I've used them when I was a hospital LC in mid 80's. I love them. But then I tend to use saline soaks for all sorts of booboos :-) When the weather is right in Atlantic City I tell moms to go soak the kids in the ocean :-) Check the archives - great discussions on exactly how much salt to how much water :-) Pat in SNJ *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html