About half of babies under 3 months of age bring up food at least once a day.¹

But only about 14 in 100 babies under 3 months of age have frequent, persistent problems with bringing up food.¹

One study found that the most common age forchildren to get problems with bringing up food was five months. ² 25 in 100 babies had a persistent problem at this age. But by the time they were seven months old only 7 in 100 babies still had recurrent vomiting.

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