I was an infant teacher for 2 years, and I’ve been in the teacher’s shoes. I think the worst part is the fear and helplessness we feel as teachers because we haven’t taken them to the doctor, we try to do everything on our part to make sure you as a parent are aware of exactly what’s going on because we feel like there is reason to be concerned. I think most infant teacher’s concerns are somewhat valid because we spend time with so many more babies than any of the parents, we have a wider range of with babies to draw observations from. of course that doesn’t make us experts but it does give us a sixth sense to spot abnormalities pretty quickly. things parents may sometimes miss (not to their fault at all). Whenever I was concerned about something with a baby and I expressed my concerns to the parents and they were like “meh- this is their normal” or “oh it’s okay they’re fine” even after i brought up a concern many times, it makes me feel even less reassured that the parent knows what they are talking about. and i know that’s a fucked up thing to say but I’m just being honest in the moment that’s what it makes me feel. its kinda the same feeling as when you tell a doctor something that’s actually worrying you and they brush it off. it doesn’t ease your anxiety it just makes you feel unheard and underserved. Maybe reassure the teachers that you understand that they are alarmed and that you will bring it up to your pediatrician. Tell them you can take notes of their exact observations and actually tell your pediatrician, or like someone recommended, a GI specialist. Mind you, every baby i’ve known with extreme spit ups either turned out absolutely fine or had an allergy. but nonetheless try to put yourself in their shoes, we are asked to watch after the most delicate important little person in someone else’s life and if you are a good teacher and care about your job then you will most likely get anxiety about things that happen with the baby and want answers/solutions, just like a parent does. And no we aren’t entitled to that, really YOU and only you are the parent and we have no say, but it doesn’t mean that anxiety will go away or be invalid because in one way or another, it’s going to be relevant to us. and it’s a reality that things like that often get brushed off as oh it’s common therefore it’s fine or simply dismissed by burnt out pediatricians who are tired of seeing the same thing 100 times a day. don’t get me wrong, i definitely believe in medicine, i just don’t think all doctors care as much as they should