A question came up at our last Breastfeeding Task Force about the necessity of boiling nipples etc when the baby has thrush. It seems the LC was questioning the necessity because mom's that are bottle feeding don't seem to get this advice from the MD's and she was wondering why breastfeeding mom's would have to. I guess she was also wondering about the organisms ability to actually live on a artificial teat for any length of time. Based on what I know I would have to say "no harm done" to boiling as I know Candida is a persistent fungus. What do others think? -- Warmly, Ilene Please come to my "mall" http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4558 Girl Scout Troop 522 Homepage http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/9268 "Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have!"