Well, where do you want me to start???? I always include my alternatives and ideas in my reviews-personally, I find it useful and also fun to figure out alternative uses.

Interesting idea, you don't think it would burn?

As a lactation consultant and a mother who has 8 years of breastfeeding in my own history, I don't think anything with the word "scrub" in it is good for the sensitive nipples of a breastfeeding mother, nor peppermint. It's stimulating and could cause the baby to have a tummy ache. You also want to be careful of anything that you put on your nipples during breastfeeding, to make sure it's safe for infants if they were to swallow some of it.

Usually, a very highly refined lanolin is one of the best conditioning ointments for breastfeeding mothers. Lansinoh is the best brand I've seen and used. Of course, for cracked nipples, the best strategy is to find out what is wrong, and FIX the latch, using a mix of bacteriostatic and hydro-cortisone ointments, while working on the latch.

Stormy, yes, I think it would burn. Peppermint is an irritant to external tissues. Plus the residual taste may cause the baby to refuse the breast. You have to be very careful with breastfeeding moms and babies.

I'm always trying to find alternative uses for stuff, and when I do I include those ideas in the review when I write it.

Coming up with more ideas to use a toy is great, but only if they're safe.

I love my first vibrator. it is a gspot vibe but i don't like it for that. It is however awsomely amazing of clitorla and libia stimulation. hehehe, now i think i'm going to be hocked on clitoral vibes..

after reading through many comments, I realized that I was not clear on what I meant about the lip treatment product.

I did not mean the scrub, obviously not lol. who the heck would use a scrub on their nipples??? Thats just silly.

I meant the BALM. I also mentioned in my review that they would have to make sure to wipe off/wash off any excess and do it far before any sort of feeding or pumping time.

I have breastfed three children over the past 10 years, and I can assure you, nothing that I have used for my nipples has harmed my kids because I took these precautions. Again, I didn't mention that it would be something to replace the nipple creams, but if its all you have, it could work. The one that I used (way back when) was actually a strawberry flavored I think? But I never used it right before a feeding, nor did my kids refuse the breast. I also didn't start using this product until after I had a good "process" or system to my breastfeeding, so my kids were already well adjusted to my nipples.

And of course, its not for everyone. Some folks may have issues with it, some may not. Depends on the person and baby etc etc. It was only a suggestion.

I used to use Lansinoh and honestly I didn't care for it. It didn't seem to help really that much for me. Plus, it burned when I used it and it was really greasy. But to each their own