Must breastfed babies be burped? Or just bottle?

My baby is exclusively breastfed and right up till the day I started working last week, I latched her directly about 90% of the day. Breastfed babies definitely need to be burped. I latch her lying down sideways and when she finishes her milk, I sit her up and she often gives out a loud burp. Sometimes it's so loud, we can't believe it came from such a little human. It may seem unlikely, but somehow air still gets inside when they are feeding. Do burp them after their feeds. If you're bottle feeding, get a bottle with an anti colic system, such as MAM or Dr Brown as you can literally hear the air escaping from their bottles. This ensures that your baby doesn't take in as much air as she would normally do with a standard bottle.

As compared to bottle-fed baby, breastfed babies may not need to be burped as frequently. However, the latter should still be burped to help expel any extra air swallowed during feedings. Bottle-fed babies have a tendency to swallow more air as they have less control over the flow of milk (as compared to breastfed babies who are able to adjust their suckling patterns). For breastfed babies, it is common for babies of mothers with oversupply of milk to swallow more air during the feeding. Hence, burping after feeding usually helps. Here’s one useful article on how to go about burping breastfed and bottle-fed babies: http://sg.theasianparent.com/burping-breastfed-baby/