Burping question

paine0925

LO Is 4 weeks old and we are just now finally getting her to be on a decent schedule - now at night she wakes to feed every 2 1/2 to 3 hours to feed (EBF) which is WAY better than waking every 45 min like she was doing - my issue is that we have figured out every aspect of the night time routine except one thing: she feeds great, we change diaper, swaddle, and lay her back down and she wants to sleep BUT she has horrendous tummy issues after feeding - tons of air and needs to burp but we really can't get much out of her. She struggles to get it out and is so uncomfortable that we have to listen to her forever make noise and be uncomfortable, which keeps us and her awake for waaaaay after we put her down. If we could seriously get her burping under control our nighttime feedings would be ten thousand times better. What tips/tricks/suggestions do any of you have?

TeacherMom210

Do you hold her upright after feeding? I don't know if it's the same with formula-fed babies, but DH and I rock DD upright for a while after she's finished her nighttime bottle and that seems to help her get out whatever gas doesn't come out when we burp her. Also, what about trying something like gripe water or Mylicon?

Yiggle09

We just found lo likes to be laid over my legs and tapped on the back. Burps galor

kaylarenae3

Our pediatrician told us to give LO gas drops before I breastfeed her. Since I have so much milk she gulps a ton of air while swallowing so she's always gassy.

theglitteredpterodactyl

Mine likes being buried upright, and it's a mixture of gentle voicing, then adding in back parts, then just back posts, then pausing since she didn't burro while we're doing those things, but rather afterwards