Help for my cousins 1 yr old!!!!

an endoscopy would show damage in the esophogus…not that I say to test him, but that’s one way to know for sure

I’ve found that if you listen to the cry, you can tell the difference between a baby/child who is waking because they want attention, don’t want to sleep, or just out of bad habit, and a baby who is waking up crying in pain. The cries are different, especially as they get older. A pain cry is sharp and relentless. Sometimes it’s preceeded by moaning or in our case moaning, tossing and/or choking. It’s hysterical in a different way from an attention cry. I’ve found that the waking out of habit/attention doesn’t start out with the same hysteria, it kind of builds there, and also often has short pauses built in where they’re checking to see if someone’s coming.

We’ve had the same problem with Hailey. She’s never slept, though it has gotten better. She used to need to be walked around the house almost all night long, to now going down to sleep, but still waking anywhere from 3-10 times a night, depending on what’s going on (illness, teething etc.). I can tell the difference between her waking in pain and when she just wakes out of habit and wants a drink.

My opinion is generally to trust your instincts. It could be habit, or it could be breakthrough acid. If they really want to find out, then they might have to go through investigations to tell. They can also listen to him at night, and see if they hear him reswallowing, no that that alone will tell them if it’s reflux.

Would they be willing to try something like Mylanta or TUMS before bedtime? My daughter is 18 months old, BTW, so I know how awful it is on the best of nights. I think that if they want to find out what’s really going on, then there won’t be a simple answer, but that’s just my opinion.