HOW WE CURED BABY'S REFLUX + FAQs | Symptoms, Diet Changes, Breastfeeding, Sleeping, and More! 

omg this is mostly what’s happening with my newborn! so glad to hear this. it’s just heartbreaking and frustrating not being to alleviate baby’s discomfort ☹️🥺 not to mention im a first-time mom. in our case, baby also has silent reflux.. sometimes she’d wake up in the middle of her sleep with the urge to throw up something ☹️ when we got to the doctor she advised us to cut out dairy products except for plant-based ones and try side-lying and laying baby on her stomach for a few minutes before fully laying her on her back at an inclined position. she also advised me to pump a bit of milk before nursing baby to avoid the mild choking..

Nice to know I am not alone. it is so hard to not be able to comfort him, it's breaking my heart, and ear drums.

It felt so good to hear you say your baby cluster feeds non stop! No one believed me when I said that about my baby, everyone thought I was just a tired new mom! Nursing baby upright helped my boy a lot too

Even 3 years later I am so grateful to see this post, my baby girl is almost 6 months and I thought if she was colicy than she would get better and feel better and that hasn’t changed. I have so many questions.

Thank you so much! Everything you’ve said is exactly what I’m experiencing with my 4week old. I saw the community nurse and all she said was, “he’s a boy, it’s normal.” 😡

Thanks for this video. I've been really struggling with helping my baby with her reflux. The doctor put her on medicine, I cut things out of my diet, eventually switched her to hypoallergenic formula and she's a little better but still has reflux so at her 2 month appt I'm going to ask the Dr to put her on something else or increase her dose or something. Poor girl is even uncomfortable when she's sitting upright. I also find it annoying when people say "oh just you wait this is nothing" well you try settling down a colicky newborn for hours and hours day in and day out. It's not easy.

Wow, we’re not alone in this struggle! Everything you said sounds like our situation. I stopped eating dairy yesterday so we’ll see how it goes. Fingers crossed 💕

I truly hope that you get to have a happy, sleepy newborn experience too someday. My first baby also had reflux/colic and when the sun went down I would get so depressed because I was so tired, but knew I wasn't going to get any sleep. It was one of the hardest times in my life. I feel ya for sure! We have three kids now and both of the others were dream newborns. I am so thankful for that. The good thing is that you know what to do to help the next one if you need to, but I sure hope you don't have that experience again.

Dairy and caffeine bothered my son when I was breastfeeding. I was so sad I couldn’t have coffee! 😳 We make lots of sacrifices as parents 🤪

We are dealing with this with our new daughter. She is a multi racial adoption. Sadly my wife does not breastfeed, but she also doesn't drink dairy or caffeine by default. Our daughter is born with CDH and we were told that that was part of the effects once the surgery was done. She has to eat through a g tube, and prevacid is one of her medications. It's just really hard when they cry and you can't do anything to soothe them, and just hope that one day they will grow out of it. Happy for all of here that are able to find relief for their babies

This is all sounding very, very accurate for my three week old.

Oh, thank you for sharing. This sounds like my 14 week old. It is frustrating and sad to see him go through this. And he wants to comfort feed but I know it won’t make it completely better and will make it worst. I’ll have to talk to his doctor.

Mine has reflux , right now. He is one month old and sleeps best on his stomach.

My baby (5 weeks) just yesterday started with reflux like symptoms. Like you said, he doesn't spit up but while feeding or holding him he arches his back and cries a lot. Not for a long time but he does like little high pitched cries, like in pain. I have a doctor's appointment coming up so we'll see how it goes. Thanks for sharing your experience, it really helps other moms going through the same thing, you worry a lot about your little one and when u see other babys at 7 months that went through this it keeps your hopes up.

Note: one additional thing that we’ve found soooo helpful is to hold our baby up for at least 20 minutes after feedings. Yes, time confusing but so worth it. And you get more time to bond with them. It will get better! This story sounds very familiar but luckily I spoke with a nurse after a month that gave some helpful tips as it was sooo rough. I also cut out dairy and caffeine. My baby was also having gas pains. Doing the things you mention plus holding upright at least 20 min really has helped. Persistence. We never had her sleep at an incline tho as it just worried me too much to not keep her flat.

Omg this is my life right now!. We have him some type of reflux medication but I'll have to try cutting out coffee & dairy 😩

Its because the black and white Holstein cows were forced to produce so much milk they now have a mutation in the milk protein. They have a1 protein instead of a2 like humans and others mammals. cows and goats etc. do. So you can try to switch to gost dairy or a2 (heritage breed( dairy including cheese etc. It shouldn't be any different than your own milk protein. A baby can get too much lactose though if they get more foremilk than hindmilk so its good not to switch breasts too quickly also

This is super helpful! My 8 week old's reflux is SO bad. Our eldest also had it and we cut dairy and put her on nexiam which worked. This time around it doesn't seem to be 😔 definitely gonna cut caffeine too! I also didn't realize that lactose free wasn't completely dairy free 🤦‍♀️thanks for sharing!

If dairy is suspected, for some, you really need to cut dairy for 4 weeks to really notice a difference, because dairy proteins last in the mom for 2 weeks, and then it takes about 2 weeks for baby to rid their bodies of the dairy proteins.....at least according to my sisters pediatrician (all her kids have dairy allergies)

I'm so happy i came across this. My baby just turned 3 months and the reflux just does not seem to get any better. Cutting coffee and dairy is something i will try. Thank you for sharing.

Very good information; now it all makes sense to me, and I finally understand why my first baby didn't like the swing. Also one note on diet. My friend who is an Indian didn't have these problems but guess what; they don't drink coffee or cows milk

Literally had so much dairy yesterday during the day and coffee in the night. Baby has hardly been able to sleep today cos he keeps spitting up and is fussy obviously due to the discomfort☹😭 Thank you sooo much for this. I'm quitting dairy and caffeine with immediate effect.

Omg! You are a savior! I am going to try to reduce or stop taking in dairy and see.

Thank you so much for this video I have an 11 month old( just turn today) and she fits this to a T! She arches her back screams tries to even jump burps out and it is very hard to see her in that manner and not be able to do anything. We have been to the hospital two times and both times they did the same thing her pediatrician was already doing in her pediatrician is very short and listens to every other word I say, so she doesn't have a good grasp of the magnitude. she downplays the situation, and says she's not hurting she's just in discomfort. I literally believe this is happening because she is a biracial child black and white and we are one of the few minorities in the office and we are on Medicaid. I don't know if it's just me but she's been going through this for at least 6 months and it's getting harder and harder to burp her. Thank you so much for posting a video like this I've learned more information from you than her pediatrician and your first step (with Zantac/ prevacid) was like our fifth step that her doctor recommended, so it really shows when doctors are holding back. this gives mothers Justice when the doctors fail because at the end of the day it's not their kid it's the mothers.

Hey, thank you for doing this video, sounds so much like my 3 week year old. How quickly did you see results with cutting out dairy and caffeine?

Our little girl is formula fed (bf didn’t work due to medical issues) and she’s silent refluxing terribly. Our pedi said try cereal for a week. It’s only getting worse. Pedi said next might be Pepcid. I’m convinced it’s going to be the formula, but I don’t want to chase the issue around by having too many variables. Our first wasn’t this bad. She didn’t sleep, but she was happy. This one... ugh. Thanks for sharing your story! Hopefully we’ll figure this out sooner than later.

Cows milk proteins can stay in breast milk up to 3 weeks. My daughter had cows milk protein intolerance and my other daughter has acid reflex. I’ve cut everything out of my diet except chicken, plain dairy free bread and applesauce, shes is still on a ppi. Food does effect the breastmilk. Both my kids have seen a gastroenterologist

All my 4 babies had this. They go on hunger strike at about one month and turn from angels to always crying and angry babies. Had to always wear them up right. Had same problem, really fast let down. And the more I nursed, the more milk I got. Medication is the only thing that saved us. In 6 weeks our doctor suggested to stop the meds and it worked, our 4th one didn’t need the meds anymore. I tried to eliminate foods etc, but nothing helped. Thanks for the video though! I am glad you figured it out much faster than us😂

I’m so happy you shared this because I’m going crazy with my refluxy newborn. I feel so sorry for him I will try no caffeine I’m already dairy free

Thank you so much I was going crazy but this is everything I have been experiencing

It so nice to know a person isn't alone.

This was so helpful. I am loosing my mind over this with my one month old baby and it breaks my heart to see her in pain. Did you stop all caffeine including green tea and black tea?

You mentioned that your baby needs to be nursed frequently to soothe his reflux symptoms. My baby seems to have the same issue. Do you recommend letting him nurse or just let him cry it out since overfeeding could worsen the reflux?

I’ve been experiencing this with my 6 week little man, I’m going to try cutting caffeine and milk. Thank you!!!

I am going through the same, i wish all of you who were affected give us your experiences how your LO overcame.

I had this with my son too I can relate to this sooo much i read that it takes two weeks for dairy to leave your body then two weeks to leave baby’s body so really u should be waiting four weeks after cutting out dairy to see if there was a difference... so maybe you can have caffeine? There’s something about this issue where doctors and other ppl for that matter hate believing it’s true and that it’s the actual problem. There is a difference and you can tell. I cut out dairy for my daughter and realised that she didn’t have the same issue as my son I think she just may have reflux as a mother you know your baby

Our reflux caused our baby to choke and stop breathing and I had to rescue her and take a trip in ambulance. Keep an eye on your newborn if they experience reflux.

Thank you for sharing this. We've been talking about the reflux with our GP, midwife and and osteopath and none of them suggested to eliminate coffee. Moreover, there's so much information out there about reflux and breastfeeding and I have not seen anything mentioning elimination of caffeine before I started target searching for the combination after watching your video. I feel like there is a lot of theory nowadays which is far from practice and medical professionals are basing themselves on it alone, but as a mom you quickly discover that in reality things work differently and you are forced to look up stuff on your own.

I have also noticed coffee make a huge difference in will now try cut out dairy

Literally same exact stuff that happens with our baby. Its very hard to deal with .

For a moment I thought you are narrating my experience with my baby right now. I am 1st time mom so it is quite frustrating to see your baby in constant pain.. Hope it will get better with time

I raised the end of the bed where the baby's head is for about 5 fingers height. Reduced considerably. Put some books under it

My baby is almost 5 weeks old and this is exactly my life right now. I’m going to try eliminating dairy now.

Hi, Thanks a lot for making this video. My daughter is extremely cranky (35 day old) from last 3 days and especially during the nights and all symptoms were related to acid reflux. My wife has stopped coffe n milk during pregnancy but she has started consumnv the same one week back and today just to get to the root cause of it she stopped coffe n milk and the results are visible, today my little one slept peacefully... I have taken her to doctor as well and as u mentioned , he didn't spoke anything related to diet but one good thing he has prescribed is "bio Gia protectic" drops for 21 days basically to increase the healthy gut bacteria. Keep doing the good working, keep smiling, take care !

Your story is almost identical to mine - my baby is one month today and I’ve been wondering if I should cut out caffeine and dairy! Sounds like it’s worth a try! Thank you for the video

Excellent offering. Thank you⭐️

The problem with us mothers is that we feel we r to be blamed... Or our diet. My baby has exactly the same symptoms but wen I tell the doctor they say don't diagnose ur baby on basis of google

Well understand, leave milk & coffee. What about tea? Does it causes reflex too?

Thank you for this video. My son spits up a lot but he is gaining weight because he does eat alot. Lol. I hope this works for us so he can just be a happy baby.

To all mamas here, does this effect babies capability of digesting dairy when they start solids?

Same exact symptoms for my baby at 5 weeks and he is not 2 months old. At what month did you realize it go away? My baby is on alimentum formula milk. Most sensitive milk

OMG!! This is exactly what im going through, my baby is only 2 weeks old i feel so sorry for him cos he has not been able to settle.

Omg I have twins and they both have acid reflux and 1 likes to eat frequently and the other does not have the desire to eat sooooooo hard I am so lost

Thank you for sharing your experience, seeing my baby is not the only one like this helps me get some peace of mind... first time mom here, and the struggle is real!!! Silent reflux is a b*tch... we're mostly feeding her anti-reflux formula now and that gets things a lot better, nursing remained only as desert 😅 kept for the imune system benefits. Sleeping at an inclined angle (I placed under her matress like half of the hubby's old law books lol, we keep saying she's bound to love the law field after sleeping on them) and the swing thing is a life saviour even tho she's not technically supposed to sleep there. But hey, whatever makes the baby feel better and get some sleep during the day. We thought it was colics first and tried out a bunch of colic products but ended up with only 1 simeticone based product and 1 probiotic. Could have been a combination of both colics and reflux tho, because she also farts a lot hah. I've cut dairy out of my diet and it seems a bit better I suppose...for cutting out caffeine is decaf ok to use instead?

Thank you so much for this video. My doctor actually did say my diet. I was the one like no I don’t think so. Lol because I love food. So I’m definitely going to try the no coffee and dairy first for 2 weeks. Gas drops did not work at all so it has to be acid reflux

You spoke my heart out..this is exactly true .

I haven’t found what is bothering my 5 weeks old son. He’s having this reflux and so annoying, he sleeps very good but the reflux just don’t let him do anything!!!! I’m breastfeeding exclusively and I don’t eat dairy or caffeine at all 😢😞 this is so frustrating!!!

one of my son was allergic to milk protein until he was 2. he is 5 now and he love icecream

What is your breastfeeding diet I have a two week old that has uncomfortable reflux it’s horrible I changed my diet last night by what I can find on the internet

Please give an example of typical diet a day. What you ate on a daily. Thanks

Hi!! Thanks for the video. Was it just caffeine or the actual coffee itself? I have tried cutting so many things out. I drank decaf for at least a week, with no dairy or soy in my diet for the longest time, and he still has issues ! Maybe its coffee in general?

Hi thank you for this video. I think my baby has the same symptoms. And we are debating about cutting out dairy. How long was it when you saw improvement in your baby after you cut out dairy?

Thank you SO very much for this information!! Out daughter is going through the exact same situation with her new baby boy. I will send this to her.

I find that my baby doesn’t sleep well during the night and also doesn’t nap due to his reflux. Did yours do that? How old was your baby when you got your diet in check for him? Everything you’ve said is EXACTLY my baby... it’s been 10 weeks like this now and I’m worried it’s been not properly treated for too long.

He’s so cute!! Thank you for the tips

Thanks for making this video my daughter has the same exact symptoms! Good to know I'm not the only o e going through this

Watching this at 4 am with my poor reflux baby who has been up all night 😭 I think I’m gonna bite the bullet and try cutting dairy. Thanks for the video!

Exactly the same thing is happening to my one month old baby..but our pediatrician didn't diagnose it..I did, thanks to the internet.. all day yesterday he omly slept for a couple of hours.. wouldn't stop crying..now he is sleeping well after i put him on a slightly inclined bed..

Hey Holly, you mentioned you had a faster letdown which led him to gulp and choke. My baby has the exact same symptoms as yours did. But I think it’s mostly because he’s swallowing too much air while feeding due to my heavy letdown and he’s also constantly burping and full of gas. Do you think I need to change my diet or just try different feeding positions first to help slow the milk? Please help!

Can I ask how quickly you saw an improvement after cutting out caffeine? Was it instant?

Thank you so much for sharing this! That is my EXACT experience with my 5 week old baby boy. It is so distressing to see him sick and crying. I literally just decided to eliminate milk from my diet. I went two days without it and noticed a significant improvement (like a whole different baby) and when I resumed drinking it my baby transformed again and we were back to square one. I'll also be using probiotics. I feel like this is robbing my little one of his ability to experience healthy growth and development. Praying that these things work so my pumpkin can begin to enjoy life out here!

Sooo helpful!! Did you have to keep him on a dairy & caffeine free diet??

Good to hear that you went the diet route. I have acid reflux and Zintac is terrible, diet change is definitely the best thing. I am going to try to get the diary out of my diet, my lo start to get the same symptoms these 2 weeks, and I think that about the time I started to drink milk. But I think my lo has mild colic, which also can be affected by mom's diet. My lo likes lay down and we tried colic remedies and they worked.

Thank you for sharing this!! My baby is going through it right now and it’s exhausting! Going to try cutting out caffeine and dairy ❤️

Your baby is so cute!!!

Does cutting out dairy and caffeine means your baby can't have those foods when they got bigger?? New mom going through exact same situation and confused between to cut out dairy or listen to my Dr.( saying my diet is not a concern). Also please tell can I have goat milk instead?

How long after cutting dairy did you see a difference?

My baby has same issue, she doesn’t like to lay on her back. I am worried that how she will learn rollover and other Motor skills if they don’t lay back. In which month your baby rolled over and started crawling?

Our son is 3 weeks old and he has reflux so bad I was changing his diaper an hour after feeding him and within that little time he was on his back, he was choking on his spit up. If he’s not eating or sleeping he is crying. Was this how it was with you as far as the amount of crying your son was doing? It was a cry like he was in constant pain 😞 (we are bottle feeding)

😭😭My two kids reflux, I also kept diet diary free, and used to gaviscon. But gaviscon after some time it wasn't worked, after that we used nexium nearly until 9 months. And alhamdilillah now she is fine. Second baby now 3 months and same issues 😭😭😭

You think chocolate too?

How long after you cut out the caffeine and dairy did you see an improvement?

Use this from amazon: Hyland's Cell Salts #10 Natrum Phosphoricum 6X

My son is month old and has reflux! It’s so hard! I have noticed the pacifier helps him a lot! I always have to hold him and he HATE HIS SWING LOL. I’m selling it.

Thanks for sharing Spicy foods can cause reflux in breast feeding baby if somebody knows please answer

This is currently so me. In fact, I am covered with vomit as I type this. I am a coffee and milk lover, never thought they would cause reflux to my baby. I'm cutting them off now. Hopefully, everything change asap. I just feel so bad yk. Thanks a lot.

This is so helpful

Thank you. Will try cutting caffeine!

Hey my baby has reflux as well and struggles to sleep on her own on any surface inclined or not. She seems to only be happy sleeping on my chest inclined (which I know isn’t safe). How long did it take for your little one to sleep on his own at night for any time period?

Hi holly! This video was so insightful because it seams my bubba is going through the same thing... I have one question though.. was your baby’s stool liquidy/frothy? That’s the only thing my baby has that you didn’t mention, so I’m trying to narrow things down! 😭🙏🏼

My baby is 1month old and he is exactly like this * it breaks my heart seeing him like this. Thank you for sharing you experience. I am also cutting dairy in my diet since last week when he was diagnose to have acid reflux. :( .

We aren't alone in this. My baby doesn't sleep on his back, I've to make him sleep on my chest in an up right position and needless to say it gets tiring. My baby had colic too so together with reflux he was in too much discomfort. I too have got a carry cot but he doesn't sleep in that either. Do suggest what can be done.. he is currently three months old.

Hi... My baby is 7 months old.. And from last 8-10 days she started spitting curdled milk every time she burps... She is burpin alot and when she burps she has curdled milk in her mouth... Doctor gave antacid for 3 days..rest she is active and playful.. Just this burpin thing is annoying me alot... I burp her every time u feed... But still she burps... Wht to do...

My 1 month old daughter is having a hard time with reflux and Its so hard to cut dairy can you please make a video of food you use as substitutes, or a what you eat in a day dairy free edition please!!!

This is exactly what my one month baby going through and due to this she doesn't have a good sleep.. I don't drink coffee or tea I just drink a glass of milk. I WILL TRY CUTTING THAT OUT , but not sure its going to help or not as I dont have any diary product

My 2 month baby always cry, doctor gave me similac total comfort, can I breastfeed my baby, what should be my diet

Use a wedge baby pillow. It opens the baby's airways and help them breath easier. Try karmil wedge pillow from amazon it is super safe and made out of organic materials www.amazon.com/dp/B07QHZF21T

When did your baby roll over?My baby has acid reflux and she is 4 months now.She doesn't like to roll over.

I’ll try cutting out caffeine and dairy. Thank you.

My baby has silent reflux 😔 i do drink coffee and before I knew i cut dairy and it wasn't enough, now that you mentioned coffee, i will take it out and hopefully she gets better.. she's on prevacid.