eli5 how does burping a baby work, like what exactly are you doing?

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eli5 how does burping a baby work, like what exactly are you doing?

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Babies ingest a lot of air along with the milk. Gentle pats cause the food to settle down and the air to rise to the top of the stomach, where it can then be expelled as a burp. Formula gets pretty frothy, though, so you often get spit-up too.