Scab on nipple

[melody330]

I have never had any sort of nipple trauma in the 12.5 months of BF! DS has a terrible stomach bug, and was comfort nursing basically all day. I guess his latch was lazy and now I have a small scab on my nipple. So far I've been rubbing BM on it and letting it air dry. Any other suggestions? I'm terrified it's going to get infected!

[marshmallow]

You can try putting coconut oil on it. Also try to switch nursing positions so he's not hitting the same spot in order to help let the scab heal.

[flcl]

Ouch!! We had a LOT nip trauma, especially in the beginning. I used BM, let it dry and then covered it with earth mama nipple butter. That helped a lot. Hope you heal up soon!

[Deleted]

You can do warm water soaks the warmth speeds circulation to speed healing. You can also use small amt of neosporin or bacitracin ointment. Try different nursing position to see if it helps with any pain

[melody330]

Thanks everyone! It's so much better. DS is being a little gymnast recently, so he was switching positions himself ;-) He somehow went from laying across my lap into a football hold all on his own ?

Scab is all gone!