Child Proof

You Don’t Need to Burp a Baby

They won’t explode

Elizabeth Preston
Forge
Published in
5 min readApr 18, 2019
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ToTo many parents, the biggest controversy about burping babies is deciding whether it’s best to drape them over your shoulder, sit them up, or lay them across your lap like a sack of potatoes. But some pediatricians are giving parents startling advice: Don’t bother burping your baby at all.

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Elizabeth Preston
Forge
Writer for

Elizabeth Preston is a freelance science journalist and humor writer in the Boston area.