I have heard the recommendation to put the baby's oral Nyatatin drops on teh
nipples.  I was givent this exact advice almost 9 years ago.  The stuff is
really sticky and so very inconvient for a mother to use.  Also, it was only
*after* I did this that my nipples cracked and bled.  If I wasn't a
committed La Lecha league Leader, I'm not sue if I would have had the
stamina to continue breastfeeding with such profound pain.  I was tandem
nursing at the time, and neither nursling had any signs of thrush in their
mouths or on their bottoms.  Culturing my nipples was how thrush was diagnosed.

Nancy Sherwood LLLL, IBCLC- Perth, Australia