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>She now has 9 day old son, milk came in on day 2/3 and infant gaining nicely.
>BUT his bottom bloody raw and not yeast.  Dr says her Breastmilk too acid.
>Client has moderate problem with acid and uses tums 3-4x day and eats no
>citrus or spicy food.
Is it posssible for breastmilk to be too acid ? This doesn't make sense
to me. I mean it isn't compatible with life to have "too acid blood" So
how could milk be too acid?
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>Any ideas on the problem?  She believes "something is wrong with my
>breastmilk".   Any ideas on healing his bottom.  Dr. says to stop use of
>baby wipes and blow dry bottom.

I wonder if there is something in Tums that is irrritating this baby's
bottom. Maybe he is allergic to   disposable diapers or detergent. There
are so many things that cause diaper rash why blame breastmilk first?
 Blow drying sounds pretty ouchy to me. I would say lots of air and soft
well rinsed cotton diapers.

Mary Graden LLL Idaho