Well....I dunno. Tea bags? inside breast shells ? why on earth would anyone think this is a good treatment for sore and cracked nipples? Or am I missing something folksy and traditional? I saw a mother this week who had been told by her community midwife that the best treatment for her *extremely* cracked nipple was to wear a breast shell over it - 'to keep the air circulating round it' . Eh? Where do these ideas come from? Heather Welford Neil NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK