Pat said, "Now chapstick - that's a new one for me, it's yummy and of course it is OK for baby to eat that off mom's nipples". I just had throw in personal experience. A couple of years ago, I started using Lansinoh on my lips because every single chap stick I tried caused small blisters around my lips, which I assume was an allergic response. Now, I don't have any other allergies, outside of the occasional drippy nose in spring, but I did react once to cocoa butter and know that this is in a lot of chapsticks. I have found one now that doesn't break out my lips, but I still usually use Lansinoh. I would worry about the potential for this type of reaction in a mom or baby. Maybe the doc who is giving this questionable information is speaking about the impurities in regular lanolin, not the purified form we use. Marsha ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marsha Glass RN, BSN, IBCLC Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations as all other earthly causes combined. C. Abbot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html