Rachel says:
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. In fact, there is one question asked by nine =
of
ten new parents  coming back to our clinic: S/he isn't burping, what shoul=
d
we do? Can we  move the sleeping, satiated breastfed baby from mother's ar=
ms
to some  other surface before it has burped?  I tell them burping is not
mandated  by law and not all new babies do it. Never seen a baby get
readmitted for  aspiration pneumonia for lack of burping nor any other
reason, to this  day.
 
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We are  mammals.  When was the last time you saw a mother cat whapping her 
kittens  on the back?  Or a cow, or horse, or bear, or dog,  or...or...or???
 
Why this all consuming issue with burping which is a holdover from  bottle 
feeding!!!  
 
Although, if a mom has a fast and furious MER, and baby GULPS at  the 
breast, then he may want/need to burp -- but do WE have to be the ones to  
facilitate it?  If there is air in his tummy, it will come up -- with or  without 
our ministrations.
 
Baby falls asleep at the breast after a nice feed, and then mom  feels as 
though she has to toss him over her shoulder, pat his back, and --  voila -- 
he's awake AGAIN and wants to nurse back to sleep -- whereupon mom  decides 
(a) "I don't have enough milk", or (b) He's using me as a pacifier or  (c) 
formula is the answer....
 
Sigh.
 
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA -- not a fan of burping this  morning in 
Wheaton, IL
 
 


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