Your doctor will start with a physical exam and questions about your baby s symptoms.
Treatment for baby reflux.
Give more frequent feedings.
Giving your baby smaller more frequent feedings.
Ppis are better at treating gerd symptoms than h2 blockers.
An infant needs to be given these medicines on an empty stomach so that his or her stomach acid can make them work.
Sometimes your child may need more tests such as.
Thicken breast milk or formula.
Infant reflux usually clears up by itself.
Lifestyle and home remedies.
How to treat silent reflux if treatment is needed your child s pediatrician may recommend gerd medications such as h2 blockers or proton pump inhibitors to help reduce the amount of acid made by.
How and when to feed your baby.
If your baby is.
Check with the doctor about how much to add.
Doctors often prescribe ppis for long term gerd treatment.
Your baby may be more likely to have reflux and to spit up when their stomach is too full.
Barium swallow or upper gi series.
Feeding changes may help your baby s reflux and gerd.
Burp them more often.
Check bottle and nipple size.
2 they can heal the esophageal lining in infants.
Increasing the frequency.
If the mixture is too thick you can change the nipple size or cut a little x in the nipple to make the opening larger.
Your child will swallow a long thin tube with a probe at the tip which will stay in his esophagus for 24.
Add rice cereal to your baby s bottle of formula or breastmilk.
