If you can see creamy yellow, slightly raised patches inside your child's mouth that don't go away if you try to wipe them off, your child most definitely has thrush. It is not a serious infection and responds quite quickly to medicines. Sometimes, thrush may appear around the anus as well and should not be mistaken for nappy rash.

If your child has thrush, he will not want to eat very much so give him something easy to eat like soup.

In small babies, thrush could be aggravated by improperly sterilised teats so ensure that you sterilise all teats very well. If you are breastfeeding, pay particular attention to breast hygiene as your sucking baby could pass thrush to you.