Babies tend to swallow air when they eat, which can give them gas. Burping can help relieve gas, which some people believe makes the baby feel better. Most parents learn how to burp a baby, but ...

Common methods of burping a baby include over the shoulder, seated, and lying down. You should burp a bottle-fed baby after every two or three ounces they drink. For a breastfed baby, you should burp ...

It's pretty common knowledge that after a baby is fed, they need to be burped. But, while some babies can seemingly burp on command, others spit up when they are burped and many seem to struggle to ...

When a baby falls asleep without burping, caregivers can try different positions and techniques to help the baby relieve wind while staying asleep. The act of breastfeeding or feeding from a bottle ...

Which baby burp cloths are best? After a successful feeding, it’s time to burp your baby. As you help your little one release gas — from one end or another — a burp cloth helps catch spit-up so it ...

Karleen Gribble is a volunteer breastfeeding educator and counsellor with the Australian Breastfeeding Association, a member of the Public Health Association of Australia and the World Public Health ...