Hand Foot and Mouth

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My little man has had Hand Foot and Mouth disease for the last few weeks. Our Nanny's two little babies had it and we thought Vinnie had gotten away with it because it had been about two weeks and nothing showed up, he had a bit of a sniffle but that was all. Then about 3 weeks after they had the blisters etc he had a terrible nappy rash, all tiny little red blotches all around his bum and the tops of his thighs. Then the next day I noticed a few little dots on his hands and feet and one on his face. He was like this for a few days again and was totally fine with it just a bit spotty. About a week after that he went down hill massively, he had blisters all over his mouth and his bum was sooo sore we were plastering him with sudocrem which did help but some of the blisters had burst as looked really painful. He didn't make a fuss about it though, the first day he was really bad I rang the nursery to say he wouldn't be in and why. To my surprise they said that he could come in even with Hand Foot and Mouth, I think their reasoning is that by time the blisters and everything show up they would have been carrying it for a while and they are already on the mend. I didn't take him that day (Thursday) and he wasn't due back in until Monday. He seemed fine in himself a little bit grumpy at time and he would occasionally let out a little cry unexpectedly but over all he was ok. The only problem was getting him to eat or drink anything. By this point he had blisters inside his mouth and he wouldn't even have his dummy. Normally when he is poorly he loves his dummy. He wouldn't put a bottle in his mouth and would hardly eat. The only thing I could get him to eat were yogurts. He basically lived on them for a week. That was 2 weeks ago and he is much better now but has a lingering cough which is starting to concern me a little bit it sounds like it might be on his chest a bit. I am hoping it clears soon or we may need a trip to the doctors. I feel so sorry for the little man he has been so brave but has pretty much been poorly for 6 weeks solid now. I have posted a picture taken a few days ago but he had hardly any spots left then. He took the picture himself as well so it's not great. What do you think about letting babies go to nursery when they are poorly ? Have any of you had experience with hand foot and mouth ?