Rash When Son Eats Solids

I had this same problem with my foster daughter and ever time we tried a new food she would do this. our doctor said it is a reaction to foods and she was not ready for them. she would get blisters and very bad diaper rashes. we had to wait to start solids until she was 8 months old and even then we had to do bland baby food we made. if we had to use baby food it had to be organics or foods with out preservatives. She is now 13 months old and doing fine. I would suggest talk with his doctor or pediatrican and then may be try one food for more than 5 days then move on. we did new foods for two week and then added on. this worked for us. if you have more question then you can ask but it is always best to ask doctor and go with you instinks. I know we use lots of corn starch mixed with putrolum jelly for rash this worked at every diaper change.

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Sometimes when starting solids they can get a bit of a diaper rash just because the ph of their stools change due to the new foods. This USUALLY has nothing to do with allergies, but to be on the safe side you should always start with a single grain cereal for awhile and then introduce each food one at a time giving each a couple of days at least to watch for signs of allergies. Good luck!

2 of my 4 had this a little bit. New type of foods in, mean new type of waste out. These foods are likely more acidic than anything he's been having thus far. If the rash is on his bottom, it's probably from the new stuff in his poo. Try a topical ointment. Watch him for other reactions. If anything gets worse, check with his doctor.
Hang in there! Lots more fun to come.

There's no reason to introduce solids just yet. You've started with all the "right" foods, but maybe he's just not ready.

However, just a tiny bit of red on his bottom is a pretty mild reaction, and my baby's all got that from time to time & I never worried about connecting it to foods. Maybe just use a little A&D & call it good.

S.
Mother of 6

Please ask your peditrician this could be a food allergy and some are very serious.

Per my pediatrician, I started my son on cereal first, tried each new cereal a couple of weeks apart. Later when I added other foods, I gave each separate new food a couple of weeks to be sure there was no reaction. My ped & nurses said a reaction could take a few days to get through his system, so introduce separately to check foods individually. It could be that combinations of new foods are not reacting well and he just needs more time to adjust to each one.

I was told to start out with one at a time of the solid foods. It could be also if you let your baby drink orange juice or other juices. I found out with my baby he was alergic to the diapers. Maybe feed him some oatmeal during the day as well as the sweet potatoes. If I am not mistaken it may be that those have some vitamin C and they will cause. I also found that rinsing with water and rubbing some lotion on their back side helps between changing times. Hope I am of help, CS

It might not be the foods. Does he drink orange juice...or a lot of a juice. My son would get a rash on his bottom when he drank orange juice. Too much acid in the juice.

Hi S.,

Probably your little one is not ready for all of the solids, or may be you should start with just veggies and fruits later.
If it helps you to know, I can tell you that when my kid was 6 mo old like yours, his bottom became irritated when I fed him with sweet potatoes, very weird and unusual, but it happened. I tried several months ago to feed him with sweet potatoes again, and still his bottom is sensitive to them. He is 2 years old now. See what happens if you avoid giving your baby sweet potatoes... just in case.....
Good Luck

Try making your own baby food...the preservatives in the food could be causing the reaction. If it still is happening after you've tried making your own food then consult your pediatrician.

My children did the same thing whenever I fed them anything acidic. I just tried to change their diaper as soon as I could. I also used Bag Balm on their bottoms to help protect/heal the rash. Bag Balm is in a square green tin. It is the best thing for diaper rash ever.

Hello!

How funny, my name is also S., I also have a 6 month old baby boy and am having the exact same problem you are :)! A friend of mine told me this was normal when her son started baby food (because the acidity is different maybe?). I am putting Aveeno diaper cream on him with every change and it is only improving slightly. Thanks for asking about this, I will be reading the other replies also :).

S. B

Since you are just starting solids, it would be easier to rule out the allergies if you want to. I would take him off the solids for a few days until the rash clears up. Then introduce one of the foods back into his diet and see what happens. If each food causes the rash, the it is probably just that his system isn't handling the acidity in the new foods very well. There are foods that are less acidic than others though, so if you find that all of the foods you have previously tried are causing the rash, maybe try other foods. Is he eating cereal? Is that causing a rash too? If not, maybe try adding a small amount of the baby food into the cereal. This way he gets in on a smaller scale.

Maybe there is something in food that is not getting digested well and is irritating his skin. If you don't want to wait on the solids, maybe it would help to change his diaper immediately after he goes. Other than that it could be that his system simply isn't ready for solids. That was my first thought when I saw your post. It is perfectly fine to wait on the solids. Some babies aren't ready for them until later, even up to 10 months or older.