Additional advice
When to refer
For healthcare professional use only.
Parents or caregivers do not usually need to seek medical advice if their baby has reflux, as long as the baby is happy, healthy and gaining weight.1
You can advise parents and caregivers to speak to their midwife, health visitor or GP if their baby:1,2
- Is not improving after two weeks of trying to ease reflux
- Gets reflux for the first time when they are over six months old
- Is over 12 months old and still has reflux
- Is not gaining weight or is losing weight.
Click for references
- NHS Reflux in babies. Available at: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/reflux-in-babies/
- NICE. Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: recognition, diagnosis and management in children and young people (2015) Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG1
References last accessed January 2022.