It is true babies, like adults, swallow air when they eat. Burping releases this air from the top part of our digestive tracts. So when a baby cries after a feed, many assume it’s because the child needs to “be burped”. However, this is not necessarily true.
On a long flight, my toddler started crying, and a woman gave me dirty looks. It made me feel like a bad mom, but I was trying to take care of my child.