Looking to get advice on how to soothe and comfort a baby with hand foot and mouth disease, she is 1 yr and four months old, besides fever reducers, what else can be done?
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Bonjela in the mouth
Calamine lotion all of the spots! My daughter had it really bad more on her body then mouth tho. It helped dry them up!
Pediatrician can prescribe something called a “magic mouthwash” to help mouth pain
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Oatmeal baths help soothe their skin! Give them something cold to chew on for the blisters in their mouth.
Cold foods. Applesauce. Yogurt. Ice cream. Whatever to soothe her throat.
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Ask your dr to call you in major mouth wash helped my daughter
Please watch it my cousins boy age 2 just got of hospital after two weeks rare side effect could not stand ck blood levels high. A simple childhood thing that can turn deadly
Benadryl. Calamine lotion. Anti itch cream. My kids got HFM last summer, the only thing that helped my daughter was anti itch cream for her feet and hands. And lots of rest. Tylenol, ibuprofen, etc.
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Oatmeal bath… Thats what i did with my daughter
Yup Tylenol, oatmeal baths and anti itch cream other than that not much you can do. Thankfully once the blisters pop they seem to not bother them too much anymore
When my daughter had it I’d put a few drops of Tea Tree oil in a warm bath, it helped her alot
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I was told Tylenol or ibuprofen to help but there’s not much to do…
Maalox an Bordeaux bbutt paste mix together the coat all over her/him Maalox helps sooth an buttpaste dries rash up
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My son had it at 6 months and pedialyte popsicles were our best friend! They kept him hydrated when he wasn’t taking much because of the mouth sores and he liked them!
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You can put mylanta in her mouth. It helps with pain. The doctor told me it won’t hurt if they swallow it. My son had the blisters in his throat.
Use a straw (helps to avoid the blisters)to let the kid drink and suck yogurt, smasched fruit ice cream or other things… And especially mashed bananas… They contain enzymes that sooth the pain… At least it helped with my little one
Calamine lotion will help sooth there skin so they dont itch as much. Oatmeal baths and fever meds if they have a fevet
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Swab insides of mouth with qtip soaked in a mix of Malox/Mylanta & Benedrayl.
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Oatmeal baths can help
Oatmeal bath. Theres a saying, put them in water or take them outside… if the oatmeal bath doesn’t work, put her in her stroller if you have one and walk around the back yard (provided it isnt too cold). It will calm her down if shes fussy because she doesnt feel good.
Honestly we used itch cream like cortisone 10 and a lot of it.
Popsicles really help or anything cold
Head and shoulders original shampoo bath her in it x
Ask the doctor about the “magic mouthwash” it has Benadryl and mylanta mixed… Idk of u can use it on a Q-tip n rub it around.? Anything cold and soft foods. Nothing acidic or salty.
Pedialyte or Gatorade popsicles. Cool compresses, frozen fruit in those mesh bag pacifiers to chew on. Dunno if a cool oatmeal bath would help
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Tylenol and Motrin rotate every 4 hours start with one then 4 hours later do the other give popcycles and lots of fluids
So but what is hand foot mouth disease?
Just popcicles and time and pain relievers. My son got it bad when he was 4 but his 2 year old brother was still nursing and got only like 3 spots.
Oatmeal bath and baking soda baths. Calamine lotion on the spots can help dry them out and help with the pain. Push fluids as much as you can.
I had this as an adult and It was completely awful , I had to drive 12 hours and my hands were on fire and I kept having to spray dermaplast on It . I’ve never felt worse ! I suggest an oatmeal bath!
I had this as an adult. It’s honestly not as bad as you imagine. Just keep little one cool and plenty of fluids as she’ll probably have a sore throat. But should be cleared up in a week or so 
My daughter got this at 14/15 months we used sudocream and calamine lotion on the body & calpol when needed, didn’t find hers to be itchy but she stopped being off after about 3 days x
I’ve always heard it’s something that just has to run it’s course. Maybe try a aveeno baby oatmeal bath ?
Epson salt bath helped my little one. When she had it
Oatmeal baths and cool liquids for the sores inside the mouth. Those were life savers when my little one had it.
If she has it in her mouth maybe something cool to chew/ gnaw on.
Try Popsicles. Frozen yogurt.
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If you’re still breastfeeding, that helps.