There are many grades of lanolin, such as commercial grade, cosmetic grade, and medical grade. Lower grades of lanolin contain wool alcohol, which can be irritating. When using lanolin on your baby, you want to be sure to use medical grade lanolin.

Everyone has commented that it is the best, and even better than using their leftover nipple cream. This lanolin is 100% natural with nothing added.

1. Boil water in your tea kettle, or in the microwave.
2. Take a pea sized dab of lanolin and put it in coffee cup or similar sized container.
3. Add a small squirt of baby shampoo.
4. Pour the hot water into the cup and stir.
5. The water should turn milky white. If you still see a grease floating and the water is not milky white, the water was not hot enough or you didn’t add enough shampoo to emulsify the fat.
6. Pour the milky white water into your sink of warm water, and add wool cover. Gently work the lanolin water into the cover. You can let it sit for a bit, then come back and drain the water. GENTLY squeeze excess water out of cover then roll in a towel to remove most of the water. A salad spinner or spin cycle on the washer works good too! Hang to dry.
7. Two things that can accidentally shrink your wool are going from one water temperature to another too quickly~hot to cold OR cold to hot~and vigorous agitation.