Making the most of awake time with a 2 week old reflux baby

[hanflan]

I have a two week old baby with severe reflux to the point where she is only comfortable leaning forward. We cuddle her leaning on us in her tummy, and she also sleeps on her tummy (I know I know...). She has started to become a bit more alert and we want to make the most of her awake time to interact with her or let her just watch us going about our business, however I have no idea how to go about this if she doesn't like being upright or reclined! I would usually use a bouncer chair or something but she hates it. I'm worried she will be missing out developmentally as in order to keep her comfortable and stop her screaming in pain she spends most of her time on her tummy in her cot! Any ideas?!

Before anyone suggests treatment for reflux, she is under consultant care at the moment and receiving meds :)

If she's happy on her tummy how about lots of tummy time? You could get an interesting play may for her to pat at.

Have you tried wearing her in a sling? I know that helps some reflux babies, though mine was unimpressed with the idea!

That's a good idea about the tummy time mat! Hopefully soon she will be old enough to hold her head up and enjoy tummy time. She does like the sling but she falls asleep in it straight away haha. Not a bad thing I suppose! Good for getting stuff done!