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Burping Basics

Getting the Gas Out of Baby

By Alexandria Powell

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Burping technique matters as well, although what works best varies from baby to baby. If baby won't burp after three or four minutes of trying, then stop.

Here are some of the more common burping positions:

  • Over the shoulder. Hold your baby so that his head is nestled against your shoulder. Support his bottom with your forearm and pat or rub his back gently.
  • Across the lap. Place your baby facedown across your lap and raise one of your legs very slightly, so that his head is higher than his stomach. Then gently pat or rub his back.
  • Sitting up. Sit your baby up in your lap and carefully support his chin and upper body with one hand. Gently pat or rub his back.

Jill Mills of Sacramento, Calif., found that her daughter tended to burp better if she were placed across her lap, rather than over the shoulder. Mills says that there's no need for parents to feel overly stressed about burping. "My daughter wasn't much of a burper as a baby, but she made up for it in her preteen years," she says.

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