Treating cradle cap

I use to use it with dry hair but I use natural products instead of commercialised ones that you dont know what chemicals are in them. So with natural products you can use them on dry hair as it sticks and blends much easier than on wet hair.

I just rub bicarb on his scalp while I'm in the shower with him, then follow up with moisturising baby wash.

thanks for the tips... i did the olive oil last night and it seemed to get rid of lots of it, though it is still flaking off now!!
i will keep at that for this week and then if no luck i will order some of the moo goo which sounds lovely (though like other creams i am not sure how i will get to his scalp through his hair). he seemed to love the head massage/rubbing w the olive oil anyway LOL!

i have also used the jurlique baby soothing cream behind his ears and there is now NOTHING there so that seems a good solution for any non hairy bubs or cc on face/ears

Just to add - make sure you use heaps of olive oil- baby will look like a greaseball, but it works better that way. I put it on before bed and had another sheet tucked in under DD's head, so the oil didn't wreck her good sheets. Then in the morning comb all the flaky bits out- I used a fine tooth comb and brushed against the direction of the hair.

oh that's interesting - i have just been giving him a good rub withthe olive oil about an hour before his shower - then combing out and then washing in shower... it seems to be working but not completely getting it all out at once (ie making progress slowly) but should i be leaving it in for a lot longer???
also how long does cradle cap usually last? he is 10 weeks now... and it just started this week...

I second the Moo Goo cream - and their soap is lovely for kids too.

Only thing that got rid of it was the moo goo and DH carefully picking it off once moist....

is it neccessary to remove the craddle cap?? reason i ask is that sophie still has it and i ve never bothered to pick it off!! she has hair that covers it so i dont notice it

AJP I don't think you need to remove it - DH just wanted to and I thought it looked nicer (DS was bald for quite some time LOL!!)

Hi Pregpan,

I put baby oil on Olivias head and use to do it with the boys.

YES I did see the post thanks Caro but I decided to go with the olive oil for now... for a few reasons.. mainly bc DS has sooooo much hair that i think a cream would be tricky and also i would prefer to use all natural on his skin if I can get away with it...
It seems to be clearing up quite nicely but if it doesnt to the bepanthem i will go...

My poor lil possum Jasmine has bad cradle cap.She also unfortunately got daddies bad skin too.

She looks spotty all the time...MCHN today said she probably has very sensitve skin too. But the cradle cap is bad..

What did you find helped?? Or what can i do to make it better.

Nurse said to use QV wash and then put olive oil thru her hair and lightly brush it with a soft brush

I think there are some threads around on cradle cap but we just used olive oil before a bath and washed it out then gave a comb. It looks bad but isn't really a problem to worry about as such. Once the hair grows you wont be able to see it. A large percentage of bubs get cradle cap.
Also bubs can get spots for heaps of reasons eg baby acne or just where there sweat glands are developing. Our DS had ezcema and we had to bath only every second day in water only (no wash).
HTH

kim sophie has always had craddle cap but because she has long hair we dont notice it and hence done nothing about it!! but.... we recently stopped using the johnsons shampoo and it has dramatically decreased!!! id only wash her water too,moogoo scalp cream is meant to be good too

i used olive oil for DD and i stopped washing her hair so often and it worked well!!
if i wash her hair every day or second day it was so bad then changed to once a week and its been great, no cradle cap for months!!

DS's face was covered in milk pimples (I mean covered..I counted up to 100 one day and then stopped counting) it probably peaked at about 8-9 weeks of age. His skin is fine. He does get occasional, mild eczema but at this stage they're suggesting he will grow out of it.

SO while Jasmine may have sensitive skin, the spots are really quite normal for her age, and are probably peaking at about now.

I agree with the spots, or milia as they are called. They should start to improve now, but as for the rest of her skin try some Alpha Keri in her bath. Alister has ezcema all over his body and I use that in his bath, but he only gets bathed every 2nd day. It leaves his skin feeling so lovely. I also use a cortisone cream on it too. With the cradle cap, you can use baby/olive/vegetable oil, or bepanthen/sorbolene/lucas papaw cream. The key is to persevere with it every day until it is gone, it's the only way you will get rid of it. In Alisters case though I used some of his cortisone cream because it just kept coming back and it hasn't been back since.

My DD had really inflamed cradle cap, so I got her some cortisone cream and it cleared up over a day! After that if it ever came back I put olive oil on it every night for 3 nights without washing it, then washed it on the 4th day and it was fine. I wouldn't recommend using baby oil as its full of nasty chemicals that will make it worse. There are some great natural baby products on the market that are tons better than J&J or even QV etc.
Hope it gets better soon

The spots arent milk spots.....the spots are all over her body, in joins etc. Is def eczema....DH had it bad as well as a bub.

Ill try a few of you great suggestions..ta!