Reflux tips!!!
My almost 8m old is still spitting up several times a day and I’m tired of cleaning the carpets! He’s eating plenty of solid foods, is a very healthy chunky breastfed boy, I’ve tried cutting out caffeine and dairy from my diet, keeping him upright after nursing, nothing seems to make much of a difference.
Any other ideas?? He’s gaining weight great, doesn’t have any problems with gas, and is a happy healthy boy so he’s “fine” but I’m tired of shampooing the carpets when he crawls all over the place and spits up everywhere randomly.
*I am going to speak to his pediatrician as well, but wanted to ask here as well.*
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I think it’s best to skip the pediatrician and go straight to a gastroenterologist. That’s what I did for my boy because he started having reflux issues at 3 months.
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I think asking your paediatrician would be best. There are reflux medications they can give until he is 12 months and is able to cut out the milk. It sounds like you are breastfeeding, but I wonder if you’d be interested in possibly changing him to an “allergy” formula for a while and see if that makes a difference? You can pump whilst you test the formula out if you are concerned about losing your supply in the interim (in the case you do want to change back!)