>We were talking about yeast and sore nipples, which she didn't have. She
>said that with the first baby her nipples were sore at the beginning so she
>rinsed them with clear water after every feeding for several weeks and the
>soreness didn't return. I suspected that she was preventing yeast
>overgrowth.


This brought back a very old memory of an LLL Leader telling me (27 yrs
ago!) how to prevent nappy rashes. She said to rinse the baby's bottom under
warm running water EVERY time he needed to be changed. I decided to see how
that worked, and guess what? He never did have a sore bottom!

norma, who never got a yeast infection till after she stopped nursing.
Hmmmm...

Norma Ritter, IBCLC, in Big Flats, upstate NY

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