I have a mother of twins who can be considered a real success story.  She
was essentially formula feeding when she and the twins came to see me at 3
months of age.  Both babies were refusing the left breast, and hardly nursed
on the right.  She was feeding some expressed milk and mostly formula.  By 4
months, the babies were almost exclusively breastfeeding, by 5, exclusively
breastfeeding.  The twins are now 7 months old, the mother is back at her
outside job.  She is getting painful milk blisters on the left nipple, which
don't seem to be responding to "all purpose nipple ointment".  The babies
pull off the blisters, and she is alright for a short time, but they always
come back.  She does not want to pop them.

Any ideas?

Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC