Toddler With Gi Issues, Not Dx'd

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My 2 year old son started having GI issues since he was about 3-4 months old where he'd have acidic poops that would burn the skin and cause blisters that oozed and bled and didn't heal for up to two weeks. Now and then he will get wart like looking spots in his diaper area as well but we don't know what they are. Sometimes his poop will look like sand and is almost impossible to wipe off of his skin and will leave his skin all red. He tested positive for delayed allergies to wheat and dairy and recently, through my own removing of foods, found him to have issues with soy and banana's as well. He's a hefty toddler with no eating issues; he loves to eat in fact. Every now and then he will have a nasty, acidic poop but not recently as our whole family has gone gluten and dairy free. (most of us have food allergies) I've taken him to a dermatologist in the past for the sores on his bum and he looked at them for a total of a 1/2 of a second and determined it was the cloth diapers I was using and promised me up and down that if I used disposables, that in 3 weeks he'd be healed. Well, all of my previous babies (he's the 5th) have reacted badly to disposables so cloth was in order for him and I SAW the burn happen once when changing a wet and he happened to poop while on the changing mat with NO diaper on. I couldn't wipe it off of his skin fast enough and when I did, his skin had burnt where the poop had touched. It was shocking!

Anyway, this may be nothing or this may be something. Nothing meaning it's just an allergy. I have my own questions about myself in reading posts around here. I remember my mother telling me that when I was adopted at the age of 5 that I looked like an starving Ethiopian child with tiny arms and legs and a distended tummy. I weighed 26 pounds and wore clothes meant for 2-3 year old toddlers. My hair was very thin and falling out as well. Now growing up I don't quite recall many GI issues except having cramping when I seemed anxious followed by having to use the bathroom right afterwards. Enough about me though, I will save that for another thread in the appropriate forum

What do you all think about my son? He's been gluten-free since 7 months old and he is now just barely 2 years old. Oh, he's always had sandpaper like skin......what is that all about? It seems to be clearing up but it's taken many months!