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Life as a little baby may be hard: so galore sights, sounds and sensations to adjust to. Thrush may make life for a little baby – and mom – even harder. If thrush is the most severe health issue you have to contend with, then in a great deal of ways you’re very lucky. However, that doesn’t make thrush easy to deal with.

Without the right approach, treating babies with thrush may be difficult and frustrating. Feedings, diaper changes, night-wakings, and the innumerable other responsibilities of caring for a newborn may make oral thrush seem downright overwhelming. Let’s look at a good deal of of the most mutual sensations or changes of oral thrush:

-Creamy, white patches on the tongue, gums or inside the cheeks
-Difficulty nursing and/or reluctance to nurse
-Unusually fussy
-Baby’s mouth seems sore, painful.

The yeast cell candida albicans (which causes thrush) loves the warm, wet, sugar-rich environs of babies’ mouths. Breast milk is rich in the natural sugar lactose, while formulas integrate added sweeteners; whether a baby is breastfed or bottle-fed, yeast cells will have plenteous feed to grow and multiply.

The prevalent use of antibiotics, both for c-sections and strep B bacteria, has made infant thrush more mutual than ever. Antibiotics wipe out both mom and baby’s natural yeast defenses, making yeast overgrowth more likely. If mom has vaginal yeast, this may cause baby to catch the yeast coming through the birth canal. Prematurity or use of steroids may also make thrush more likely.

There are two mutual approaches to treating babies with thrush:
1.) use prescription pharmaceuticals such as Nystatin or Diflucan to kill the yeast or
2.) to kill the yeast with “natural” or home remedies. I say “natural” because galore mutual home remedies, such as gentian violet, are not in truth natural. Gentian violet is a petrol derivative and carries increased long-term peril for oral cancer.

In any case, both the pharmaceutical and “natural” approach are imperfect solutions because they don’t stop the yeast from growing back. Pharmaceuticals such as Diflucan and other antifungals carry the further and added danger of severe side effects, which is in particular troubling for a newborn. (Nystatin is the safest of the pharmaceutical drugs but is not very effective and may most times cause the yeast to mutate into a more difficult to treat form.)

Some thrush home remedies carry significant risks as well, which is worrisome since well-meaning mothers may merely not be conscious of potential side effects. I’ve seen merchandise containing colloidal silver, tea tree oil and oregano oil all advertised for infant thrush problems: each of these has significant worries as far as treating babies.

My own personal experiences with the difficultness of treating thrush naturally and permanently led me to develop a comprehensive approach to treat infant thrush quickly and safely, with only positive side effects: zero destructive ones. The key lies both in killing the existent yeast (safely) and curing the underlying imbalance that permitted the yeast cells to grow out of control in the introductory place.

<\div> As babies grow older, they like to reach for the bottle when drinking. The MAM hold me bottle is the perfective answer to this because It is little handles make it very easy for baby to hold with their little hands. At the same time, the extra-soft spout helps the little one to move from bottle or breast to cup. Includes 1 9 ounce hold me bottle with x-cut nipple for greatest or most complete or best possible flow. You may receive this item in pink or blue.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Color Doesn’t Matter if It Works
By kat
To everyone who has given this product a negative review because they can’t choose the color – your child doesn’t care what color their bottle is, only you do. Is it inconvenient? Yes. But is it really a deal breaker?

This product works great. My daughter is/was exclusively breastfed and loves her MAM pacifiers. We didn’t know that MAM made bottles as well (they’re not readily available in the area we live in) so we tried giving her other bottles when she was an infant. Unfortunately, she just squawked and bawled at them and we gave up on bottles for a while. Needless to say, having to feed directly from the breast is not always convenient nor practical and doesn’t really allow my husband and I to have a night out by ourselves – or let me have much freedom at all, for the matter.

Around the time she turned four moths, I found a MAM bottle at a baby store an hour away from us and – hurray! – she took to it right away. Unfortunately, I left the bottle at her grandparents’ house in another state and haven’t had time to buy another one. Now that she’s started solids and the weaning process has begun, I’ve decided to introduce formula to her in another attempt to give mom and dad some freedom. So I bought her one of these. Again, she has taken to the bottle like a dream and loves being able to hold on to the handle and control the bottle, making feeding so much easier and more pleasant. I am so thankful for MAM.

FYI, we received a blue bottle and she could not care less. By the time she does, she won’t be using it anymore anyway.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
AMAZING Bottle but Colors Do Vary!
By Pam
I’m giving this bottle 5 stars but NOT Amazon.com! They really do need to specify bottle colors. I have twin sons and ended up with one pink and one blue. I’m fine with using the pink at home but it won’t be going anyplace with us! Anyway, these are the best bottles for babies that are 6+ months old! My boys LOVE the handles and at 6 months, they are so proud that they are starting to hold their own bottles! Also, this bottle comes with an x-cut super fast nipple AND a soft spout for transitioning to a sippy. I actually find the x-cut to be a bit fast right now but you can use the regular number 3 Mam nipples with these bottles too. Mam is the only brand of pacifier and bottle that my twins will use. I also used Mam when my daughter was a baby. I had no idea they made these fabulous trainer cups. They’re hard to find!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Colors WILL Vary.
By A.M. Lee
Lesson in life #459- When they say “colors may vary”, don’t chance it or you’ll end up with pink bottles for your son. I’m not one of those people who must have blue things for my son, but there really should be a choice.

I do like the MAM bottles a lot more than most bottles; however, it is best to try and get the bottles that allow you to choose the color. If you can’t find them. I would definitely recommend the Avent bottles. They may not be as colorful and fun, but their function is great! It also seems like a lot of babies enjoy them.

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