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In the "for what it's worth" department, I read once that the man who
invented Vaseline used to eat a big spoonful of it every day, for his
health!! In local day cares, they put it on every scrape or cut or burn
that children get -- have never figured out why. Seems to me like it would
lock in the germs!
> "Bonnie Jones writes:
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>Vaseline is a petroleum product, an indigestible mineral. What if the baby
>ingests it, spits it up and inhales it? Couldn't it cause cronic pneumonia
>since it is unlikely that the body could absorb it? I would be much more
>comfortable with modified lanolin. Since it is of animal origin, it would
>probably absorb eventually. If that is not an option (or perhaps if it is),
>why not have her rub breast milk or colostrum into the nipple? Bonnie
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