Yeast infection in babies

A new baby is one of the most awe inspiring events that can ever happen. While watching those beautiful eyes we wonder why we have been so blessed to receive such a gift as the baby we are holding.

Unfortunately life can disrupt those wonderful moments with periods of sickness. Having a sick baby is one of the most frustrating and helpless feelings as we so want to make it better and we know that they just don’t understand.

One of the sicknesses that can afflict babies is thrush. Yeast occurs naturally in all babies mouths. It is when this yeast gets out of control that an overgrowth occurs and a yeast infection follows.

Most babies that experience a yeast infection are exposed to it during birth. While traveling down the birth canal it is possible to pass a yeast infection on to a new born baby. You may be experiencing a yeast infection with out even being aware of the fact.

This is not the only way in which a yeast infection can be passed between mother and child. Breast milk can also carry the infection across. Antibiotics are the primary reason for this in so far as antibiotics can kill off good bacteria in the milk which keep the yeast in control.

Because a yeast infection can be passed through milk it is possible that a c-section baby can develop a yeast infection because of antibiotics you or they may be taking. When a yeast infection does develop it is important to treat both mother and baby as it is easy for a yeast infection to linger when not treated completely and thereby re-infecting each other.