Hi ladies. Does anyone’s baby have reflux? What symptoms did they have? I think my baby has it. She spits up after most meals. Seems to have a lot of saliva and I feel like she gets upset tummy fairly frequently. What can I do to help? I sit her up for 10+ minutes after eating to help her belly settle. But I’m not sure if I can do anything else.
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Do you breastfeed or use formula? If you use formula, you might have to get something that’s very sensitive to the tummy. And my baby is 5 weeks old and still spits out her food sometimes, remember babies digestive system is very immature

only breastfeeding. I think I may be over feeding her by accident because she gets fussy and she likes to eat when she gets upset

I’m experiencing the same thing but I’m formula feeding

babies eat for comfort. When I was breastfeeding. I was scared that I was overfeeding her. But breastfeeding is natural milk, so nothing will really happen. So you’re good.

I think my baby has silent reflux. He doesn't spit up but he has the gagging/ throwing up reflex

I had to space feedings out more, I read something about allowing the baby's tummy to empty between feeds. It's been better, no spitting up or extreme fussing. And I burp her atleast 3 times during one feed.

you might have to test different formulas out. My little one had it and wasn’t producing bowel movements so she got moved to the sensitive one and she is so much better now!!

Thank you!!

Same! I have to burp my little one after every ounce and hold her upright for 30 minutes after every feeding. We switched to gentle formula too. And we do warm baths every night as part of her routine (I don’t use soap every night) it helps settle her belly before bed.
Because of the reflux, tummy time is hard, so we do it sitting with my knees bent and her on them or using a yoga ball. There’s some great videos on ways to do exercises with babies with a sensitive tummy.

My baby was diagnosed with acid reflux. She would vomit after meals, not just spit up. It would go all down my shirt soaking both of us. It would also shoot out of her not just dribble down like normal spit up.
When she slept she would arch her back and grunt making "eh" sounds off and on for hours even after a good burping. What's helped us is spending a lit of time to burp her after feedings. Not just stopping after one good burp. Sometimes we can get out a couple more by walking around with her or using different burping hacks i've seen on tick tock.
Also, we never let her sleep flat. We are able to tilt her bassinet so she sleeps at an angle a little propped up. When it gets really bad we hold her up during her nap or let her sleep in the mamaroo or her carseat where she is really propped up.
And yes, the pediatrician told us to hold her straight up for 15 - 20 minutes after each feeding. She said we can use a carrier to do this if we need to get things done.