Burping at night?

[Sbmack]

Just wondering if everyone burps their LO's during night feeds? I have a little devil of a dd that has a hard time going to sleep for the night and doesn't always go right back down after a nighttime feed. I don't always burp at night because she falls asleep feeding and I don't want to risk her waking up and being up for hours. That said, sometimes when I don't burp her she wakes up in an hour- hour and a half. I'm not sure if she's just a light sleeper or if it's because of gas. So burp or no burp???

 

[Miss Redknob]

My son dream feeds at 11pm. I give him the first boob then put him over my shoulder for about 5mins, generally he burps, sometimes he doesn't. I then change his nappy, which wakes him up enough to have the next boob, burp and goes straight back to sleep.

Hope this helps

 

[fatandlumpy]

If I nurse my wee one lying down then usually he doesn't need to be burped... I tend to feed lying down a lot now as he's over 17lbs and a loooooong baby - so it's better for his back (and mine!).

I have a side cot co-sleeper thing which is so handy as I can scoop him into bed when he stirs and then scoop him back just after without waking him. I'm dreading the dream feeds (he has one at midnight-1am and then again when he stirs at 5(ish) when he moves into his own room at 6 months.

 

[Pink Petals]

I have to admit that I don't. My LO doesn't even properly wake up when I feed him at night (we cosleep) and if I burped him, it would wake him up. It hasn't been a problem I don't think. He hasn't shown any signs of discomfort anyway.

 

[Bevziibubble]

I rarely did as it would have woken her up more, plus she didn't really suffer with wind at night, it was more in the day time.

 

[sobroody]

I allow 10 mins after feeding to try to get burps up in te night time! Generally she burps in that time. I didnt use to worry so much but she projectile vomited the other day a full stomachs worth of milk so i dont want to risk that happening again, x

 

[Elmo5]

Mine sleeps through the burping, and if not I just place him back in the moses bed basket and he nods back off.

 

[Girly922]

I don't normally as she feeds a lot more softly at night. During the day she really guzzles it down, and my letdown is a lot more forceful than it is at night. When I have tried burping her after a dream feed, she very rarely has any wind so I don't bother now.

 

[Noo]

I feed laying down and co-sleep after first feed so usually lifting him back onto my arm instigates a burp.