3 Yo Daughter with Sore/itchy Nipple

Well my first response is what kind of detergent do you wash with? Could it be an irritant? I myself only wash with Free & Clear products and unscented fabric softner.

The other thing that comes to mind is that perhaps it is a fungal infection. We've all heard of kids getting thrush and mom's getting it on their breast from breastfeeding...maybe this is similar? My BFF would put some anti-fungal cream on her breasts when this would happen and it would clear it up...maybe an idea?

Considering the weather and time of year, it could also be dry skin. Do you have a humidifier in her room? Do you put lotion on her immediately following a bath?

I would certainly discuss this with your peditrician...if you can't get her in, I would at least call and talk to his nurse and see what recommendations she has.

my neice and son had this same issue and the doc. said they had an infection they both took antibiatics and it went away. if you wount be seeing the dr. soon you could give her benadryl for the itch that helped with my son Good luck

She could have a yeast infection, you can get yeast infections on ur nipples I would call the dr

Have you checked to see if she has fluid in her nipples? I know this sounds ridiculous but it may be worth the doctor looking into it. Usually this developes in puberty but she may already be having a situation with it? Look into it and if they don't find anything ask if there is any other specialist for this-it may be something in the early development area. Look on-line too. This may give you areas to look for with baby girl development.

Good Morning S., I would mention it to your Ped next week. It could be nothing at all like you said. It could be the muscle in her chest are already growing and it is bothersome. Kind of like growing pains, possibly.
My step sister when she started developing had (and still does), one breast larger then the other. I don't remember if she scratched or anything. But I do remember my step mom taking her to the Dr when she was about 5 because of it.

God Bless and Have a Wonderful New Year
K. Nana of 5

Cut out ALL carbs, refined sugars, anything starchy,NO breads etc etc etc just for a few days.
Require a ton More pure water, not antibiotic water or water with vitamins. Just clean pure water.
Alter / Use less of your detergent for a couple of days.
But with out a doubt apply heapings of "Lanosh Brand Lanolin" on the sore and itchy breast/ nipple.
This is what one would use while nursing if the nipples get itchy, and dry and cracky.
All natural for the most part and IMMEDIATELY relieves the itchy scratchy breast/ nipple, and can be used on dry cheeks, dry and chapped lips... WE use it for EVERYTHING dry and itchy :O).
ALL three of my girls have experienced this at some point and also in other areas above we have used it.
I wouldn't stress. It is most likely just irritated now. At one point my middle daughter had gotten hers so irritated that we were cleansing them with warm salt water throughout the day and reapplying the lanolin. Took just ONE day to get it back to just a reddish/pink and then another day of the same to get it to normal. I applied a heaping amount, I mean, like a HUGE glop. She really hated that because it would stick to her jammies, so then we did a body wrap like deal , lol, with a cloth diaper around her little chest and used medical tape to keep it on there at night. During the day we just let her run around ...sorry if that bothers some folks out there, but ..she was only like four I believe at the time, so it wasn't like there was anything to "see" anyways, rofl! ....