Instructions for patting your baby's belching back after suckling

The article is consulted professionally by Prof. Dr. Ts. Dr Huynh Tho Loan – Head of Pediatrics – Newborns Department, Share99 Central Park International Health Hub. He is one of the leading experts in Pediatrics and Newborns in Ho Chi Minh City with nearly 30 years of experience in examining and treating end of pediatric endi secreties, pediatric kidneys and other pediatric and infant problems.

Patting your baby on the back to burp after breastfeeding is a simple technique that brings a lot of benefits. Babies who are patted on the back belching after regular feeding will reduce breastfeeding, bloating, vomiting, they will be able to feed more milk, less fuss and sleep better.

1. Why does your baby need to belch after breastfeeding?

In the first years of life at birth, the digestive system of the baby is not fully developed. The stomach is very small in size, at birth the baby's stomach is only the size of a cherry containing only 5-7ml of milk, at the age of three days the stomach will be the size of a walnut containing between 22-27 ml of milk. The amount of air from the outside has many ways that can enter the baby's stomach such as:

Due to the small stomach size, when containing both air and milk will cause the stomach to fill up. Your child will feel very uncomfortable due to post-feeding bloating. On the other side, because the child's stomach is horizontal but not vertical as an adult, the severing muscles between the stomach and the estua are weak, so when the stomach is filled with a lot of air, it will be prone to reflux leading to milking, vomiting, children have the phenomenon of crying, drinking milk while sleeping ,…

When parents perform the operation of patting the burp back after breastfeeding will help the baby to throw the gases stuck in the stomach out, the baby will feel comfortable, comfortable, reduce vomiting after feeding, the volume of the stomach is released so the baby will feed more milk, from which the baby will be full for longer and sleep better.

2. How is back patting to help your baby belch after breastfeeding?

2.1. When should parents pat their baby on the back?

Parents should pat their baby on the back belching after each feeding or mid-feeding, when breastfeeding half a bottle or after the baby has finished breastfeeding on one side of the breast, the mother should pat the baby on the back belching before transferring the baby to the other. For children who often vomit, parents should give them belch more often. Whether breastfeeding day or night, in the first months of life, parents should try to attach regular belching to their children.

2.2. Instructions on how to pat your baby on the back after breastfeeding

To pat your baby on the back, parents can choose one of the following:

  • Way 1: She puts a clean towel on her shoulder, carries the baby, so that her head leans against her shoulders. One hand holds the baby, one hand rubs the baby's back in a circle or pinches her hand and pats her back in the direction from the bottom up so that she belches.
  • Way 2: She puts a clean towel on her thighs, puts the baby against the mother, her head rests on her shoulders, her body is applied to her chest. One hand holds the baby's head and chest, one hand rubs her back in a circle or pinches her clapping hand from the bottom up. The mother allows the baby to sit slightly in front of her so that the belching process is easier.
  • Step 3: Put the baby on the stomach on the mother's arm, make sure the baby's head is higher than the chest, then the mother rubs her palms in a circle on her back. Or the mother can have the baby lying on her stomach horizontally on her thighs, her belly is placed on one leg and her head is on the other, patting her back or gently rubbing to help her belch.

pat your baby's belching back after suckling

Have your baby lying on her stomach on her mother's arm, ensuring her head is higher than her chest

pat your baby's belching back after suckling

Mother can have her baby lying on her stomach horizontally on her lap, her belly is placed on one leg and her head is on the other
  • Way 4: When the child is stronger, can keep the neck straight, mothers can hold the baby in front of the chest, so that the baby's face is facing outwards, one hand is placed under the baby's buttocks, the other hand loops through the baby's abdomen creating a slight pressure. Mother will stand and walk gently, the combination of hand pressure and movement will help the vapors from the baby's stomach to be effectively released.

Note that when patting your child on the back, parents should do it gently, patting the child hard will scare the child and also not increase the efficiency of pushing the vapor in the child's stomach out.

Instructions for patting your baby's belching back after suckling

Patting the baby on the back belching in the position of lying on the stomach

2.3. How do you know babies have belched?

When the baby belchs, it will sound belching or the baby will stop crying, become happy, pleasant and will continue suckling. During the pat on the back, the baby can iron out a little milk, which is a normal phenomenon that mothers do not need to worry about. The clean towel the mother has pre-lined on her shoulders or thighs before belching will help her clothes not get dirty when she is milky.

2.4. How long should you burp your baby?

How long it takes to burp your baby depends on the amount of gas in your stomach. Usually, if after patting for about 10-15 minutes and the baby has not yet belched, the mother should change the position and continue patting the baby on the back.

Because in the first 6 months of life, breast milk is the main source of nutrition, parents should maintain regular belching of their children. After this period of time, the baby's digestive system will develop more completely, and when the child becomes sturdy, begins to sit, the child's body can push the gas out of the stomach on its own without the support of its parents.

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