Do I need to burp my baby if he falls asleep after drinking milk?

Burping is a measure taken to deal with the situation where babies spit up milk after feeding. Burping can expel the air in the baby's stomach and intestines, thus solving the problem of spitting up milk. Burping is a very important issue for babies. If they are not burped in time, the baby may spit up milk and choke. Many parents have doubts about whether they should burp their babies after they fall asleep after drinking milk. Let me explain it below.

Generally, we think that if the baby falls asleep after drinking milk, we should not disturb the baby's sleep. When we see the baby falls asleep, we just put the baby down to lie flat. This way the baby may spit up or spit up milk. If the baby falls asleep and chokes on milk, it is very dangerous. Therefore, many pediatric experts recommend that even if the baby falls asleep after drinking milk, it is necessary to burp the baby, because sleeping babies need to be burped more, and they must be held up and burped. The burping action should be gentle and correct, and avoid excessive force. Mothers should not ignore this point.

The stomach of a newborn is very small, the intestine is straight and unstable, and the cardia (the entrance to the stomach) is relatively loose. When food enters the stomach, the cardia of the newborn cannot contract well, which causes the milk that enters the stomach to flow back into the esophagus more easily, causing vomiting. Therefore, after the baby finishes feeding, it is best to stand the baby upright and burp him.

Precautions

1. After the baby falls asleep after feeding, be sure to burp him. Some parents think that babies should not be burped when they are asleep because this will wake them up. In fact, this view is incorrect. Because the baby will not stop burping just because he falls asleep, the burps will still be discharged. If your baby spits up or chokes on milk after falling asleep, it can be a very dangerous situation.

Therefore, sleeping babies need to be burped more, and they must be held up and burped. The key is to burp gently and correctly, avoiding excessive force so as not to make the baby uncomfortable or wake the baby up.

3. Do not shake the baby after drinking milk. Violent shaking can easily make the baby dizzy and more likely to spit up milk. In addition, the baby's brain development is not yet complete, and shaking the baby violently may cause symptoms of "shaken baby syndrome", which may include restlessness, drowsiness, drooling, weakness in the limbs, convulsions, vomiting, and even rapid breathing, decreased body temperature and slow heartbeat. In severe cases, the baby may become coma, his heart may stop beating, his pupils may dilate, and he may even die.