4 Month Old with Athletes Foot?

Babypowder these days is cornstarch, which is pure sugar. Yeast (and other fungus) feed off of sugar... so if you suspect fungus avoid baby powder like the plague.

Medicated foot powder is still talc mixed with antifungals. If you need a powder for her feet, stick with one of those.

ALSO, if you look closely, most things say "2 and up except under care of a doctor". Which while just legal pass the buck, is also a good idea in general.

Good move on the doctors appointment. Many yeast infections have the blisters that you're talking about (a yeast infection can happen anywhere there is moisture, warmth, and a food source)... but they'll know in 2 seconds just by looking.
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((And so I don't get any snarky PMs... there are 3 basic food type substances:

- Fats (lipids)
- Proteins (amino acids)
- Carbohydrates (sugars)

There are many kinds of sugar; fructose, lactose, glucose, galactose, sucrose, etc. Anything that ends with an "ose" ending denotes a sugar.

Corn Starch is a carbohydrate (which means it's a sugar), and actually is a polysaccharide (meaning it is made of more than one kind of sugar). The primary sugars that make up cornstarch are glucose and amylose. So no... one will not find the word "sugar" on the ingredients list... because "starch" MEANS "a type of sugar". The same way that sodium means a type of salt. Not all sodium things are table salt, however. Same principle.

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I have eczema on my one hand. I have bumps that look like water on them sometimes. Be careful to what you put on her feet. I would say if anything try some aquaphor. Try to get some air to the feet. I was told to use aquaphor when my son had a spot of eczema. Itching is a sign of eczema.

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Make sure she's only wearing cotton socks and I would think it would be safe to use plain ol' cornstarch for absorbing any moisture. If she's wearing the one piece jammies with the rubber soled feet in them you might just want to cut the feet part out... the soles will make the baby's feet sweat bad.
A lot of powders have talc in them which is actually an irritant, so definitely stick to cornstarch without the added perfumes.

It almost sounds like prickley heat, the way you described it, but never heard of this on feet, so I would talk to the peidatricain to be sure what to do.

LOL Riley, crazy what people will PM you about!

M.

First of all, go sock free. Letting her feet 'breath' will do wonders. Keep her feet clean in the bath and that will help.

Definately talk to her pediatrician or call the advice nurse. It may be fungus, it may also be eczema or it could simply be irritation from all the sweating and having hot feet. Sometimes lotion helps (I know it sounds counter productive) to relieve the itch and provide moisture that isn't sweat...this is especially useful for eczema.

It sounds like she may have given herself some friction blisters...I do not remember atheletes foot having blisters. She could also be reacting to the fibers in the sock, or to the detergent you use...

Definately keep the socks off for awhile though. Feet need to breath and if the socks are irritating her feet, it will be just as good to not use them :)

When my son was a baby, he would get athlete's foot quite often from having sweaty feet. I would just apply an anti-fungal cream after each bath to clear it up. He wasn't quite two either!

Thank God it's not just my son!!! No seriously according to our doc this is pretty common. The powder is good also try Lotrimin creme, and cotton socks. I also had to do away with footed sleepers. Good luck I feel your pain.

Athlete's foot does not cause little water blisters. It eats away at the skin in general underneath the toes, causing what look like little cuts. It sounds to me like the result of some sort of allergy or virus, but only your ped. will be able to say.

My guess is its some sort of yeast infection and you will probably be told to use lotrimin (sp?) cream its over the counter and used to treat athlete's foot/ jock itch, etc. My youngest broke out very badly from this so we have to go in to the dr now every time he breaks out w/ a yeast infection to get a prescription for nystatin ointment.

I get these on my hands and fingers (eczema). They itch like crazy. Tiny tiny little blister looking things. They go away with a steroid cream or you can just wait it out. They need to dry out so sockless is the way to go or a sock that wicks moisture away. Look up what kind of socks to get her that wicks moisture away. Don't get cotton, get a mixed fabric sock. Cotton socks just stay wet and moist.

My kid has super sweaty feet as well, so bad that his skin started peeling off. I used corn starch to soak up the sweat, made extra sure to change his socks often, dry his feet really well after baths and let him wear sandals or go bare foot whenever possible. Now that I'm aware of the problem and have been keeping on top of it I haven't had to use cornstarch recently, which thank goodness because he was leaving little ghost prints all over the house. I don't know what it is with kid feet but it seems like a lot of them sweat like crazy.