Pat, Have had several mom's state that initial nipple soreness (not to the extent of your clients-they weren't bitten, plugged duct, etc.) coincided with solids. The simple intervention of having baby drink a swallow or two of water after solids & before nursing seemed to help. Food residue in babies mouth?? Contact dermatitis from bacteria?? I don't know-but rinsing baby's mouth seemed to help. Sorry I cant help with your mom's current problem but perhaps rinsing will prevent it from happening again. Cheryl Tompkins CLC Phoenix AZ USA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html