Is this reflux?

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M has 3 bottles in evening/at night, and for all 3 he is often fairly sick when winded. We thought the bottles were taking in too much air, so we switched to Dr Brown, but it hasn't made much difference. We then thought maybe the teat was wrong (he's 8weeks and still on 1) so we swapped to 2. The sickness seems worse now, and he has also started doing it during the day when breastfed too - as soon as he is winded, he burps really severly (sounds painful) and then brings up several 'fountains' of sick. It's not projectile, but still comes up quite aggressively. It now seems to be happening every time he is fed. This doesnt't seem normal - could it be reflux? Could he be reacting to something I'v eaten? Any ideas what we can do about it?

Yes, it could very well be reflux poor little poppet. Go see you doctor. Sadly the first line treatment is infant gaviscon but it does do the job it lots of babies.

Keep a track of his weight, make sure he is thriving. In severe cases you may need another treatment like Ranitidine or similar to treat the reflux. Not a problem thou and it does sort the problem out.

Reflux can be very painful for babies so best to get him checked out with your GP.

My little boy was diagnosed as having reflux which also seemed to become worse when he was a couple of months old, although he was BF. We used to be covered in sick on regular basis but he continued to put weight on and once weaned after a couple of months sickness reduced and then stopped. Seems like alot of liquid is brought up but as long as they continue to gain weight my GP and HV were agreeable to not doing anything. Tried infant gaviscon - just made sick sticky! Definately get it checked but if is reflux, just keep yourself armed with lots of muslins and changes of clothes!