How to help baby reflux
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Oct 26, 2020
5 mins
Baby reflux. It’s one of the most common symptoms in babies in their first year. Here are some baby reflux remedies to help prevent and ease the symptoms.
- Check your breastfeeding technique. Make sure baby is latching on well—your healthcare provider (HCP) can help with this.
- Make sure baby’s head and body are in a straight line when breastfeeding.
- Hold your baby fairly upright when bottle-feeding.
- Try having more breaks, burping baby part-way through each feed.
- Ask your HCP to watch while you burp your baby. They may have some tricks.
- Keep baby upright after a feed. Stick to calm cuddles, save playing airplanes for later.
- Avoid changing your diet if you’re breastfeeding.
- Make sure your baby lies flat on their back to sleep.
- Avoid pressure on your little one’s tummy—this means avoid strapping baby into a car seat or bouncer seat straight after a feed.
- Make sure you’ve got a clean towel or burping cloth to hand for clean-ups.
- Speak to your HCP about probiotics—research has shown that L. reuteri may bring relief by balancing the bacteria in your baby’s gut.
- Speak to your HCP if baby’s reflux symptoms do not improve after a couple of weeks or your baby is not gaining weight or is losing weight.
