Thrush: How long after treatment dose should I wait to BF?

[Curlita]

My son and I are combatting thrush... he has it much worse than I do, with a little white carpet on his tongue. I am treating him 4x a day with Nystatin and about 4x a day with Grapefruit Seed Extract. I had been treating him before BFing him, following Newman instructions... but my lactation consultant said that I should swab his mouth after feeding so that it would stay in there and do its job.

The problem with that is that my son is a big, big comfort sucker and a frequent snacker, and as soon as he is upset by the swabbing, he wants to nurse again. We have pretty much given up on treating him after the night feedings, because there would be no way to get him to sleep.

So my question is... how long do I need to give the treatment time to work before I can nurse him again? 15 minutes? 30 minutes? 60 minutes?

Poor little guy.

[Ltlfaery]

can you wait til he's asleep and 'slip' in the cue tip. That's what I do, and it's worked so far. I treat after feedings at night.

During the day I do before feedings for him, after feedings for my nipples with the GSE, and I've been putting some bicarb in his mouth after feedings as well. (poor guy).