Called a gastroesophageal reflux or acid reflux baby or even baby GERD, this usually happens when the infants digestive system hasn’t had time to fully develop and the lower esophageal sphincter, which sits between the stomach and the esophagus hasn’t developed enough to do the job right. Typically symptoms of acid reflux is noticed during the babies feeding time but it can happen at other times too. If your baby has bad breath, regurgitates frequently after meals, has recurrent coughing, spits up more than a typical baby would and is generally really fussy it might be because of acid reflux baby.
How do you know that your baby has acid reflux? The following are some of the Baby Acid Reflux symptoms.
- Uncontrolled crying
- Nausea and vomiting
- Lack of appetite
- Drastic Loss of weight
- Sleepless nights if the reflux is during bedtime.
Acid reflux can cause the same discomfort in infants that it does in adults and, as you can imagine, can make your baby very uncomfortable. Although acid reflux baby is usually not serious, it is important that you get your baby to the doctor to be diagnoses because some serious respiratory problems could develop from food being inadvertently taken into the lungs. In addition, serious acid reflux baby may cause damage to the esophagus just as in adults.
If your baby does have infant acid reflux, there are a few things you can do to minimize the symptoms. Try feeding the baby more frequently through out the day, but with smaller doses in each feeding. Also, you’ll want to frequently interrupt the feeding and hold he baby upright or burp him. Try keeping the baby upright for a while after the feeding as well. In some cases your doctor may recommend medication but usually acid reflux problems can be treated simply by changing the way you position your baby while you fed him.
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