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Basically it feels like you're really hungry b/c tthere's excess acid in your stomach and it splashes up into your esophagus. They can do a test for it in the hospital where they put a tube down the nose into the esophagus during the night (overnight stay) and check the acidity of the esophagus. Thats' how we found out my 7-month old dd had it, after months of having no clue. She still has some reflux but no longer needs medicaiton to sleep at night. If you are ok with meds, you can ask for a trial of Zantac syrup for her and see if that corrects it. there's really no natural treatment, unfortuantely, you have to get rid of the acid. Tums help in the short-term but only for a few hours and they won't prevent the damage the acid can do to the cells lining the esophagus.
In the meantime, I always used to get up and drink a glass of milk. It helped coat my stomach. Cheese is good, too, unless youre' dairy-free. Drinking water at night made it worse.
Water makes it worse, as will carbohydrates. Try not to let her eat right before bed, though, as it will make the stomach produce mroe acid. Other tips:
Small, frequent meals - avoid very fatty foods - avoid chocolate, coffee, tea - avoid tomatoes, orange juice, and other acidic foods, apple juice is ok - definitely no tomatoes!
Good luck!
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