What can prevent yeast infection and thrush?
Obviously avoiding antibiotics unless absolutely necessary would be important. If antibiotics are needed however, it’s a good idea for mom to eat lots of plain yogurt or kefir that has live active cultures. Supplementing with probiotics is also a good idea once the round of antibiotics is finished. Some more things that will help: change nursing pads after each feeding (and be sure to use cloth, not plastic/disposable pads), going braless occasionally allowing the nipples to breathe, wiping baby’s mouth out with a soft clean handkerchief after nursing, and avoidance of refined sugars. What do I do if my baby or I have yeast infection? If a yeast infection is suspected, strict hygiene is necessary to keep it from spreading back and forth from mom to baby. Proper washing of hands with soap and water after all diaper changes and using the bathroom, not sharing bath towels, sanitizing pacifiers (or throwing them away, better yet) and bottle nipples, teething rings and all of baby’s items t
