yeast

I had been curious for a few days if the persistent white patch on Charlotte's tongue was milk or thrush. I haven't had any symptoms of thrush myself, so I dismissed it as milk. Probably my first mistake, but we'll leave that there.

My ever-rashy daughter started getting worse yesterday. I kept switching back and forth between creams to try and get it figured it out. No luck. I had been told that putting expressed breastmilk on a rash can help. I tried that last night.

This morning the rash looked exceptionally worse. I debated waiting until after her nap, but I didn't. I went ahead and put her in a disposable with some Butt Paste. An hour later with her diaper change, the rash was worse. Even worse, it looked like yeast. I slathered her with Desitin and put her down for her nap. When she woke up, her entire groin area had erupted with yeast.

I called the pediatrician's office and they prescribed a cream for her. Later this evening I recognized the thrush, and called back. Apparently it wasn't anything urgent in their eyes, so a note was left for the doctor. I am guessing/hoping that they prescribe something for Charlotte, and I'm guessing I'll need something as well.

Now, even though the rash looked so bad it made me cry ... I am thinking we have that part under control. But, the next issue is ... getting the yeast out of the diapers.

*sigh* I read for a couple hours and got suggestions from SEVERAL girls from the bump board. Before I really knew what to do ... I filled the washing machine with hot water. Then, I read you shouldn't do that because the heat can make yeast grow.
Next, I filled it with cold water, and put about a cup of vinegar in the machine. After that I was told I should use bleach instead, so I drained the machine and rinsed twice.
I sent James out to get regular bleach, and put a quarter cup of bleach in the machine (no detergent) ... did a double agitation in a hot wash. I will probably rinse a few times to make sure that there is no bleach still on the diapers.
I rinsed three times after the bleach wash and then did a wash with a sample packet of Country Save followed by two rinses.

I am going to get some Grapeseed Extract Oil to drip in the rinse cycle to hopefully combat the yeast from coming back.

I am sooooooo hoping that this diligence will pay off. I am so distraught that this has happened, but I should be grateful that I recognized the yeast rash as early as I did, even though it erupted super quickly.

Only time will tell ...

At least I bought eco-friendly disposables.