Ulcer in toddlers mouth :( HELP!

[[M]umma[M]ia]

DD (2.5 years old) has an ulcer in her mouth the poor darlin. Is there anything I can do? Does she need to go to the doctor? Ive been putting cold bonjela on it which seems to give a little relief but she is miserable about it
How do they get them? Is it something Ive done wrong? Its just at the side of her mouth a little when you fold the lip down.

She is otherwise fine. Not sick at all. Just off her food, which is understandable.

[Astrolady]

Kam gets them a fair bit, as do I. We just use bonjela on Kamerons and sometimes panadol for pain relief if it is really bad. I put straight vegemite on mine. Stings like hell.

She could have bitten the inside of her lip. That can cause them. I get mine from stress, but I don't think a 2.5yr old would be overly stressed out.

[Kmn]

Check hands and feet and tongue as well - hand-and-foot-and-mouth disease is a possibility. It's not serious for DD, but it is contagious and not very nice for pregnant women

[~clover~]

I was going to suggest vegemite too. Works here

[[M]umma[M]ia]

Astrolady - thanks hun, So ill just keep doing what im doing.

Kmn - Nah no other sores anywhere else. No nothing anywhere TBH so I dont think its hand, foot and mouth. Shes been complaining of a sore mouth for about 5 days so the other sores would have showed up by now yeah? Should I take her to the doc anyway, just to double check? I have a terrible cold atm and dont really want to have to worry about that too!

Clover - She screamed blue murder yesterday when I put vegemite on her toast so I couldnt imagine putting vegemite straight on it. I just couldnt bring myself to do it to her Shes currently living off bland foods.. peanut butter sandwiches, yougurt, porridge etc. I attempted to get her to eat some spag bol for tea.. as soon as the tomato hit her mouth she was so upset

I will see if i can get her into the doc tomorrow just to check it out. I think I need to go aswell.. argh pregnancy sickness..

[Kmn]

If there are no other sores then I wouldn't bother. There's nothing the doctor could do about it anyway. The main thing if it was is that you need to try and not have contact with her saliva or her pooh - careful handwashing and trying for "kiss Mum on the cheek" is probably all you can do anyway.

[Astrolady]

Yeah stuff with salt in it isn't good pain wise, but it really really helps LOL. She'll probably be over the worse of it tomorrow.

[OceanPrincess]

My DD gets them, as do I. Listerine helps prevent them for me but I can't give that to my DD so we just have to manage them when they appear.

She basically exists on milk when she gets them as anything else hurts. It really sucks

[[M]umma[M]ia]

Thanks girls.

I took her to the doc yesterday and he said it is an ulcer. He checked her right over (palms, ears, throat etc) and said that she seems fine in every other respect. So gave me some protective gel to put on it so it heals quicker and just to keep up the painkillers for her.. keep the area clean etc.

I just dont know though.. shouldnt it be better by now? Shes been complaining about it since monday.