Organic Nipple Butter Breastfeeding Cream by Earth Mama | Lanolin-free, Safe for Nursing & Dry Skin, Non-GMO Project Verified, 2-Fluid Ounce (3-Pack)

The reviews all seem great and I can kind of understand that; the cream smells great and really soothes and softens the nipples BUT it has many white balls of something (hard cacao butter maybe?) and those hurt! They’re not plastic microbeads thankfully (I can crush them with my fingernails) but I can’t get them to spread on my skin. Worst ingredient to put in a cream for sore, cracked nipples 🙁

** Update: I emailed Earth Mama customer service and asked them if it was faulty or something. They wrote back saying they get asked about the balls a lot and that they are just hardened bits due to temperature fluctuations. They spread easily on skin they said.
Obviously they’ve never tried spreading them on their own nipples! Nonetheless, when they said it was from storage conditions I realized I could fix it. I took the lid off and put it in the microwave, nuked it for 30 seconds, stirred, nuked again for 15 more seconds and it all looked uniform. When it hardened (at room temperature) it was perfect and it all spreads now.

I’m a new mom and the first couple days of breast feeding were rough. Sore cracked nipples and a hungry baby boy made for painful feedings. I was not prepared for this! The hospital gave me some samples of the medela lanolin creme and it was not helping at all. I got desperate and started looking on Amazon. I ordered The Earth mama brand seeing all the positive reviews and I’m so glad I did!!! I did not have the grainey experience as a few other reviewers did. The smell is pleasant however my son does not care for the taste as much so I just wipe it off before feedings. I will be getting this for all my future nursing mom friends as baby shower gifts! Additionally if you experience what I went through try getting the gell nipple pads and bamboo reusable nursing bra pads (all found on Amazon) The disposable pads cause your nipples to dry out so the bamboo is the only way to go and the gel pads feel amazing especially after you put them in the refrigerator.

I had purchased this product after reading so many raving reviews. As I am getting ready for my delivery (in a week and half), I started putting together my hospital stuff. To my surprise, the container that this product came in was open already with what looked like a finger pressed into the center of the product. Since I have to apply this product during breast feeding period, I had to dump it becuase I’m not going to expose my to a suspicious opened Item. Very disappointed by the packaging. My husband bought me other products from this brand and now I’m paranoid. ;(

I purchased this initially as nipple butter, which I loved much more than lanolin for the baby to digest. It has a mild pleasant smell as well with a calming effect. I kept it by my bedside and one night I couldn’t find my bedside chapstick and figured it could go in its place – loved how moist my lips felt in the morning and stopped having chapped winter lip issues! Then a month later I could not find the desitin during a diaper change. My baby had developed a skin chafing buildup on one inner thigh which hadn’t gone away for a month despite diligent care and cleaning. I applied a thin coat of this for the next day worth of diaper changes and noticed the skin healing. By a few more days it was all healed! I never went back to desitin, this is my go to and requires a much thinner coat so the small canister lasts longer than a tube of desitin. I reordered this instead of the earth butter diaper cream (which I have never tried) because it serves 3 purposes-nipple, lip, and diaper cream!