Cradle cap

flutterbybutterfly

Dora_the_Explorer wrote:

Please be careful with peanut butter - you won't know if your baby is allergic to it or not until you try it

My thoughts precisely!

tee_pee_2

my DD isn't allergic to peanut butter, but I love it so i might start eating it off her head if I get peckish in the night

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

tyllwyd

My health visitor recommended using ordinary aqueous cream instead of shampoo - rub it in, then rinse it off. It worked a treat for my little one! (She's a toddler now and still has some cradle cap but gets hysterical about hair washing, so I can't get her to sit still for long enough to do it.)

loopy_lou_5

Try using a nit comb to brush the hair after applying the oil.

my friend used this and his little head is now clear of cradle cap. she said it came away so easy using it.

HTH's

krishna

Also, don't wash baby's hair too often or with soap as this can aggravate things.

flutterbybutterfly wrote:

You are best to use a natural mineral oil such as olive oil or grapeseed oil. These get absorbed into the skin rather that sitting on the skin, and work better to moisturise and seperate the cradle cap.

NB a olive oil and grapeseed oils are classed as vegetable oils. Mineral oil is by definition petroleum based.;)

MrsMondragon

It might seem a bit drastic, but when my son had very bad cradle crap and nothing would clear it, all I did was shave his hair! It worked a treat!

tee_pee_2

MrsMondragon wrote:

It might seem a bit drastic, but when my son had very bad cradle crap and nothing would clear it, all I did was shave his hair! It worked a treat!

if i had a son I would def try but my daughter only has abit of hair to start with and she is always in jeans and everyone is always saying to me " whats your son called?" god help me if I shaved her head. :rotfl: :rotfl:

Mrsbojangles_2

I would be careful using peanut butter too!

flutterbybutterfly

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Yes, thanks for pointing this out. I do realise my definitions got mixed up. Baby oil is the mineral oil and of course I am well aware that grapeseed and olive etc... is classed as a vegetable oil. To avoid further confusion I will go back and edit original text.

That is what comes from typing when too tired from up-in-the-night baby and from refusing (me) to go to bed early as it would waste the rest of the weekend!

carol_a_3

I would recommend olive oil too. I must admit I used to pick my babies heads, very gently and only the obviously flaky bits that were ready to come off, not anything that was firmly attached. That used to pass the time when I was breastfeeding. Sorry it sounds gross, they are 23,19 and 16 now and never came to any harm. Make sure you have scrupulously clean hands though!!