:
Originally Posted by beanandpumpkin
I preferred the "sit the baby on the lap leaning forward and rub his back" method for burping. No spit up on the shoulder is a good thing in my book.
My wife and I have found that the above is the most efficient way to produce a big, satisfying burp. What has worked for me to get stubborn burps out is to sit with my knees together, put the baby face down on my lap with his feet towards my belly and do a little drumroll (gently, of course) on his back.
As far as bottles are concerned, we noticed a large improvement after switching to the "Born Free" vented bottles.
If you are having persistent gas problems it is probably something in mom's diet. Cow's milk or dairy products derived therefrom can often be the culprit. It doesn't have anything to do with lactose intolerance and does not necessarily indicate dairy allergies later on. Babies digestive systems are sometimes unable to handle a protein unique to cow's milk called casein (which is expressed in breastmilk and can remain in your milk as long as 10 days after you have consumed dairy) until they are more mature. If you are tired of the fussiness and are desperate for some more sleep (like we were), doing a 2 week long "no dairy" experiment may be worthwhile.
Good luck. Take lots of pictures and enjoy every minute.
Last edited by jimboburnsy; 02-18-2009 at 12:07 PM..
I used the cheap-o bottles I guess was Playtex when my girls were babies. Sit baby on lap with facing left with left hand supporting head and right hand patting back. Has worked with every baby I have ever had the blessing to burp. I don't do the shoulder thing with spit-up running down the back...eeeeeewwwwwww....
Having said that, my niece's baby was supposedly hard to burp for everyone but me. I stayed with her in the hospital after she had him and "helped" her. I burped that little feller more times than I know what to do with in the first month of his life cause NO ONE ELSE could figure out how. I also bought her the first bottle of Mylicon drops for him. Her problem is she was so lazy she never could get him burped well enough to keep his little tummy from hurting so the Dr ended up putting him on prescription meds. She didn't have to work to hard since the state was paying for them anyway I guess. But then again she has never worked anyway.... omg don't get me started about her. geez.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
