Boiron Homeoplasmine Ointment

Now that I'm feeling almost human (almost...) and not a couch-bound road-kill, I have some good news to share: our little one arrived 1-2 weeks early on the wee morning of last Friday, May 19 (I had 2 due dates, differed by a week) ^.^

The nurses called him "little peanut" because he's tiny, weighing in only at the 8th percentile of the average birth weight. He's a perfectly healthy little boy, just small, perfect for his mum's size, or so the doctor said. I'm not sure what shape I'd be in if he were any bigger...

So here he is, a few hours old versus a day old and yawning as we were leaving the hospital the next day.

Some ten days later, he's developed a favorite past time (napping with his papa) as well as a favorite sleeping pose on the couch (I did *not* pose him!).

And no, I haven't been blogging daily since the little one's arrival. Are you kidding? I was merely surviving up until now +.+ You see, knowing June was imminent I'd spent the earlier part of May writing post after post and scheduled their daily releases ahead of time.

With the exception of this post :)

Ladies and gentlemen, I interrupted the daily stream of scheduled posts to bring you a review for Boiron Homeoplasmine Ointment.



Last summer, I was scouring the web for a new lip balm to try and stumbled upon this article, "9 Cult French Pharmacy Products You Can Buy on Amazon." Among these 9, I've used and reviewed Embryolisse Concentrated Lait Cream almost a decade ago, Bioderma Crealine H2O Micelle Solution (not sure why one is "Crealine" and the other is "Sensibio" but I think they're the same product), and Avene Thermal Water. Naturally, my eyes fell upon the tube of Boiron Homeoplasmine Ointment instead. I just thought it was interesting that the ointment was originally intended to be a nipple cream for nursing mothers, and this was months before I even got pregnant!

Anyway, I bought the 40g tube from Amazon and was a bit taken aback when it showed up in Bulgarian packaging, at least that's what one reviewer said and the packaging in her photo matches mine. So in the end I really don't know if I'd received the real thing, but other than the language in print, everything else looks the same as the original French tube. And hey, it works well enough and I don't have any reason to think mine's a counterfeit. 

This ointment is supposedly a must-have product for makeup artists and models alike as it heals all: chapped, dry, flaky skin, lips, cuticles, etc., and yes, nipples. It's a thick, translucent balm with vaseline-like texture and barely any scent. With our little one nursing as often as 14 times a day, I've been applying this just morning and night, after a big feeding, because he'll be sleeping longer afterwards which will give the ointment more time to work its magic. With the extra, I rub onto my lips that were severely chapped, thanks to those rough first few nights before hubby and I figured out a working routine.

So far, so good. This balm did heal my chapped lips, and I guess it's been protecting my nipples as well. I said "I guess" because much to my relief, our little one's a latch-expert, so I don't know who to give the majority of the credit to, him or this ointment ^.^"