Thrush

Will made his monthly visit to the doctor yesterday. This time for thrush.

On Tuesday the day care called Ryan at work to say they suspected that Will had thrush. I have seen photos of it and read about it in the baby books, etc. but was not convinced this is what he had. He's been a little fussy lately, and very drooly, mostly because of the two new teeth that have erupted on his lower gum, and I think a top tooth is on the way. He also has a little rash on his chin where we keep wiping away all the drool and from the pacifier.

I made an appointment first thing on Wednesday (yesterday) and took him to the doctor. Yes, indeed, it is thrush. I've read that you can't really prevent it, it's an imbalance of the bacteria in the mouth (I wonder if the antibiotics he had to take a while back wiped out too much of the good bacteria?) but you can help it go away by keeping pacifiers and bottle nipples super sterile. Operation Sterilization has begun! However, he puts everything he can get his little hands on into his mouth. There are a lot of toys I need to disinfect tonight. I think Martha Stewart has a toy-cleaner recipe in her housekeeping book.

Other than that he is doing great. He has to take some medicine 4x a day for a week and it should clear up as long as we keep him from reinfecting himself. Since he was at the doctor, the nurse weighed him and he is a whopper of a baby! Granted, I had just fed him a 7 oz bottle, and he was fully clothed, but the scale said 22 pounds and 10 ounces!