Let’s see… we’ve got Soda… Purple Stuff… Sunny D…
No. My just short of 6 month old who doesn’t yet drink anything but mama’s moo juice did not get into the purple stuff. He did not grab a handful of blueberries. And Jonah did not color his mouth purple with a Mr. Sketch… at least I don’t think that happened. Nope. None of those things are true.
But what is happening is thrush.
We’ve got the yeasty beasty at the Brehm house. Harrison started with a patch of odd looking business on his business about two and a half weeks ago. That, followed by a patch under his chin, had me thinking oh, boo, he got my eczema. But no, no momma. Because soon, his mouth was chalky white inside his cheeks and on his tongue {like imagine that it always looks like you just drank mylanta}, and all signs pointed to a yeast infection and oral thrush.
I’d heard of thrush but it was one that we had been able to avoid with the first two bros. Don’t misunderstand … we dealt with plenty o’ yeasty bums whenever antibiotics were prescribed {and if you’ll recall, they were serial daters pf ear infections so antibiotics did abound} … but candida in the form of oral thrush had stayed at bay.
Boo.
So what’s the dealio? Well. First. First they asked if I have any signs of it. Because it’s oral, there’s a chance of contracting every time he nurses. Which is 6-8 times a day. So how I’ve yet to have any signs is beyond me. Next. Probiotic. Check. H is always on a probiotic due to his early start. After that. Antibiotics. A ten day course of Nystatin compound or as I like to call it, Barf Juice. Because that’s what it made Harrison do. For ten days. Amazeballs. Speaking of balls. For the yeasty areas on and around his person, we applied Lotrimin {yeppers… the foot cream} and calmoseptine lotion 4x daily. So that was the first go-round.
But this thrush business is persnickety. Almost anyone whose babe has been in the throes of thrush seems to feel that it is a stubborn little bird. So after we saw white on the inside of his bottom lip along with open sores in his cheekies it was back to the doc. And onto the next step. Gentian Violet. Or as I like to call it, Grimace Juice.