# Beware of Mommy's Bliss Nipple Cream **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867 "2008-05-28T12:30:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/1 "2008-05-28T12:30:39Z")
Heared this on the radio this morning, and this page confirms it. The FDA warns that **Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream** contains ingredients that may cause vomiting, diarrhea, and respiratory distress in infants. > **[Top News, Latest headlines, Latest News, World News & U.S News - UPI.com](https://www.upi.com/)** > > UPI delivers the latest headlines from around the world: Top News, Entertainment, Health, Business, Science and Sports News - United Press International I’m posting this because: 1.) I like posting things about Breasts, and writing “Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream” 2.) Considering that the entire point of this product is to use on the nipples of nursing mothers, ow is it they ended up using a potentially lethal ingredient for nursing babies? Their own site claims that all ingredients are Gemnerally Recognized As Safe [http://www.babysbliss.com/Products/Detail.aspx?product=nipple-cream](http://www.babysbliss.com/Products/Detail.aspx?product=nipple-cream) ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/2 "2008-05-28T12:37:13Z")
Yes, ladies, that stuff is bad news. I recommend _Winston’s Nipple Cream_. Free delivery! While supplies last! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/3 "2008-05-28T12:39:31Z")
I looked through their list of ingredients: > [@](#): > > Ingredients > Shea Butter > Borage Oil > Evening Primrose Seed Oil > Calendula Extract > No Parabens, No Propylene-Glycol, No Sodium Lauryl Sulfate > Fragrance Free Most internet sites seem to be from people selling the ingredients, but, even if you avoid these, the ingredients seem pretty safe, except for Borage oil, which contains small amounts of potentially toxic chemicals. But, unless they’ve got a lot of borage in there, this looks relatively safe. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/4 "2008-05-28T12:39:53Z")
Here is the ingrediants: ``` * Shea Butter * Borage Oil * Evening Primrose Seed Oil * Calendula Extract ``` Like most herbal remedies, you have to be careful - they aren’t tested, they certainly aren’t tested on infants. “Generally recognized as safe” is meaningless with a four day old. I take evening primrose oil for breast pain (internally, I’ve never heard of it doing a darn thing externally) and it can upset my tummy. Calendula is good externally, but you don’t drink it. Why not just use lanolin, which mothers have used for thousands of years? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/5 "2008-05-28T12:41:15Z")
From the FDA site: > [@](#): > > Potentially harmful ingredients in Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream are chlorphenesin and phenoxyethanol. Chlorphenesin relaxes skeletal muscle and can depress the central nervous system and cause respiratory depression (slow or shallow breathing) in infants. Phenoxyethanol is a preservative that is primarily used in cosmetics and medications. It also can depress the central nervous system and may cause vomiting and diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration in infants. [http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01839.html](http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01839.html) ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/6 "2008-05-28T12:46:14Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] I looked through their list of ingredients: > [@](#): > > - Shea Butter > - Borage Oil > - Evening Primrose Seed Oil > - Calendula Extract Most internet sites seem to be from people selling the ingredients, but, even if you avoid these, the ingredients seem pretty safe, except for Borage oil, which contains small amounts of potentially toxic chemicals. But, unless they’ve got a lot of borage in there, this looks relatively safe. [/QUOTE] Well, that’s not a full list of ingredients. The actual ingredient list (that I’ve seen on links about this topic) is: > [@](#): > > Water, Capric/Caprylic Triglycerides, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Stearic Acid, Cetyl Alochol, Glycine, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Olea Europaea Seed Oil (Olive), Dimethicone, Squalane, Hydrolyzed Algin, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract (Algae), Borago Officinalis Oil (Borage), Oenithera Biennis Seed Oil (Evening Primrose), Triticum Vulgare Seed Oil (Wheat Germ), Persea Gratissima Butter (Avocado), Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Opunitia Ficus Indica Extract, Lecithin, Retinyl Palmitate, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Allantoin, Beeswax, Glycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenisen, Sorbic Acid And [the FDA’s original announcement](http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01839.html) addresses two near the bottom of that list: > [@](#): > > Potentially harmful ingredients in Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream are chlorphenesin and phenoxyethanol. Chlorphenesin relaxes skeletal muscle and can depress the central nervous system and cause respiratory depression (slow or shallow breathing) in infants. Phenoxyethanol is a preservative that is primarily used in cosmetics and medications. It also can depress the central nervous system and may cause vomiting and diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration in infants. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/7 "2008-05-28T12:46:19Z")
Chlorphenesin and phenoxyethanol seem to be preservatives often added to medicines. I thiought maybe they wrre constituents of the listed ingredients, but they seem to be additives that the Mommy’s people simply left out of their list, maybe because they considered them only trace additives. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/8 "2008-05-28T13:28:54Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] …maybe because they considered them only trace additives. [/QUOTE] …but more likely because they aren’t as euphonious-sounding to their target market of granola moms. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/9 "2008-05-28T17:16:25Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd] …but more likely because they aren’t as euphonious-sounding to their target market of granola moms. [/QUOTE] I’m putting my money here. “Look - its herbal and natural” sells. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/10 "2008-05-28T17:30:45Z")
[QUOTE=Dangerosa] “Look - its herbal and natural” [/QUOTE] I hate when people equate “herbal & natural” with “safe.” Invariably I ask them if they’ve ever heard of nightshade. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/11 "2008-05-28T17:39:29Z")
I think it’s hysterical that the picture beside the story (when I checked, anyway) is dry, rocky, pockmarked Martian landscape. Is that supposed to be the before or the after shot for the nipple cream? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/12 "2008-05-28T17:47:43Z")
“Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream” would’ve fit in perfectly in the recent “Japanese porn titles translated” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/13 "2008-05-28T18:06:44Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] I recommend _Winston’s Nipple Cream_. Free delivery! While supplies last! [/QUOTE] I dunno, do _you_ have a list of ingredients? (…This is one of those questions I’m going to regret asking, aren’t I.) ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/14 "2008-05-29T11:35:32Z")
Far better to use [this](http://www.udderbalm.com/what.html) instead. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/15 "2008-05-29T12:24:15Z")
Many women brag how good for their hands and feet Udder Balm is. Maybe they should try it on the target area it’s meant for. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream/450867/16 "2008-05-29T12:31:59Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] Many women brag how good for their hands and feet Udder Balm is. Maybe they should try it on the target area it’s meant for. [/QUOTE] Not if they are nursing. If you are nursing, stick to something that babies have been ingesting without apparent consequences for generations - pure lanolin. Or tough it out for two weeks or so. (Bag Balm ingredients: 8-Hydroxyquinoline Sulfate 0.3% in a petroleum lanolin base)