mommy sick - baby breaks out in head to toe red blotches

[@llli*jlk51496]

The same day I start amoxicillin .. my 5.5 mo old DD breaks out in head-to-toe red blotches and it is very similar to when her older sister had to take amox a few years ago and broke out in similar looking rash.

My ped said the chances are really low bec so little comes through the milk..but says it IS possible...but it can also be heat rash (but since it is on her face, he is not so sure), or she could be coming down with something...My mommy instinct is telling me that it is a reaction to the meds.

So I pumped and dumped for 24 hrs, switched meds (Z-pack) and my DH gave my DD bottles from my freezer stash. The rash didn't get better but it didn't get worse.

But today I started to BF again bec I was told the amox would be out of my system by now... and she has been irritable all day and takes small cat naps and is cranky when she is awake and not latched.
And the rash/blotches are still very much there, everywhere!

I don't know what to do?!?! Did i resume breastfeeding too early?

Anyone experience this before?

I can use some support from BTDT mamas

thanks

[@llli*esthervegan]

Oh dear mamma, i am so sorry your lo is cranky and rashy, especially when you are feeling under the weather.
so many medications are compatible with breastfeeding,
Although I don't know the details about the medication you are taking but if your pediatrician is ok with it, then he probably knows what he is talking about.
I know my lo's often were not feeling well when I was sick but I nursed anyway. I figured nursing made my life easier.

[@llli*mommy2lilah]

Does she have a fever? Do you think she could have chicken pox? What were you taking the antibiotics for?

[@llli*mumtothomas]

This also happened to my son when I took cephalosporins. I talked to my doctor and he prescribed something different for me, and my son's spots and upset stomach went away once I stopped the other meds. I don't remember how long it took though. I hope your LO is better soon.

[@llli*jlk51496]

thank you...i am taking amox for bad case of strep throat. normally i nurse through my sicknesses and even though amox is compatible with nursing..she had an allergic reaction to it! so i have to get it out of my system...i hate to pump and dump - never had to do it with my first two kiddies =(

and if that isnt bad enough she is giving us a hard time taking the bottle - when before she has never given us any troubles!!! =(

[@llli*auderey]

it might be a stretch, but one can get strep on the skin. when i was about 13 i had strep on my legs, doc mortified me by insisting it was razor burn, but i insisted and he finally cultured it.

[@llli*jlk51496]

This also happened to my son when I took cephalosporins. I talked to my doctor and he prescribed something different for me, and my son's spots and upset stomach went away once I stopped the other meds. I don't remember how long it took though. I hope your LO is better soon.

see about 36 hrs later and her symptoms haven't clear up at all =( now i am worried...

[@llli*mumtothomas]

I definitely didn't intend to worry you. I can't remember how long it took to see some improvement. Is going back to the doctor/emailing new picture an option?

[@llli*jlk51496]

I definitely didn't intend to worry you. I can't remember how long it took to see some improvement. Is going back to the doctor/emailing new picture an option?

oh no problem...your post didn't worry me...my baby girl has been doing that all on her own!!! haha!
I appreciate you telling me your experience..it definitely convinced me that a new call to the ped was necessary!

I finally spoke to the ped again and he told me that it will take a couple of days for the rash to go away but if it doesn't - I should bring her in and he will do a swab/culture. Unfortunately she is too young for benedryl and i know that would probably kick this thing real fast...so i guess I am going to have to (patiently) wait for it to run through her body

[@llli*babygirl05]

I just took my dd to the dr for a similar rash...he said that sometimes viruses cause a rash in little kids. But she wasn't sick, me and Dh were. He said she probably had a very mild cold and that it had her break out in a rash. I had never heard of anything like it. He said it would flare up (and it did) then go away. It wasn't itcy or raised or anything, just red splotchy everywher.