An Explanation for the Fussiness

Belle is a happy baby, thank goodness.  She smiles and coos and is on the verge of laughing.  But she has these fits of fussiness when she straightens her legs and arches her back and writhes and screams.  Well, those little fits aren't a result of gas bubbles in her tummy or generally crankiness as I'd thought.  I called the pediatrician this week and learned that those symptoms, as well as her burping, hiccuping and spit-up, are the tell-tell signs of reflux.  While I'm happy to have a diagnosis, it's frustrating that I can't do anything buy hold her upright, wipe away her spit-up, and try to soothe her when she has her fits. Poor Belle.  It's unpleasant to see her in discomfort, but it should pass as she grows.