is it common for a baby to have thrush in his mouth?
Question by Dani Mom: is it common for a baby to have thrush in his mouth?
my baby is six month old now. he is lealthy with no problem. but when he was two months, i notices some thick white thrushes on his mouth specially on his tongue. i used Nistatine to clean them and then they gone. But i was just reading an article which was about autistic babies with candida and yeast infections. I do not know if these thrushes was also a kind of thoses candia or not? please help.
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Answer by Corasmom
It’s super common to have thrush, and lots of people have candida, too, without being autistic.
Thrush is treated with nystatin liquid in the baby’s mouth, and nystatin ointment on your nipples, because otherwise you’ll just pass it back and forth when baby eats! Go to the doctor, and get the prescription, and it’s no big deal. Or, go to the health food store and get gentian violet (ask them how to use it, it’s easy).
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most babies have it, its very common, just go buy some tooth and gum cleaner and clean his mouth 2 times a day just as you brush your teeth
both my son and daughter both had it. just go to your local doctor and they will give you something. not to worry ok sweetie.
If you had vaginal thrush when he was born (and many women get it in pregnancy, without any symptoms), it could easily have transferred to him on the way out. It usually takes a few weeks before you can see it in his mouth. My son got it at 6 weeks and he is not autistic. He’s now 13 years old and normal.