Thrush - York, PA

My Daughter had thrush so bad at 4 weeks we took her to peds an what she gave didn't work. when she stopped eating i took her to childrens and they gave me meds for her x3 a day plus taking a soft rag and wipe her tongue and gums after every meal. it took about a mouth for it to be completly gone it was something in liq form and i believe called Nystain*mighted be misspelled* it worked great though. after 3 days she was back to her old self.you have to make sure after every meal you wash his bottles in hot water, all binkies, teethers anything his mouth touches it will come right back. that might be your problem why it isn't clearing up.

My son had Thrush when he was six months old, nothing seemed to work.... My GREAT Grandmother suggested that I try Plain Yogurt and it worked! It was gone in two-three days... all I did was give him a little bit on a baby spoon, no more than a table spoon three times a day! Good luck!

Hi J.,
My oldest son had thrush when he was a baby. The doctor said it was from his bottle. I had the same problem and I ended up using a Qtip to put it on his tongue. As long as you put it on when you are supposed to, it should take about a good week.
Don't get discouraged, it will run its course and then it will disappear. You think the medicine is not working, but it is.
I hope this helps.
Take care and good luck
Nikki

I used something called gentian violet and it was cleared up in about 3 days.

Well Thrush is very difficult to treat. My son had thrush when he was about 6 months old. The prescriptions didn't work well or fast enough. So the Dr. suggested I use an over the counter old time remedy call Gentian Violet sold in any pharmacy. It's a purple liquid and stains anything it falls on. But it worked great on my son and as far as side affects I'm not sure it does. Since this med. is used to treat mouth injuries. I applyed it with a Q-tip. Just a small dab on the tongue every other day for about a week will do the trick. The only thing I didn't like about it was that it made his lips and fingers from sucking them purple too. This purple liquid causes it to dry up. Just ask your Dr. first about this method. Good luck.

My baby had thrush for two full months. Me and my baby just kept passing it back and forth since I was breastfeeding her at the time. She was put on liquid Nystatin for the mouth and then I was put on cream Nystatin....OH!! and try to stay away from giving him any more antibiotics (obviously)...this can make the thrush worse. The Gentian Violet didn't work at all - just made a huge mess of things. I wouldn't recommend it. Plus the pediatrition said that there were too many side effects and she didn't recommend giving it to babies. One of the most important things is to sterilize EVERYTHING that comes into contact of his mouth (or in your case if you are breastfeeding - in contact of your nipples). Your bras must be washed in super hot water..towels...robes...nursing pads. And make sure to sterilize his teethers, nipples on bottles, binky's, etc....

My daughter had Thrush the first week she was born. The doctor prescribed medicine drops which I didn't use on a regular basis but it cleared up in about a month. So if you use the medicine as prescribed, it should definitely be gone before a month is up.

my son had thrush until he was almost six months old the stuff is hard to get rid of. he would have it in one area and we would get that cleared up. then it would show up else were the medication really didnt help much for him. it didnt really go away until I put baby orajel on his gums for teething. but I would not recomend that for yours since it burns. I did it once and never did it again after I relized it hurt him.

If you are breastfeeding your baby AND you need to be treated. You would use a yeast infection treatment cream on your nipples--need to wash it off befor nursing. You also need to sterilize everything that goes into your baby's mouth daily, and if you use a breast pump, that should be sterilized daily. After the infection is cleared, you should throw away pacifiers and bottle nipples to get new ones.

If you aren't breastfeeding...still follow the sterilization rules...but I've always heard that using genation violet in the baby's mouth is the best treatment. Messy since it is a dye, but effective.

Good luck!