How do I know why my baby is crying!!! Give up breastfeeding?!

I breastfeed and express and give bottles!!! Bottles are so much easier in terms she burps much easier and is much more settled but I’m really struggling keeping up with expressing and washing and sterilising everything all the time! I was just bottle feeding 5 bottles during the day, breastfeeding during the night.
Today I’ve just been breastfeeding but I try to burp her after and still an hour later she’s unsettled! I don’t know if this is because she’s in pain needing more burping or she’s fed up me keep trying to burp her or she is still hungry!!!!
I feel like just giving up breastfeeding all together!!!!
She is 7 weeks tomorrow!

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There’s no shame in giving up if that’s what you want. I moved to formula after a week and it’s been amazing.

Breastfed babies do tend to need less burping as they can control the flow better and therefore let in less air. Expressing is bloody hard, everyone I know who expressed says it was the hardest part of being a mother! You’re doing amazing keeping up with everything 💕

I've been told breastfeed babies don't need burping by midwife and health visitor. If they have gas bubbles they'll make their way out when baby is upright. I also saw a video about burping babies and the dr said to not pat to burp because it stimulates the nerves in the stomach and can make baby uncomfortable as well as agitate any reflux ans instead to gently bounce.
Have you tried MAM bottles they're self sterilising so you don't need to use a bag of box steriliser and just need to follow the instructions and microwave. It might help lessen your load a little

My breastfed baby doesn’t always burp after every feed. If she’s going to burp I’ve found she usually does it pretty quickly so I probably wouldn’t spend ages trying to burp her.
Sometimes putting her in the carrier helps and she does a big one then.

My baby had a tongue tie and struggled with gas because of the poor latch - definitely against the ‘breastfed babies don’t need burping’ mantra. Maybe have the latch checked? But 100% agree that giving up is the right thing to do if it’s the right thing for you x

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