diet/health and teething issues

[Vaquitita]

i know this is a bit off topic, but i wonder if anyone here has some suggestions for dealing with teething? i remember reading somewhere on mdc awhile back, that candida overgrowth can cause teething to be more difficult. does anyone know anything about this?

ds's teething is driving me nuts. for the past month he just wants to nurse all freaking night long. i'm preg, my nipples are sore, and i need my sleep! this morning he woke up at 6 and nursed till 7:30 before finally letting go. of course by that point i couldn't go back to sleep, i was too hungry, irritated, and needing to pee. so i get to start today exhausted and cranky.

so far only one tooth has come in, but i can see where a molar on each side of his bottom jaw has moved up ready to come in. but he has three other teeth that need to come in first. this could go on for months! and then he'll probably start on more top teeth.

i discovered a candida overgrowth in myself about a year ago, went on the 'coconut diet' and had all my symptoms clear up over several months. i've slacked off on the coconut since then, though i do still eat some and eat some form of probiotic every day (yogurt, water kefir, kombucha). since getting preg, i have had some acne problems again. which i thought was just hormones, but maybe its the hormones causing the candida to flare up? anyway, all of that to say maybe ds 'inherited' candida overgrowth from me? i can't say he has symptoms, but i'm not sure what the symptoms would be in an 18mo.

any help would be greatly appreciated!

[bluets]

have you tried a craniosacral therapy session for your ds? i found that it usually helped my ds - we'd go to a session and then a day or so later, a tooth would emerge with much less effort.

[Vaquitita]

Originally Posted by bluets

have you tried a craniosacral therapy session for your ds? i found that it usually helped my ds - we'd go to a session and then a day or so later, a tooth would emerge with much less effort.

i'm not familiar with that, is it similar to chiropractic?

[bluets]

similar but gentler. CST is to chiropractic as homeopathy is to naturopathy. does that help?

[caedmyn]

I don't know if it's possible to "inherit" candida, but I think if you had candida when your DS was born he is more likely to have it because your gut flora would have been imbalanced and he would have gotten that imbalance during his trip through the birth canal and possibly through BF'ing as well. Some common symptoms of yeast overgrowth in babies are drooling and chewing on hands when not teething, persistent red butt crack diaper rash, and yeast diaper rashes. Eczema can also be a sign of a yeast problem, but it can be related to food intolerances/allergies as well.

[littlehawksmom]

My chiro does a very gentle form of adjusting. It uses a sort of crystal wand (rubbing plate device?) and very gentle pressure. I think it is called Toftness technique and is very non-invasive. She also used kinesiology to determine a wheat sensitivity. Between getting rid of the glutens and the adjustment, my second child had a much easier time teething than my first, who ate wheat and had a hard time teething and nursed for hours (looking back I realize that a lot of his issues were related to the wheat).
OTOH, it could just be different for every kid...

[Vaquitita]

Originally Posted by caedmyn

I don't know if it's possible to "inherit" candida, but I think if you had candida when your DS was born he is more likely to have it because your gut flora would have been imbalanced and he would have gotten that imbalance during his trip through the birth canal and possibly through BF'ing as well. Some common symptoms of yeast overgrowth in babies are drooling and chewing on hands when not teething, persistent red butt crack diaper rash, and yeast diaper rashes. Eczema can also be a sign of a yeast problem, but it can be related to food intolerances/allergies as well.

that's what i meant by 'inherit'. that i passed along my imbalance (thru birth and bf) instead of a healthy gut flora.

he's been drooling off and on since he was 3 months old, though he didn't get his first teeth till almost 11mo. he does chew on his hands, but i think only when teething. he's doing it alot right now, but is definitely teething. ds has only very rarely had diaper rash. what does a yeast diaper rash look like? he occasionally gets eczema -his cheeks get red and bumpy and dry- but it corresponds with eating milk (or my eating it).

[AngelBee]

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[bluets]

Originally Posted by Vaquitita

that's what i meant by 'inherit'. that i passed along my imbalance (thru birth and bf) instead of a healthy gut flora.

he's been drooling off and on since he was 3 months old, though he didn't get his first teeth till almost 11mo. he does chew on his hands, but i think only when teething. he's doing it alot right now, but is definitely teething. ds has only very rarely had diaper rash. what does a yeast diaper rash look like? he occasionally gets eczema -his cheeks get red and bumpy and dry- but it corresponds with eating milk (or my eating it).

then i would suggest a dairy elimination for both of you. maybe come join us in the healing the gut thread in health and healing.

[Vaquitita]

Originally Posted by bluets

then i would suggest a dairy elimination for both of you. maybe come join us in the healing the gut thread in health and healing.

yeah, we've been doing that -gut healing and ds only gets goat cheese now, though he seems to do ok with homemade raw cow yogurt. i should have specified that this was in the past.