pink spit up

[Anonymous]

This is my first post about my third reflux baby. I thought I had it all figured out! Well, I have a new issue. My 3 month old had three big pink spit ups today. He’s on compounded Prevacid because solutabs give him diarrhea and it is white. He hasn’t had anything else other than Neocate. Has anyone ever experienced this? I read posts about this, but they all had the pink solutabs.

My ped said to page my GI dr. I missed her call of course, but she left me a message to take him to Children’s Memorial (Chicago) if I thought it was blood but that sometimes Prevacid makes spit up pink. So I may or may not need to make a 45 min drive and spend hours in the ER. I thought I’d see if I could get any responses before I make a decision…

It did wash out of the bib, so I thought maybe not blood?

[Anonymous]

The pink colour from the spit up of kids on prevacid solutabs isn’t b/c they’re pink. It’s because when the prevacid starts to break down by the stomach acid, it turns a pink-brown colour. My understanding is that blood in vomit either looks bright red or like coffee-grounds, both of which are not good. But if you’re worried, always best to take him to the doc. Or maybe take a picture and show the doc. Goodluck.

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