- Hi everyone. I'm Elizabeth. I'm a nursing leader here
at Sky Ridge Medical Center on the mom-baby unit. And I'm here today to show
you a very short demonstration on how to burp your baby. So to help me with this
demonstration, I have Ms. Sophia. And Ms. Sophia, I have
to tell you, is by far one of the cutest babies I have ever seen. She is absolutely beautiful.
So she's here to help. So just for starters, I
just wanna let you know, a lot of people burp their baby
in the very traditional way where you take baby, you place baby over your shoulder, and you pat. And that's a great technique
to use to burp the baby. However, sometimes the babies
get a little too sleepy and so they don't always get a good burp. So I know, I said, I'm
gonna include you. Hold on. I know, I'm sorry. It's okay. So for the first
technique I wanna show you on how to burp the baby, I
like this technique a lot because for starters
you wanna keep the baby nice and swaddled. And then what you're gonna
do is you're gonna turn her. Now, I'm gonna place Ms.
Sophia here on my forearm. With this technique, the
basic thing that you need to do is you need to
make sure that her mouth is facing outward. And then you're just
gonna go ahead and pat. When you pat, you wanna make
sure that you're not doing a tiny, little pat but a good pat. That way you get a good burp. You can also rub baby's back
and you can keep patting. I also really like this technique because she's nice and comfortable. You can also sway with her. You can walk around.
You can move with her. And also it gets dads involved. So after a mom feeds baby,
dad can burp the baby. So that's one way. Nice job, Sophia. Okay, the second technique
I'm gonna show you I actually really like, I
really like to use on babies just because it keeps them very alert. Now, you can do this one of two ways. You can, again, keep the
baby nice and swaddled so they can't move around a whole lot. And with this technique
basically all I'm gonna do, I'm gonna sit Ms. Sophia up. Look at those eyes. They're so wide. You're so alert there, little one. Hi. So you're gonna take your
index finger and your thumb. You're gonna place it
right underneath her chin. And then you're gonna
allow her to, her chin to rest right there. You're gonna lean her
forward just a little bit. What I like about this technique is you can see how alert she is. She's ready. So with her chin resting on my hands, the palm of my hand is
directly on her chest here. So I have total control over Ms. Sophia. And then you can go
ahead and you can burp. And that way works really, really well. So with that technique, I wanna
also show you how to do it without a baby being swaddled. Sorry, little one. Okay. She's got the
cutest little outfit on. So the same concept.
You're gonna sit baby up. You're gonna place your
index finger and your thumb. You're gonna lean her forward.
And you're gonna burp. And remember, you wanna make
sure you do a really good pat, not a tiny, little one. You wanna make sure you get
that gas to move around. So those are two really
good extra techniques on how to burp your baby. I'm gonna pick you up. I know, I sorry. It's okay. You're okay. So just remember, when you burp your baby you're always gonna wanna burp
your baby after every feed. And then you're actually gonna want, when they're this new. I know. I sorry. You're gonna wanna burp
them in between the feeding. So let's say you breastfeed
for 15 minutes on one side. Burp the baby and then
breastfeed on the other side. Then when you do a
bottle, I know, I sorry, you wanna give the baby the
first 10 ML to the bottle, burp, and then finish the bottle. You're not always gonna hear
an audible burp. That's okay. As long as you're burping the baby. So I know. Am I done? Am I done? It's okay. So yeah, that was just a
nice, short demonstration on how to burp your baby. I hope you enjoyed.
