My DD is 14 weeks old and has always had signs of reflux. I didn't want to run to medicate because I know reflux is common and she is a very happy baby (I can compare to my eldest who cried for most of her first 12 weeks with collic).
I co-sleep with DD alone in my double bed and exclusively breast feed. I feed her in the C curl position and it works to avoid lots of getting up and rocking.
Often after DD is done feeding in the night, she will roll to her side, arch her back inwards and move her head back and forth like she is uncomfortable. She does this until she can spit up milk. Once she spits up, she will often make choking noises or gurgling noises and will either swallow the milk back in or we are left with a fist sized stain on the bedsheet, all around her neck and to the back of her head. She then is awake and looks for the boob for comfort and the cycle starts again.
During the day, she spits up often and sometimes enough to go across my shoulder and land on the floor behind. Her breath often smells acidic and she can easily spit up quite a bit during a nappy change even if I have waited for an hour after feeding to lay her down. I often see her moving her tongue like she has something in her mouth, then she will pull a disgusted face, swallow the spit up back down and her eyes go a little red and watery..
The last few nights she has woken up every couples of hours or so squirming, spitting and then wanting to nurse to sleep. She doesn't seem bothered by it in the daytime.but I think it is really affecting her sleep. I am writing this post after she spat up in bed, i held her upright and she slept chest to chest on me for an hour and half. Within one minute of placing her down, she started moving her head to the side squirming and spat up making chocking noises.
Anyone have a similar experience and did anything that was prescribed work or do I just wait it out for her digestive system to mature?
Thank you.