I continue to try and burp my little guy between boobs, but he rarely ever burps no matter what I do. Does anyone else have this problem? I've tried all different ways, but he just never seems to. He also has hiccups a lot (not sure if this has anything to do with it?) I've read where newborns don't always burp & my pediatrician didn't seem to be concerned. Will he start burping with time or do some babies just not burp? On a side note, as an adult, I rarely ever burp myself.
Re: Baby won't burp
From what I understand, bottle fed babies will burp more than breastfed babies because they get more air. We do both breast and bottle and Ethan burps occasionally between breasts and way more with the bottle. We seem to get more burps from him when we burp him on the shoulder as opposed to sitting him up.
Hiccups don't really mean that he has air. They can cause him to get air. From my research, hiccups come from a full belly or just the immature diaphragm. As long as baby doesn't seem to be in pain from gas, I wouldn't worry too much about the infrequent burps. Just continue to burp him.
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This is my LO too. I still try because she gets gassy sometimes if I don't. I EBF but she doesn't always burp. I looked this same thing up during her 4am feeding last night, because there are many time I cannot get her to burp and I wanted to make sure it was ok. She just has to stay upright for awhile because she will spit up more if we out her down too soon.
i bottle feed my little one and she hardly burps.
she farts more than anything
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