Silver nitrate for umbilical granuloma

Question

My doctor did this on thursday and on friday he had brown spots on his stomach... has this happend to anyone before?? i'm taking him back to the doctor on monday to get it looked at but I want to know if this happend to anyone else before?

Answer 1

its nice to hear my son was not the only one with this silly umbilical granuolma

he was pretty big - almost the size of a grape now its gone ..

anyways; my son had the dark brownish spots too right after she did the silver nitrate treatment and i freaked out that she burned his skin or something; she sad its completely normal and it is not harming the baby (unless your baby is in discomfrot)

BEST OF LUCK!

Answer 2

Yes.  It happened to my son after I failed to take care of his umbilical stump properly.  The ped used the silver nitrate and for a while after he had a brown blotch on his tummy.  It eventually peeled off  and the Ped. said it was fine and that it can stain their skin sometimes.