Lifestyle and home remedies.
Treatment for baby reflux.
How and when to feed your baby.
Increasing the frequency.
Your doctor will start with a physical exam and questions about your baby s symptoms.
Add rice cereal to your baby s bottle of formula or breastmilk.
Infant reflux usually clears up by itself.
Ppis are better at treating gerd symptoms than h2 blockers.
Give more frequent feedings.
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If your baby is.
Check bottle and nipple size.
Check with the doctor about how much to add.
Sometimes your child may need more tests such as.
This is a special x ray test.
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.
Giving your baby smaller more frequent feedings.
Doctors often prescribe ppis for long term gerd treatment.
Burp them more often.
Feed your baby in an upright.
Your baby may be more likely to have reflux and to spit up when their stomach is too full.
An infant needs to be given these medicines on an empty stomach so that his or her stomach acid can make them work.
Barium swallow or upper gi series.
Thicken breast milk or formula.
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.