Baby yeast infection-- any tips?

Re: Baby yeast infection-- any tips?

• Emilyraymond member

  March 2014

  Emilyraymond said:

  This is my first girl and I never really thought about it before but didn't realize babies would get yeast infections. One of the lovely pleasures of being female. Anyways, Maci is on her third antibiotic in 3 weeks and the dreadful Yeast infection is here I think. Anyone have any experience with this? A lady at daycare said I could just put regular monistat on her. Thoughts??

  Eta: will call pedi tomorrow and ask but wanted to get your ideas too if there was something I could get over the counter tonight.
  
  

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• Emilyraymond member

  March 2014

  Emilyraymond said:

  Emilyraymond said:

  This is my first girl and I never really thought about it before but didn't realize babies would get yeast infections. One of the lovely pleasures of being female. Anyways, Maci is on her third antibiotic in 3 weeks and the dreadful Yeast infection is here I think. Anyone have any experience with this? A lady at daycare said I could just put regular monistat on her. Thoughts??

  Eta: will call pedi tomorrow and ask but wanted to get your ideas too if there was something I could get over the counter tonight.
  
  Oops- did that wrong.
  
  

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• Emilyraymond member

  March 2014

  Ok thank you! I don't cloth diaper but I do BF. I'll go get some cream tonight. And I have probiotics that I'll take too.

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• germanpickle member

  March 2014

  We have been struggling with a yeast infection for over two months. We tried all the creams with no real success. So we went to: 

  
  

  Grapefruit seed extract, 10-15 drops mixed with 200ml of water, sprayed onto the little lady's bum at every other diaper change. 

  Coconut oil spread on her bum between the grapefruit seed extract (because the extract could dry out the skin too much which would suck)

  I also drink the grapefruit seed extract 10 drops in 100ml water 1-2x a day, since I BF.

  And, last but not least, we moved to cotton diapers. 

  
  

  Also I take probiotics to rebuild each of our guts.

     
  

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• Babyherzog123 member

  March 2014

  I was told lotramin as well.

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• Emilyraymond member

  March 2014

  Thank you all! I had not heard of the coconut oil and grapefruit seed. I will deft try them.
  
  @ntrick- omg 2 months! Poor baby! This just started a couple days ago. I can't imagine 2 months. I hope your Lo gets better soon!

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• Arod1087 member

  March 2014

  Get that poor baby on probiotics ASAP! She needs to rebuild gut flora and then make sure to continue them post antibiotics too! Good luck!

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• germanpickle member

  March 2014

  Yeah, now that we are on cloth diapers 100% of the time, she is awesome! Thanks and good luck!

     
  

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• Emilyraymond member

  March 2014

  Thank you all! I've been putting the monistat on her and taking probiotics myself. It seems to be getting better. We still have another week of the augmentin so I'm going to keep it up even afterwards for a while.

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