When Do You Stop Burping Your Baby?

My daughter was a really gassy baby too and she didn't really calm down until she started on regular foods around 6-8 months. I also started giving her mylicon drops which I HIGHLY recommend! They help babies with gassy tummies sleep so much better. They're not harmful and you can give it to them after every feeding.

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I remember burping going on for quite a while, but here's a trick that sometimes worked with both my kids when they fell asleep before they burped. Hold your son up on your shoulder in the regular "burping position." If he is asleep and patting him on the back isn't getting anything out of him, hold him tight to your chest and lean over across your lap, so that he's basically lying down on his back but with you holding him tight. He's still pressed up against your chest too. Stay that way for a few seconds, then bring him back upright and try burping him again. Sometimes we found simply changing the position they were in, even when asleep, could move the air bubbles around and they could get a burp up without waking. Worth a shot, right? Good luck!

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i'm assuming because your son falls asleep before being burped...you're speaking of the night time feeding?

If that's the case, why not burp him midway through the feeding so this way in case he falls asleep at the end of it, you can let him continue to sleep.

My motto has always been "never wake a sleeping baby". So that's my take on waking your child JUST to burp him. Try putting a few gas drops in his bottle...or if you breastfeed, on his pacifier. I had a gassy...fussy...colicky baby....so I know it can be irritating. Good luck.

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I was bad and did not burp as often at night due to a kid that wakes up. Maybe burp after you put them down.

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