Sorry folks I don't seem to have as much time as I used to. Regarding Children nursing toys: All my kids nursed their toys-- dolls, bears: whatever looked like it could eat. My son quickly realized that boys (men) don't make milk - no breasts- and asked me to give *mamma mook* to his teddy bear. I have such fond memories. Thanks for reminding us. Regarding the quadruplet cows: The news story I saw said the mother wasn't producing enough milk so they were getting colostrum from the local dairy. Obviously mom wasn't a dairy cow. They have been over bred to produce huge quantities of milk. I grew up near dairy farms and the farmers didn't bred the low producers. (FYI--Did you know that if cows aren't fed colostrum for the first 5 days they can die from intestinal blockage? I love that fact--I use it in my classes when I talk about the importance of colostrum.) Regarding the thrush that responded to antibiotics: Maybe one of our MD's can comment but I remember learning somewhere that staph aureaus causes the skin to peel. (Toxic shock comes to mind) Thrush excoriates the skin--kinda dries it out and errods the top layers. The skin looks dry and scaley but it doesn't really look like peeling skin (like after a bad sunburn) With Staph the skin can peel off in sheets. I have seen the hands peel like this in septic patients. I have a mom now who has the worst case of thrush I've ever seen. Her nipples are so swollen and bright pink. She has been pumping because everytime the baby nurses the nipples open up in the center of the nipple face (the crack is star shaped) no sucking problems in the baby. WE have treated her and the baby for thrush for 33 days now with no responce. The baby has no visable signs. Mom had a *Skin yeast infection* on her thigh in pregnancy. The OB did a wet mount of nipple scrapings (ouch) last week and it was full of yeast. She started on Nizoral last week--no relief. I have referred her to dermatology. Anyone have any other ideas? Marie Davis