[honeygrl]

"EXCELLENT explanation of the mechanics of breastfeeding. You only left out one thing.....burping. Normally, the child is burped (dependent upon age) by being held in a 'sitting up' position while patting the child on the back. You then 'flip' the child so they can nurse on the other breast. "

Breasfed babies don't usually need to be burped. My 2 never did. It's bottled that let in air. Boobies are air free.

[Catspaw]

Breasfed babies don't usually need to be burped. My 2 never did. It's bottled that let in air. Boobies are air free

Not exactly. A breastfed baby will not burp like a bottle-fed baby does. But they do take in small amounts of air & emit burplets. If your babies didn't, good for you. If I didn't burp my daughter, the air travelled through her digestive tract, which caused cramping and the air coming out the other end.

[justshe]

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Breasfed babies don't usually need to be burped. My 2 never did. It's bottled that let in air. Boobies are air free.

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My two must not have "latched on tightly enough" because I had to burp both of them. It wasn't the 'source' of the milk being without air, it was the WAY mine decided to partake....if that makes sense.