About reflux. Dr Pamela Douglas, F2F Masterclass Melbourne September 2018

This page belongs to a collection of short articles and videos in plain language, called When baby cries a lot in the first few months of life. Together, these articles and videos will give you a brief and simple summary of the Possums 5-domain approach to the crying baby. For comprehensive information on this topic, please consider reading The discontented little baby book.

It’s important to have your baby checked by your GP when they cry a lot. About 5% of babies who cry a lot in the first months of life have a medical condition, which we definitely don’t want to miss. The other 95% are well babies, who just cry a lot.

• Although we don’t want to miss a true allergy, crying in itself isn’t caused by an allergy. Neither is fussing with Keep reading