It is a hard one. My DS had reflux but I did not medicate him, as I could controll it with my diet. He didnt like me eating anything too acidic, or tomatoes or spicy foods.
My Pead recommended I start him on rice cereal and solids early, around 4 months, but I didn't start that early. I started him on some rice cereal in the evenings, made up with water, at about 5 months. It helped me cope with the evening cluster feeding, he needed less boob, but did nothing for his reflux. He was chucking frequently.
But it is getting less now at 7 months. Also, I have been very slow at introducing the foods, as I don't want to flair up any issues with food intolerance, and so far, he does not do well with potato or anything acidic.
HTH and Good luck with working out what to do with your DD.
From my learnings - after 3 reflux babies, a lot of reflux is actually caused by a food intolerance. One of the main causes is a dairy intolerance (not a lactose intolerane). A Cows Milk Protein Intolerance is just so common they are coming to find, as the human body isn't designed to break down the protein in cows milk and it can take the body 6-12 months to learn how to not flip out at it. Unfortunately, adding in solids usually adds in more CMP and irritates the gut even more.
Perhaps try a dairy free diet for yourself and see if it does work for you. It's not that hard once you know what products have milk in them - yes, there is a lot, but there are alternatives to all of them.
Adding in solids has never worked for keeping reflux at bay for me - all it meant was chunkier stuff to come up and it's more uncomfy for the bubs to chuck.
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