Yeast Infection?

Celeste - posted on 01/21/2011

Thank you for the suggestions! She is doing great and the infection has been gone for about a week now.

Just need to continue what I am doing (zinc-oxide cream, cut out bubble baths, cut sugars) and she should be fine!

Thanks again! Much appreciated!

Tamika - posted on 01/20/2011

Hi Celeste, I just took my 21month daughter to the dr. for a yeast infection. I had no idea that little girls can get them being the fact my first two are boys. I freaked out thinking all kinds of things. However, her pediatrician explained to me this does happen. So treatment......she prescribed a paste like cream with anti-fungal medicine in it. By the second day after treament she was healed. She also told me NOT to use wipes on her, and sit her in a bath twice a day. Hope this is useful

Majaliwa - posted on 01/20/2011

Yeast infections occur when there is an overgrowth of bad bacteria (think of what happens to you whenever you take an antibiotic). What this means is that you need to restor the good bacteria in her system. One of the most natural ways to do this is to take acidophillis. You can find it at any healthfood store. Add 1/4 tsp to her diet once a day. It will restore the good bacteria to fight off the bad bacteria and keep her system in balance. As an FYI, its also a good way for you to keep your system in balance too. Doing this regularly (i.e. daily) will also eliminate the need to have to use creams on your baby.

The live cultures in yogurt are also a good source of acidophillis which is why yogurt works as well. Try 'good' yogurts though - like organic ones or greek ones, yoplait isn't really the best source.

And, like some others have mentioned, cutting out sugar and citrus will also help. Sugar and citrus can kill good bacteria and cause an overgrowth of bad bacteria leading to yeast infections.

Ella - posted on 01/19/2011

My daughter had one when she was really little - the Dr. told me to use Canesten external cream on her - worked like a charm. To prevent them in the long run cut out sugar (as much as you can).

Pam - posted on 01/19/2011

my niece use to get them ALL the time, they would apply yogart. I know sounds funky but it worked..., cranberry juice to drink also

Catharine - posted on 01/07/2011

First of all, I assume you have some nystatin cream for her? My 6 month old has had yeast/thrush off an on since she was three weeks old. She seems particularly susceptable to it. My doctor told me the same thing--some little girls get it a lot because it's really hard to get yeast out of their systems. He said eventually they outgrow it. Everything pp said I've also read and are options for your toddler--no sugar, add yogurt--of course, my daughter is too young for those things. My nursing book says yeast can live on pacifiers or other surfaces, so to be sure to replace or boil things they've had in their mouths like that or toothbrushes that could be re-introducing the yeast.

My little one is just getting over an infection right now and I've been giving her some of the oral nystatin from her last thrush infection as well, and plan to boil or replace everything that regularly goes into her mouth this time i hopes of reducing the frequency of these things for her.

Helen - posted on 01/06/2011

avoid sugar and yeast products and eat live yoghurt