Contents:
- Medical Video: Breastfeeding Intake Assessment - Part 1, How to know if a baby is drinking enough milk.
- The importance of making baby belch after breastfeeding
- When do babies need to burp?
- How to make baby belch
- Carry on the chest or shoulders
- Place it in your lap
- Lay it on your lap
Medical Video: Breastfeeding Intake Assessment - Part 1, How to know if a baby is drinking enough milk.
Sendawa is one way that is done to remove excess gas in the body and digestive system. Not only adults who need belching, newborns also need belching. Usually this activity is carried out every time the mother finishes breastfeeding. However, not a few new parents are confused about how to make baby belch. Before discussing how to make baby burp, it will be discussed first the importance of belching for babies after breastfeeding.
The importance of making baby belch after breastfeeding
Making baby belch after every breastfeed is very important. Because, when breastfeeding the baby will swallow air that can enter and get trapped in the digestive system. This air bubble that is trapped if it does not remove will make the stomach uncomfortable so the baby is fussy all day long.
In addition, trapped gas can also make a baby full faster when in fact the feeling of satiety is caused by the amount of gas in the stomach. As a result, the baby does not get enough nutrients that the body actually needs for its growth.
Therefore saltpeter is needed to get rid of some of the air that is swallowed during the breastfeeding process. In many cases, too much gas that enters, is trapped, and is not released will make the baby bloated, fussy, and feel anxious.
When do babies need to burp?
You need to make baby belch when:
- When giving bottle milk. Try to make the baby belch when he finishes feeding 60 to 90 ml.
- When and after breastfeeding. When you move the baby's position from one breast to another, the baby will usually swallow a lot of air. This is because usually the mouth still looks like sucking the nipple even though it has been released.
- When fussy after breastfeeding. When the baby wakes up after breastfeeding, chances are he feels his stomach is not good. This usually happens when you don't make it belch right after breastfeeding, for example because the baby is already asleep.
How to make baby belch
Quoted from the Baby Center, there are three different ways that you can practice at home to make your baby burp every time you finish breastfeeding, namely:
Carry on the chest or shoulders
In chest
- Place a cloth over your shoulders to coat and protect the clothes you use from your baby's saliva.
- Hold and place the baby on the chest so that his chin rests on your shoulder (see picture).
- Hold your little one with one hand and at the same time your other hand pats and gently wipes his back to release gas in his stomach.
On the shoulder
If the baby is big enough and his neck is strong enough to support his own head, you can use this method:
- Place a cloth or small towel over your shoulder and try to cover half the sides of your back.
- Hold and hold the baby above the shoulder. Position the baby's stomach on your shoulder and so that the stomach is slightly depressed.
- Hold your child in one hand and at the same time your other hand pats and gently wipes his back so that air comes out of the stomach.
- Make sure the baby can breathe comfortably and not slump too far from the shoulder.
Place it in your lap
- Attach an apron to the baby's neck or if it's not there, place the cloth on your lap to anticipate the spit that the little one might have.
- Place the baby in your lap, may be sideways or facing you.
- Soften your one hand to support his body by placing it on his chest and your fingers gently holding his chin and jaw. Make sure not to put a finger on his neck so that the child does not suffocate.
- Lean your little body forward and while patting and gently wiping his back with your other hand.
Lay it on your lap
- Put a cloth on your lap to anticipate the saliva that your child might have.
- Lay your baby on his lap facing down, toward your feet.
- Hold your chin and jaw gently with one hand. Try to keep the baby's head not lower than the rest of his body to avoid blood flowing to his head.
- Pat and gently wipe his back to expel air in his stomach.
Among the three methods, choose the most effective way to make baby belch and of course still make your child feel comfortable. However, if in a few minutes the baby is not too happy, try to repeat using the other two positions.
If it doesn't work too, the sign is that your baby really doesn't need to burp, maybe because the gas is swallowed very little.
