Look at my precious angel – do you think she deserves to suffer from oral thrush? What is that? It is when your newborn has little white polka dots all over her mouth inside, on the inside cheeks, on the tongue, on the inner lips…….

One day, I noticed 2 white spots on T2’s tongue. I quickly asked CLM what they were and she said not to worry, it is just milk. I wondered why milk would be curdled into little dots but I didn’t question her, she is the expert after all.

The next day, T2’s mouth had more white polka dots and again, I felt that something was amiss. I asked the CLM again what was wrong with my milk when it was sticking all over T2’s mouth. She brought out her glasses to look and freaked out. She said she had never seen such a thing before and that I should see the Doctor immediately.

That made ME panic and so I called the Doctor whose nurse said it sounded like oral thrush. They advised me to wash her mouth with some water to see if it went away and if it didn’t, then most likely it was oral thrush. I had no idea what that was but was going to wait till the next day to bring T2 to the Doctor as it was already 3.45pm and the Doctor closed at 4.30pm.

But the CLM was completely freaking out insisting that I needed to bring the baby to the Doctor immediately so I quickly called again to tell them we were making a dash to the hospital and a dash to the hospital we did. Just me and the Hubs.

It turns out T2 did have oral thrush and the Doctor said it was due to poor hygiene and asked if my CLM put her fingers into baby’s mouth. I said I had no idea as I wasn’t with the baby 24/7 and knowing how CLM doesn’t obey me, it is possible.

To cut a long story short, the Doctor prescribed some Daktarin to rub into baby’s mouth and my nipples or otherwise we would be passing it to each other and we returned home 3 hours later.

If your baby has oral thrush, get some Daktarin, wash your hands thoroughly and dry it with a paper towel. Make sure your nails are super short and rub the gel with your pinky all over your newborn’s mouth inside. Wash your hands again and rub the gel onto your nipples. It should clear within a few days. But experts say that you should continue treating yourself and baby at least a week after the thrush clears and in the meantime, to not wash your towels (or whatever comes into contact with your breasts) with other clothes as cross contamination can occur.You should also wash your towels in boiling hot water and change it regularly.

Wear disposable breast pads until a week after the thrush clears. If you don’t have them, then you should also wash your bras in boiling hot water. When you have thrush, your breasts will feel a sharp knife jabbing like pain cutting within it every now and then, maybe a few times a day, and usually after a feed.

Sometimes, when a baby has oral thrush, she may also have some rash around the anus hole. In that case, check with your Doctor what you need in order to treat it. And as much as possible, keep your nipples and baby’s butt exposed to air.

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Mamapumpkin spent 7 years in London committing crimes to gain her Bartlett degree in Architecture. She then spent 7 years as a Stay At Home Mom raising her children as documented in this blog of over 15 years thereafter returning to the Corporate World stronger than ever as the Country Director of a British Multinational. She sets out to prove to all, that you can have anything and everything that you want; if you have that fire of desire burning within and the drive to work hard. Even better with much love.

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