General information, not an individual diagnosis. Ask a healthcare professional if you are unsure about your situation.
Regurgitation is milk coming back up after feeds and is common in babies. A baby who tolerates it well does not automatically need tests or medicine.
Raise it during follow-up with the doctor, paediatrician or maternal and child health service. Examination and growth over time help distinguish well-tolerated reflux from a situation needing further assessment.
Seek medical assessment without delay if your baby refuses feeds, stops gaining or loses weight, or if regurgitation is painful or contains blood. Describe feeds that have become difficult too.
An episode during regurgitation with blue colouring or marked paleness, loss of muscle tone and difficulty recovering their breath needs urgent care. Greenish vomit also requires emergency assessment.
In a baby under six weeks, projectile vomiting just after a feed despite a preserved appetite requires urgent medical assessment. This is not simple regurgitation; do not dismiss it as usual reflux.
For assessment, prepare the circumstances of milk coming back up, feeding difficulties and the health record to review weight. Ask which adjustments would help and when growth should be checked instead of changing treatment yourself.
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