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| Anyone have any tips for dealing with the cradle crap?? Man that stuff is yucky!! |
| Posted by Emily on 01/30/2009 09:54 PM
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My son had cradle cap and eczema really really bad. Some of the stuff that TOTALLY helped me was I had to stop bathing every day. I bathed every other day. If it is only cradle cap then I would continue bathing as you are. If it is eczema also don't bath quite so often.
The best thing is to use a moisturizing soap. Stop using the baby stuff and try Dove unscented. Use it on the head also. Just be very very careful to not get it in the eyes. It is hard but it helps so so much. Also take their hair brush and kind of scrub the head. Don't really apply any pressure, just back and forth. You have to get all that off the head, it will appear that you are making more come up, but it is really just getting it off. After baths Eucerine cream, not lotion but the cream in the tub is one of the best for the skin, and use it several times a day. For the head I had to keep baby oil on his head. It really sucked because his head always looked oily, but it works. It will clear up a lot faster this way.
I still have some trouble with very dry skin and now I still use Dove, but just regular Johnson and Johnson shampoo now. And I use Oil of Olay Body Quench lotion now. It smells good and is not greasy. Everyone comments on how soft his skin is, so I must have done something right.
But I would definately stop using the other soaps and use a moisturizing soap. I don't see how anybody can wash in soap. Even the baby stuff has a lot of drying agents in it. You will be surprised what Dove will do. |
| posted by Kim on 01/31/2009 01:22 AM
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| WOW! You are awesome! I really appreciate the advice. I asked the pediatrician but her answer wasn't quite so complete & didn't cover all the angles as I knew a mother's answer would. Sounds like you worked your heart out to get his head & skin into shape. Great job Mom!! Thanks again. |
| posted by Emily on 01/31/2009 10:48 AM
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| A natural remidy is to use olive oil, it is closest to our body's natural oils. Put olive oil in their hair and let is sit for about an hour then you can comb their hair with a soft brush to losen the flakes and wash with a mild soap such as aveeno or there is special eczema soap that also really helps with dry skin. oh and never pick at it. |
| posted by mags on 01/31/2009 09:29 PM
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| I used burts bees baby oil. I cant remember the exact name, but it worked wonders. I would rub it in about 20min before bath and the brush it just before bath time and wash it out. It helped better than regular johnsons baby oil. |
| posted by Michelle on 02/01/2009 09:51 PM
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someone told me they did not like the idea of doing this, but I will tell you what I did with my son. He had cradle cap at about 10 months old. He actually had it from about 5 months, but I could find nothing to help. I tried every method everyone told me about and could never find anything that worked. The stuff drove me crazy and I just wanted to pick it all away but doing so would make his head bleed in places and I just hated that so I would end up not picking at it very much. In the end, I used Selsom blue moisturizing shampoo. I used just a little (enough to get just some suds) on his head only. I made sure to keep it well away from his eyes and I was very careful that it got on nothing but his head. I left it on there for a couple of minutes and then rinsed it off. After a day or two of this, before his bath, I started using a very fine toothed baby comb on his hair. I would very gently run it backwards through his hair, in the opposite direction of his hair growth. That seemed to be the best direction for getting the pieces out. It would get the loose pieces without digging into his head or anything. I would do it a few times, then just wash it like normal. I used the Selsom stuff 2-3 times per week rather than every night.
A couple people said something about this shampoo being to harsh for him, but although my son has very sensitive skin, he had no problem with this shampoo. This was the only thing I could ever find that helped and that kept it from coming back. |
| posted by Casey on 02/15/2009 12:19 AM
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My little one had that a couple times and I used johnsons and johnsons baby oil, I would rub it on her head and let it sit for about 15 minutes then use a very fine tooth comb (the one the hospital gave me to be exact) and it all came off with a little back and forth combing over the areas. She has not had that for some time now and she is 11 months old now. Hope that helps
Angie |
| posted by Angie on 02/15/2009 08:48 PM
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| I use olive oil and a very fine tooth comb to combat cradle cap. I also use arbonne products which for my son and myself work great on our sensitive dry skin. I've heard good things about baby oil too. |
| posted by cecilia on 02/16/2009 01:35 AM
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i've had a lot of luck with giving him mineral oil scalp massages for 10 min before his bath. i tried olive oil as well but found heavy mineral oil to work better. after i wash his head it is still a little greasy, but a few hours later it has soaked in and the flakes fall off on their own. |
| posted by danielle on 03/01/2009 01:36 AM
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i've had a lot of luck with giving him mineral oil scalp massages for 10 min before his bath. i tried olive oil as well but found heavy mineral oil to work better. after i wash his head it is still a little greasy, but a few hours later it has soaked in and the flakes fall off on their own. |
| posted by danielle on 03/01/2009 01:36 AM
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i've had a lot of luck with giving him mineral oil scalp massages for 10 min before his bath. i tried olive oil as well but found heavy mineral oil to work better. after i wash his head it is still a little greasy, but a few hours later it has soaked in and the flakes fall off on their own. |
| posted by danielle on 03/01/2009 01:37 AM
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oops sorry. spastic mouse multi clicks. won't happen again. |
| posted by danielle on 03/01/2009 01:39 AM
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