Dear Nutters --

Add this to your list of things to ask before you recommend Gentian Violet
for use.  True phone conversation this week:

Mom:  I think I'm in the Lucy Ricardo school of breastfeeding.

Me (chuckling):  Oh?  Tell me more.  (Good counseling response....)

Mom:  Well, I tried the gentian violet.

Me:  Yes?

Mom:  At 2:00 in the morning, and it got all over her face.

Me:  Ummm -- did you turn a light on?

Mom:  Well, yes, a dim one.  I didn't think it would be THAT messy!  And now
her face is stained purple.

Me:  I can only imagine.  You're right -- it does sound like the Lucy & Desi
show.  How do your nipples feel?

Mom:  Well, better.  But, Jan, I have to tell you, this is the LAST straw.  I
QUIT!  We are leaving for Phoenix today ON THE AIRPLANE and I have to take
her LOOKING LIKE THIS!!!

Me:  I'm really sorry.  I didn't think to ask you if you were going out of
town immediately.  I would have suggested you might want to wait if I had
known that.

Moral of the story:  If you are going to suggest using gentian violet as a
treatment, ask first if they have (a) travel plans, (b) christening plans,
(c) plans for a family photo shoot, (d) anything but basic staying at home
plans......

Jan B.
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