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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like you could use a baby nurse for a month or two, just to help you with this stuff.

[b]You probably screwed up the burping thing because you're exhausted - obviously anyone who is ingesting ANYTHING needs to burp.  If you could have thought clearly you'd have realized that.[/b]

Babies need to be taught how to sleep.  I really think you need either a mom/MIL or to hire someone for a little, to show you the ropes. Since you want to do it on you own, you should. But no shame in getting a little help from those with more experience!

Reading "all the books" is too much. Just read about each stage as your baby nears it. Less to keep in your head at once, you know? [/quote]

Huh?  Needing to burp, and needing to be burped are two different things.  The vast majority of people don't need to be burped, and lots of babies don't either.  I don't think OP is the one who isn't thinking clearly there.

Babies are born knowing how to sleep.  It's in their DNA.  Babies in modern households sometimes need to be taught how to sleep in ways that accommodate our specific lifestyle.  [/quote]

I breastfed three babies and none of them needed to be burped.  That doesn't mean that no breastfed baby ever needed to be burped, but the OP is not crazy to think that her baby is fine without burping.  Try it and see if it changes anything.  If it doesn't, stop doing it.  Your baby is probably fine not being burped.  [/quote]

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