treating mouth sores in a toddler

[Evelynmia'smom]

Hi all...my 21 month old has what I think it hand foot and mouth and she has been miserable on and off since Friday. She has two sores on her tongue and isn't eating much. I don't know what to do for her. What can I put on the sores?

[Marnica]

Ask your ped for a rx for a "magic Mouthwash"....there is no standard recicie but most have lidocaine in them. .....You can ask your ped for a mixture of equal parts of viscous lidocaine, benadryl and non-flavored liquid mylanta. Have her take a teaspoon of it, swish it around her mouth and spit it out. It will topically numb it.
http://www.drotterholt.com/magicmouthwash.html

[blessedwithboys]

hi ya'll, i'm resurrecting this thread bc my 8yo has HFM right now and his gums are so swollen they bleed profusely when you touch them. he screams in pain even drinking water and hasnt brushed his teeth in a solid week and since he cant eat he's lost 10% of his body weight. i've literally had to force feed him tiny bites of vanilla ice cream, even that hurts.

we were in the ER today and left with a rx for magic mouthwash. ds did it 2x between picking it up from the pharmacy and bedtime. he said it didnt numb him at all. he cried and screamed while eating a popsicle.

does anyone know if it is supposed to work immediately? i imagine it should, and you arent supposed to have to wait days for it to work. i'm also doing colloidal silver swishes, a tsp every 1-2 hrs.

if ds isnt eating and drinking normally by monday (its 5am sunday now) he will be admitted to the hospital for IV nutrition.