Reflux in toddlers

[rnchugg]

Hi can a toddler get reflux?

My 2 year old has been getting hiccups for the last 2 - 3 weeks and has even been sick with it.

He never had it as a baby.
He does not eat his food to fast.
He has not had any new to eat or drink.
He eats little and offten

I phoned the doctors and they can not see him until monday, they phoned me back and did not give me any advice at all.

Please could someone give a worried mum abit of advice and if there is anything i can give him to stop this

Thanks

[k8bailey]

Reflux in babies is something which they normally grow out of by about 18months. But it's also something that adults can have its kinda like heartburn. My little girl is 9 months and has had problems with reflux since birth, she suffers with hiccups a couple of times a day, but the paediatrician we've been seeing says that hiccups aren't an indicator of anything.

How often is he being sick?

When my little girl has hiccups we give her a drink which nearly always stops them.

Could it be a bug thats making him sick?