>Anyone seen this done?: >If a child does develop an ear infection a simple solution is to put a few >drops of breast milk in the ear canal every few hours. This usually works >to >clear up the infection within 24 to 48 hours and is far safer, less >expensive and a better solution than putting the child on antibiotics. Yes, seen it done, haven't done it myself. I have, however, used it to prevent infection and scarring in a 2nd degree burn. It will also clear conjunctivitis (and doesn't sting like the drops do). Heals/ clears up redness in the newborn's cord stump. Sheila Stubbs, RPN, LLL Leader, mom of six Birthing the Easy Way - Learning the Hard Way www.birthingtheeasyway.tk _________________________________________________________________ MSN Premium helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html