“Reflux” is a hot topic among parents. This catch-all term used to describe a baby spitting up is not necessarily a pathology or disease. As I started researching this large topic, I felt incredibly overwhelmed by how much information and misinformation actually exists with searches on social media and Google. As a result, I put on my clinician/research/nerd brain (thanks to my doctoral studies at Wash U), and started brainstorming clinical questions. What information is actually out there? What are people basing this information on? How does this information impact my patients? How can I share my evidence-based knowledge?
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