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Ugh. I'm so sorry! Warren and i dealt with this for 2-3 months early this year. I tend to be more of a homeopathic person so you can keep that in mind as you read what we did.

A. The doctors prescribe something - but it has sugar in it so the kids will like it and sugar is supposedly a no-no for fighting thrush. So it maybe be helpful for you - but not for baby. I tried this on Warren and it didn't get rid of it. Of course everyone has their opinion on whether it works or not. I forget what it's called but it's the most common thing used for yeast - prescribed in a cream for diaper rash as well.

B. Clean paci's and toys etc often until it's gone. I actually would only let Warren play with a small number of toys so it was easier for me to keep them clean.

C. Probiotics is helpful in fighting yeast. I ate yogurt. Warren was luckily 6 months so I started giving him some plain orgnaic (Stonyfield) yogurt as well. I also bought probiotics. I would actually mix the child probiotics with 2-3 drops of water to make a paste and used a q-tip to apply it just inside his lips. (also mixed it in with his cereal)

D. A mixture of water/vinegar is helpful. You can use this on your nipples. I also used a q-tip to apply to the spots in Warren's mouth. I ended up using strait vinegar (I WAS SO OVER THRUSH) and he didn't mind it.

E. Try to limit the sugar in your diet. As yeast thrives on sugar

F. There's also something called gentian violet that some people rave about as a one time fix but it also stains easily and I was too lazy to research and try it. Plus there's mixed opinions.

Like I said we dealt with it for a while. It'd be almost gone and then show back up. So be very viligant until you're sure it's gone :) I think a mixture of the pribitics and vinegar is what finally worked for me.

Oh yeah - I'M NOT A DOCTOR :) Just a mom who googled tons and tried every I could to treat the thrush :)

GOOD LUCK!!!