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25 Jul 2022

Regurgitation and reflux in babies

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Baby health and well-being

Your baby has reflux after feeding? This physiological phenomenon is very common during the first months of an infant's life.


  • In most cases, regurgitation, also called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), is not dangerous for your child's health.
  • It is simply a backflow of milk mixed with saliva from the stomach into the mouth.
  • Don't confuse reflux with vomiting, which involves muscular effort.
  • Reflux naturally disappears around 9 to 12 months of age, when baby is standing up.
  • If reflux is too frequent, painful, and happens away from meals, consult your pediatrician.
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Gabriela
12 Jun 2022

Hi. im a first time mom. my baby is a premie. ? she is currently having horrible colics, reflux gas . she is being fed both formula and breastmilk. i cant change her formula now since she is drinking enfamil enfacare which is for premature babies. idk if its that or my breastmilk . but any suggestions ? i tried everything such as having her sit up . feeding her and burping her every 1oz . etc. idk if i can give her any medications with her only being 2 weeks old . if so name a brand .and ofcourse ill ask her doctor on my next visit if its ok for her to start using that before giving it to her. i told her doctor about her situation and he only said it was normal but never mentioned a formula changed or any medication #premie #colic #reflux #firsttimemom

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naomi
Maybe try liquid formula instead of powder, my mom told me that powder used to give me horrible colics so she switched and it was better
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Katelynn
do you have anti colic bottles? and also look up some baby massages for gas & laying on their tummy can help get it moving, i think babies can have gripe water after 2 weeks too but i could be wrong, there’s also gas relief for babies that cvs sells but i’m not sure what the age is for that either so check first
12 Jun 2022

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Ashley
26 May 2022

Question✨ So my baby just switched to enfamil ar baby formula and it is supposed to help her with acid reflux and less spit up, but she’s been projectile vomiting? Is this a sign of overfeading?

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Taneshia
It could be but it could also mean that her stomach can’t handle the formula my was like that i had to switch him to soy n it helped alot
26 May 2022

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Ashley
She’s been crying for more here lately so I figured it was time to go up a oz and when I did she started vomiting a lot.
26 May 2022

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Karina
20 May 2022

The fact that my bf doesn't understand that you can't just switch formulas. I get the shortage is scary but my baby eats the yellow can Enfamil, switching to the pink can will cause my baby issue's cause it has rice for babies that have reflux.

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Liana
I think men in general don’t get it.
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Necey
Men don't they just know they baby got to eat and milk is milk
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Leanna
13 Jan 2022

My baby has acid reflux, any mom's have tips to help her?

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Hali
My son had it. Mix a little bit of rice cereal in their bottle
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Leanna
She's been on 4 different formulas and is currently on enfamil AR and seen a gastro Dr he put her on pepcid but she still seems miserable every feeding and puked everything up
13 Jan 2022

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