Mum’s warning after baby gets herpes from kiss on the lips

An Aussie mum has shared a heartbreaking photo of her baby girl covered in blisters and crying in pain after she was kissed on the lips.

An Aussie mother has shared a heartbreaking photo of her baby girl covered in blisters as a warning why you shouldn’t kiss young children on the face.

Leah Green said when her daughter was 21 months she was kissed by an adult on the lips, “transferring the horrendous cold sore virus”.

The toddler had developed two small spots on her lip and then spiked a temperature of 39.

Leah said within hours the spots spreaded across her face with white spots then forming in mouth.

She said the spots had covered inside of her mouth and had turned into “awful puss like stuff” that was especially behind her teeth.

A mother has shared several heartbreaking photos of her little girl ravaged with blisters after she was kissed on the lips by an adult. Picture: Instagram/tinyheartseducation

Leah shared a several photos of her daughter’s horrific and painful blisters via Tiny Hearts Education’s Instagram page, as a warning for people not to kiss babies and young children.

One photo showed her daughter in tears with Leah explaining the slightest touch would make the spots bleed and she would scream in agony.

“This meant she couldn’t eat or drink resulting in weight loss and dehydratio,” Leah explained.

“She was absolutely miserable and stuck to my hip for four days straight. Just attempting to put her down made her scream.”

Leah visited a doctor who had given her daughter cream for the spots on her lip but she said it was “a waiting game for it to clear up”.

Leah Green said her 21-month-old daughter Sadie was transferred ‘the horrendous cold sore virus’. Picture: Instagram/tinyheartseducation

“Around the clock Panadol was the only thing helping. Being first time parents and seeing your child in so much pain was horrific,” she said.

“It was a very very long three weeks so I hope I can help people by spreading awareness.

“Please please please DON’T kiss or let anyone kiss your babies. Doesn’t matter who they are or if you think they will be offended. Hurt their feelings and keep your babies safe.”

Leah’s post has been ‘liked’ almost 20,000 times with hundreds of people sharing similar experiences.

She shared the images on Instagram as a warning to adults not to kiss babies on the mouth and/or face. Picture: Instagram/tinyheartseducation

“So awful. My nephew was hospitalised with this when he was a baby, it can be very serious!” one woman wrote.

“My little boy got this around the same age — we think it was from his child care setting. It was horrendous and now every single time he’s run down he’s gets a cold sore. Thankfully never as horrific as that fist time,” said another.

One woman said she tries hard to keep her daughter away from cold sores.

“Everyone around us is very aware of how I feel about kissing but honestly it was hard to establish this at the start as I have always been a people pleaser,” the woman wrote.

“At the end of the day I just had to get over it to protect my baby. I really, really feel for the parents and toddler! Would have been bloody awful.”

The HSV-1, cold sore or herpes virus, can easily be passed onto babies and toddlers through something as simple as a kiss and can prove fatal.

Herpes is especially dangerous for babies under six months old and newborn babies because their immune systems are still developing.