Your doctor will start with a physical exam and questions about your baby s symptoms.
Treatment for baby reflux.
Doctors often prescribe ppis for long term gerd treatment.
Thicken breast milk or formula.
Lifestyle and home remedies.
Add rice cereal to your baby s bottle of formula or breastmilk.
Sometimes your child may need more tests such as.
Your baby may be more likely to have reflux and to spit up when their stomach is too full.
2 they can heal the esophageal lining in infants.
Check with the doctor about how much to add.
This is a special x ray test.
How and when to feed your baby.
Barium swallow or upper gi series.
Increasing the frequency.
Feed your baby in an upright.
Your child will swallow a long thin tube with a probe at the tip which will stay in his esophagus for 24.
If your baby is.
Give more frequent feedings.
Check bottle and nipple size.
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.
Feeding changes may help your baby s reflux and gerd.
Your child will drink a chalky substance to highlight.
Giving your baby smaller more frequent feedings.
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.
