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Unsure if your baby has reflux?

Your baby can’t use words to tell you what’s wrong; they communicate through their body, behavior, and needs. Every cry, every feed, every restless night is a message.

This isn’t about checking boxes or making guesses; it’s about slowing down, observing carefully, and starting to map out your baby’s reflux journey.
You might be doubting yourself or feeling like no one believes you. But once you go through this list and realize you’re marking more symptoms than you expected,

you’ll gain the validation you deserve — YOU know your baby best.

Every reflux journey has a solution, and I’m here to help. You don’t need to struggle for months.

When feeding, does the baby experience any of the following?

  • Gulping

  • Choking

  • Coughing

  • Push away bottle/breast

  • Refusing feeds

  • Looks distressed

  • Arching back

  • Frequent feeds (more than 8 times per day)

  • Short feeds

  • Turns head when trying to feed

  • Tugs at the breast during a feed

  • Milk spills from mouth during a feed

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  • Posseting (bringing up milk then swallowing it again)

  • Milk comes back up through nose

  • Splutters, coughs, gags or chokes during a feed

  • Clicks when feeding

  • Claws at face or breast when feeding

  • Hits when feeding

  • Can hear milk sloshing in baby’s tummy

  • Hiccups (how often)?

Does the baby display any of the following SLEEP symptoms?

  • Constantly moving

  • Frequent night waking (more than 2 / night from 8 weeks)

  • Difficulty staying asleep

  • Short naps (20–45 minutes only)

  • Needs motion to sleep (car, bouncing, buggy)

  • Wakes up crying loud

Does baby have any of the following DIGESTIVE symptoms?

  • Explosive diarrhea

  • Bloating

  • Mucusy stool

  • Blood in stool

  • Rumbly tummy

  • Tender tummy

  • Swollen tummy

  • Bloated abdomen (any time of the day or night)

  • Green poo

  • Lots of bottom wind

  • Painful wind or trapped gas

Does baby display any of the following AFTER a feed (milk and/or solids)?

  • Constant swallowing

  • Crying/fussing

  • Arching back

  • Spitting

  • Vomiting

  • Coughing

Does baby display any of the following RESPIRATORY symptoms?

  • Coughing

  • Blocked nose

  • Cold-like symptoms

  • Sneezing

  • Snoring

Does the baby display any of the following SLEEP symptoms?

  • Constantly moving

  • Frequent night waking (more than 2 / night from 8 weeks)

  • Difficulty staying asleep

  • Short naps (20–45 minutes only)

  • Needs motion to sleep (car, bouncing, buggy)

  • Wakes up crying loud

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