Thrush

My darling daughter has now had oral thrush 3 times and been treated with Nilstat and this time she also has a small amount on her bottom. It doesn't help that I am also on penicillan as apparently this can bring thrush out.
I have been told to not wear a bra or breast pads as thrush can harbour in this and to boil toys & dummies, use only disposable nappies, apply nilstat cream to her thumb.
I'm really struggling with this thrush as of course any mother doesn't like seeing their child unhappy.
Can anyone give me advise on what they have done, any good ideas/tips and will this eventually go away??

My daughter was on antibiotics twice in her first 2 weeks and she ended up with thrush in her mouth and on her bottom too. We had to use Nilstat for her oral thrush, Daktosin for her bottom and Miconazole Cream for my nipples. (I hope I got all the names right).

The Daktosin was great for the bottom because it doesn't 'wash' off when they pee and it cleared up her bottom really quick. The Nilstat we had to use for ages but it did clear up in the end. It's just such a nuisance doing it every feed (not to mention really messy). The Miconazole was just a precautionary measure. I have since heard of someone else who was told to also put the Nilstat on their nipples. If you have to stay on the penicillan for a while it might pay to ask your midwife or doctor what else you can do for your daughter such as the probiotics.

Good luck and I hope it clears up quickly.

Daktosan, daktosan, daktosan for the bum (not sure I spelt it right). Everytime my youngest stepdaughter came to us she had thrush and open sores on her bum due to her mother never changing her! (another story for another time hehe) She would come on the Friday afternoon, I would bath her immediately (actually they all usually need a good bath) and powder on her bum (just a little) to dry the sores or the cream would smear right on and off, then smear her butt with this cream. By the Sunday night when it was hometime she was pretty much all cleared up and then we would do the same thing again when they came on the Wednesday night etc. etc. Sorry but have no ideas for the oral thrush.

canestan in-wash. You add it to your washing and it kills the thrush along with other nasties.

Yep I wouldn't use cloth for the duration unless you use the canestan wash. I'm sure that's how I got thrush on my nipples - from washing the breast pads with the nappies.

Yep you can get it at the supermarket. The not wearing breast pads or a bra will be to give your nipples some air - same as nappy off time for your bub.

I was the same so I just tried to do an hour a day with no bra on while Rowan was asleep. Sat in bed with a towel on my lap to catch the drips

Cath had systemic thrush at 6 weeks. Thrush on inside of mouth and on bottom too. Treated bottom with daktozin ointment (ointment stays on unlike a cream). Use disposables while she is being treated for thrush is what my doctor recommended.

Use nilstatin? oral medication (dropper) much nicer than trying to smear some cream in babies mouth. Use nilstatin? cream for nipples (does not have to be washed off, safe for breastfeeding). Both are prescribed. Don't use daktarin oral gel on boobs - very drying and i think that doctors were directed to advise people to NOT use it on boobs last year.

Parent centre also advocated a vinegar dip (vinegar/water mixture) for nipples (something about how thrush can't survive in this sort of acidic environment) - check with doctor/parent centre/plunket regarding this information.

It took six weeks to clear up (so about 4 repeats of medication) totally.

Now:

Caths' bum thrush (no spots in mouth this time) came back with a vengence and i asked doctor to refer us to a dermitis specialist who i saw today. The specialist advocated lots of nappy off time. No daktozin this time (daktozin is an inhibitor of yeast/thrush so DOES NOT kill it), and prescribed Batrafen Cream, twice daily, (kills yeast/thrush apparently), and on top of that, also twice daily, micreme H. When not using those he said put vaseline on the area. Bath baby and put something (i don't have the name of it on hand, it's a shampoo that you add to the water, will put it in here tomorrow) in the bath water.

Cath reacts to vaseline! looks like burn marks on her bottom from where the vaseline was applied. Must have very sensitive skin. Hope that DD, mcilrs, responds well to her treatment.

Hi All
Thanks for your fantastic suggestions, so far this is what I have been doing/using:
Nappy time off whenever dd is awake (lots of washing towells with this procedure!!)
Plenty of time with bra off also, luckily I live in a rural area so no one is around!
Daktarin on my nipples
Nilstat in the mouth for dd
Micreme on dd bottom
Eating yogurt that contains acidophulus
Canestan in wash for all washing cycles!
If i don't kick this thrush this time then there must be something seriously wrong!!!
Thanks again for the great tips.