Treating Acid Reflux in Babies or Infants

Babies and infants can also suffer from acid reflux, for many babies the primary symptom is simple spitting up more often than normal. In babies a small amount of acid reflux is normal and often subsides as the child reaches 18 months old. But if you feel that your baby may be suffering from acid reflux to an abnormal extent, then it is something that you should address as soon as possible.

Listed below are some simple non medical methods of treating infant or baby acid reflux, but if you feel that it is necessary be sure to seek medical attention and a professional medical opinion.

Many infants have a much easier time keeping down smaller meals, it may be a good idea to simply feed your baby more often and smaller meals. These smaller more frequent meals will greatly contribute to your baby suffering from less acid reflux.

Thickening a babies formula can also help in reducing acid reflux. Many parents use rice cereal to make the formula less likely to splash around, reducing the likely hood of the baby consuming air bubbles through the bottle, as well as reducing the likelihood of the formulas sloshing around the babies stomach and splashing the infants esophagus.

Keeping your baby or infant up right when feeding and for a short period after is also a great way to reduce the discomfort caused by acid reflux. This is a sure fire method to reduce any reflux for your baby.

These simple methods should assist you in providing your baby or infant with the least discomfort caused by acid reflux, how ever should any or all of these methods not work, it is advised that you seek medical attention for your baby or infant to ensure that the acid reflux is not caused by something more urgent than eating positions.

Acid Reflux and the Foods to Avoid

For many Acid Reflux is a consistent problem, but with the proper diet, Acid Reflux can be almost completely avoided.

We are going to cover some of the foods to avoid to keep your acid reflux under control. It is very important if you suffer from Acid Reflux, to try and change your diet to foods that are less likely to effect or cause your Acid Reflux.

The following is a list of some easy to avoid foods to keep your acid reflux to a minimum.

Fruits to avoid to reduce Acid Reflux

• Orange juice
• Lemon
• Lemonade
• Grapefruit juice
• Cranberry juice
• Tomato

Vegetables to avoid to reduce Acid Reflux

• Mashed potatoes
• French fries
• Onion, raw

Meats to avoid to reduce Acid Reflux

• Ground beef, chuck
• Marbled sirloin
• Chicken nuggets
• Buffalo wings

Dairy to avoid to reduce Acid Reflux

• Sour cream
• Milk shake
• Ice cream
• Cottage cheese, regular

Often by simply avoiding these foods you can severly reduce your likelyhood of suffering from Acid Reflux.