Arcadia - Ta for the tip - I might call the ABA today. It's definitely not a Montgomery's follicle though as it's on the tip of the nipple, not the areola. The pain is so bad I am considering stopping feeding, but I'd hate for that to be the reason I wean. DS is VERY attached to his two feeds a day, with lots of stroking, comfort sucking and grizzles/pulling at my top when I do take him off. This is only a recent thing, before that he barely seemed interested and we dropped from 5 feeds to 2 since the New Year. I might post and ask Barb what she thinks...