burping between feeds

[Anonymous]

I believe that my 9 week old son would be a better sleeper if he did not have trouble with burping between his bottles. He will be in a sound sleep, wake up screaming..when I pick him up he burps, usually with spit up. I burp him frequently during feeding. He sleeps better at night (5-6 hrs) but daytime naps are usually 15-30 minutes! Does anyone else have this problem & if so is there anything to help with the frequent burps? It is so frustrating!

Thanks, momofchase

[Anonymous]

Hmmm. Have you tried gripe water to get out all the burps closer to
feed time? We used to put a dose in every bottle when DD was really
young, then went to just morning and night and now only use it
occasionally at night when she seems gassy. We use the Baby Bliss brand
as it has no alcohol or chamomile or anything.

Also, what bottles do you use? We found the Dr. Brown bottles to cut
down on this problem some – it was much worse when we used Avents.

[Anonymous]

Same problem! Although it is getting better now at 7 months. My daughter’s gas got better when we switched from nutramigen to neocate. She is totally mspi. Also, i rub up on her sides. Seems like there is usually a “pocket” where the gas sits in her intestines, its on her left side. I went to a reiki massage therapist and she taught me how to massage her to get the gas out. Just use your fingers and trace the path of the large intestine. Up the right, over under the belly button, and down the left. That helps alot especially if the bubble gets into the lower end.

Some mom’s of refluxers burp after every ounce, but my dd is so hard to burp that never helped us. Also, some mom’s put mylicon in every bottle.

[Anonymous]

I had this problem with my middle child and I never figured out how to solve it. She finally outgrew it.

With my son (6 months old) I’ve learned a few tricks that sometimes help. I started giving him Mylicon drops before every feeding. It definitely helps him burp better during feedings and then he goes to bed with less air in his tummy.

Also, I discovered that if I lay him down flat for a minute or two after a feeding, and then pick him up he often lets out a big burp. My husband says that laying him down flat helps the bubble rise above the liquid in the tummy so it can be burped out. It doesn’t always work, but probaby does at least 1/2 the times.

Does your baby sleep with a pacifier? Some babies swallow a lot of air when they suck on a pacifier.

[hellbennt]

plse excuse any incorrect pronouns- I’m copying & pasting the following:

You might want to try tummy sleeping?

This is from the American Academy of Pediatrics & how they recommend that tummy sleeping is best for GERD babies. http://www.aap.org/new/sids/question.htm (thanks Sherry & Christine!)

There’s a monitor that you can use called the Angel Care Monitor that many of the parents on this board have had great success with. Jonah was sent home with a monitor from the hospital, so I don’t know firsthand about the Angel Care monitor, but here’s all about it: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/search.asp?KW=angelcare&am p;SM=2&SI=TC&FM=0&OB=2

BEANIE BABY: for day time naps I suggest this: Try putting her on her tummy & put a beanie baby on her back for 2 reasons- to see that she’s breathing (the beanie baby will go up & down )

& for the weight- put your hand on her back & then slowly leave it & the beanie baby is there instead…

For sleeping, there’s also the Tucker Sling that people rave about: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/search.asp?KW=tucker&S M=1&SI=TC&FM=0&OB=2

as well as the Amby Hammock: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/search.asp?KW=amby&SM= 1&SI=TC&FM=0&OB=2

WELCOME! please find the time to read my welcome/intro that I link for all newcomers: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=853&am p;am%20p;am%20p;am%20p;am%20p;am%20p;am%20p;PN=1&TPN=1

[Anonymous]

Tyler has this issue to. And it is weird. When his reflux is reasonably under control the burps come easier during the feeding and not as many in between, but when his reflux is bad it is hard to get a burp out of him. They get stuck.

We sit him up and have to even bend him over a little to get it out. Sometimes more wet this way but he feels relief and spits less after the feeding. The lying flat and then burping works for us. Also standing and squating works as well – but you do get more wet burps with this – but if the burp is stuck it makes the reflux between feeding worse – so it is worth it.

I have mixed feeling about the mylicon. Sometimes it seemed to make the burps get stuck.

[Anonymous]

Just curious if anyone giving gas drops for gas relief is also giving an acid reducer or blocker medication? If yes, which one, and how far apart are you spacing them? Also, is there a difference between brands? i.e is Mylicon better than Gerber? Also, if giving the gripe water – are you giving that along with an acid reducer or blocker medication? again, if yes, which one? thanks! Christa2006-4-10 16:4:5

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