When Do You Stop Burping Your Baby?

Updated on November 27, 2009
S.H. asks from Stafford Springs, CT
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My 5 month old, like many babies, has a history of waking up with gas if he falls asleep without burping - sharp, shooting, painful gas. Needless to say, I oftentimes have to wake him up in order to burp him after he's done eating. Occassionally, I am unable to get him to fall back asleep. That being said, will there ever come a time when I can just peacefully let him drift off to sleep without a burp? When did your baby stop needing to be burped?

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Thank you all for your responses - they were enlightening. Since I now know that the burping must go on, I have been fortunate to discover that my little fella is really responsive to burping after I sit him up. If he is groggy after nursing (or even during the day when he is wide awake), I just sit him him and within a minute he has let out a few good burps. I've also been a liitle more open to the idea of letting him fall asleep without burping - seeing that gas doesn't seem to bother him with the intensity that it use to bother him. Thanks again.

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J.M.

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I remember burping going on for quite a while, but here's a trick that sometimes worked with both my kids when they fell asleep before they burped. Hold your son up on your shoulder in the regular "burping position." If he is asleep and patting him on the back isn't getting anything out of him, hold him tight to your chest and lean over across your lap, so that he's basically lying down on his back but with you holding him tight. He's still pressed up against your chest too. Stay that way for a few seconds, then bring him back upright and try burping him again. Sometimes we found simply changing the position they were in, even when asleep, could move the air bubbles around and they could get a burp up without waking. Worth a shot, right? Good luck!

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C.N.

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My daughter was a really gassy baby too and she didn't really calm down until she started on regular foods around 6-8 months. I also started giving her mylicon drops which I HIGHLY recommend! They help babies with gassy tummies sleep so much better. They're not harmful and you can give it to them after every feeding.

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D.B.

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i'm assuming because your son falls asleep before being burped...you're speaking of the night time feeding?

If that's the case, why not burp him midway through the feeding so this way in case he falls asleep at the end of it, you can let him continue to sleep.

My motto has always been "never wake a sleeping baby". So that's my take on waking your child JUST to burp him. Try putting a few gas drops in his bottle...or if you breastfeed, on his pacifier. I had a gassy...fussy...colicky baby....so I know it can be irritating. Good luck.

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M.L.

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I was bad and did not burp as often at night due to a kid that wakes up. Maybe burp after you put them down.

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