Very acidic poops

[Anonymous]

After seeing the GI doctor in March and DS had no symptoms that he was having reflux, I weaned him off of the prevacid. He was fine for months. Then around the second week of July, his poop started to burn him. I would watch him poop and change him within seconds of finishing and he would have blisters on his bum. Our family doctor assumed it was a fungus, but he didn’t know why he would blister. Within 3 weeks of this starting, he reflux kicked in BAD. I haven’t seen it this bad since he was 6 weeks old. He was having milk in his nose, puking up solid milk chunks. So I started his prevacid again and within 3 days his bum cleared up. My mother took him for the weekend and forgot to give him his prevacid for 24 hours – missing 2 doses, and today his poop is starting to burn him again. I’m curious if anyone else has experienced this? He sees his GI specialist tomorrow morning.

[Anonymous]

Hello there,

When my child had this similar issue, i gave her 1-2oz of water mix with one 1/4 to 1/2 teaspon of baking soda 1-2 (depending on the dose) times a day for 24 to 48 hours (when i most likely saw improvement). The baking soda helps regulate the Ph in the stools (making it less acidic). i am not sure how old your baby is, but if he is under 1 i would start with 1/4 teaspon and less if he is younger. The salt in baking soda can be really hard on an infant kidneys

Hope he feels better soon.

Leo

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