In a message dated 5/27/99 12:24:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< As to the white tongue, some people claim that white tongue doesn't
indicate yeast overgrowth, but I believe that it does.  It's just that
sometimes it doesn't bother baby nor mother's nipples.  It is just a
low-level yeast imbalance, so it is not treated.  (I do believe that it is
not optimal health, though, for one to have a white coating on her tongue.) >>

I agree, but even the peds I work with who are breastfeeding friendly don't
like to treat unless I have a mom with really sore nipples.  I have moms swab
the baby's mouth with a Q-tip dipped in a mixture of 1 teaspoon of baking
soda to 1 cup of water several times per day till white tongue is gone.  It
takes sometime but it changes the pH so the yeast can't strive.  Saw a little
baby today that had a white tongue last week and was pink today after using
this for one week. This was a baby that I had wiped her tongue with cloth
wrapped around my finger and it did not remove the white at all.

Pat Lindsey, IBCLC
Pediatrics Plus staff LC and private practice
Orlando, FL

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