"They are wondering if anyone out there has dealt with severe reflux
and what helped."

Nancy, I think you said this baby is five months old, right? I have worked with
a lot of refluxers and, a common way of helping them keep their food down is to
add rice cereal to it. I don't see why this couldn't be added to the
breastmilk...at five months the babe is probably ready for it anyway. Would mom
be opposed to that? It is the thickening of the bbreastmilk that helps it stay
down and, it would add a few calories without introducing the more allergenic
cow's milk formulas.

Susan Keith-Hergert RN, MS, CPN, IBCLC

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