Treating cradle cap

[Kazbah]

I now use Body Shop shea cleanser on Pip, that's doing wonders for him - the cradle cap I used the walnut body scrub (exfoliating) which is basically ground walnut shells in the shea butter.

Prior to that, the only thing that really worked on his cradle cap was marinating him in olive oil for about a half hour before his bath, or rubbing bicarb into his hair during his bath.

We haven't had CC since I moved to the shea butter cleanser.

[Beach Mama]

Isabelle has eczema and had cradle cap early on. I used Moo Goo Infant scalp care on her cradle cap and it cleared it up completely after 2 applications and now after literally spending hundreds of dollars of products like Gaia, Avado, Emu Oil, Avocado Oil etc I now use good ol baby sorbelene or the Keri moisturiser on her eczema. We use cortisone that has been prescribed if it flares up and use it just for a day and then back to the creams. The key with eczema is to keep the skin moisturised all the time, and sorbelene with glycerine helps do that.
She had the little spots too for a few weeks early on that passed but the eczema stayed.
Good luck hun.

[~Trish~]

Hi Kim! Joel had bad cradle cap when he was a bub and I tried heaps of things, but I found the thing that cleared it up was sorbelene. I'm going to try it on Kieran soon because he has it too. Hope you find something that works!

[Pandora]

aw sorry Kim I guess I assumed thats what they were. DS gets mild eczema, which I ended up resorting to elocon to treat after everything else failed. However I wuoldn't be advising a steroid as a first option, there may be somthing a lot more gentle that can help. My GF's little girl gets it quite severly at all her joints etc, and a couple of the main things they find helps are to not bath her every day (unless she's dirty obviously) its more like every 3-4 days, and to dress her is 100% cotton everything so that its not overly aggrevated.

Re the cradle cap, DS' was very severe - his head looked like a dired out riverbed. I was told to leave it alone and it would get better, but it didn't so I went the olive oil route and it took a few goes but when it cleared up it was gone for good. Be prepared to leave it on overnight and get some messy sheets though.

[BhoysGirl]

Hey Kim,

I use Dermeze on Liam's eczema most days, and I also used it on his cradle cap, which wasn't bad compared to some poor kids, but still stubborn for a while. For us, I found that the Dermeze worked better than the olive oil, but he did look like a greasy little monkey with it all over his head. When his eczema looks like it's flaring (a lot these days, with the hot weather), I also put on dermaid (1% soft lotion) twice a day, and am extra generous with the Dermeze. It's not curing him as such, but it does seem to have toned things down considerably, and he doesn't scratch himself which is good.

[Vixstar]

I know no one has posted for a while but.............I found this link on my search of Google for treatments of cc and eczema. Someone ages ago, way back on page one or two mentioned MooGoo which I had heard of but not thought about investigating further.

so.....just ordered my youngest some creams from MooGoo and reading the testimonials on their www, it looks like its a winner already.

NJ has pretty bad cc - olive oil kinda worked, cortizone (sp) cream kinda worked, sorbelene hardly worked and now he just has cc with a big old red head! I noticed in the last fortnight he is developing eczema on the thighs, back of knees, one underarm and belly and back!

I will let you know how he goes girls.

I also have itchy, red flaky skin on my cheeks and sometimes on my nose - real attractive. Have used cortizone ointment but it only comes back after not using it for a few days or when I use face wash. I plan on using MooGoo Full Cream on my face so I will also let you know how that ones goes for anyones future reference!

My eldest Bailey has a dry scalp, thankfully hidden by hair. I am thinking of buying their shampoo and conditioner to help him with that and DP might be interested as he gets heaps of dandruff.

xxxx

[Olive]

ive also heard great things about their scalp cream, the other stuff is great!!
i found that johnson and johnson shampoo was what gave DD cradle cap, that went straight into the bin!!

[Vixstar]

lol......I have a shelf load of lotions and potions that might be finding a new home in the bin! MooGoo had info on their www too about mineral oil and after watching TodayTonight last night and what Mineral Oil can do to babies, my J&J Baby Oil went in the bin! Sad though because I LOVED the smell!

[danniellabella]

I put baby oil on my dd's head after a bath. When she had really bad cradle cap (or cradle crap as I like to call it), we would put the oil on, then about an hour later we would use a baby brush and gently brush in little circles to get rid of it. Now she doesn't have any CC and we always use the baby oil after every bath. I think it took about a week to clear up (she had it really bad) and it hasn't returned in about 2 months.

[Bathsheba]

I'm still loving my MooGoo Infant scalp cream. It has anti-fungal inhibitors like lavender oil in it which you need to keep CC at bay. I also agree that mineral oil is to be avoided.

[Sequoia]

Another vote for Moogoo Infant Scalp Cream! I love their Oil Cleansing Method for myself, big Moogoo fan here, and I like the samples they always include for me.

[Bathsheba]

MooGoo: yep, gotta love a company that always includes a free sample pot (not just a sachet) with every order... I usually know that when I run out of the sample pot of moisturiser that they generally include that it's time to make another order for soap/shampoo.

[Vixstar]

I was just reading my Blackmores magazine I got in the mail this week and they had this advise for a Mum who had a 12 month old with eczema everywhere including her poor eyelids - poor little munchkin.

"Oat milk baths are a lovely way to nourish the skin. Place a handful of rolled oats into an old stocking or sock, tie up the end and place in your daughters bath. You can use this as a gentle cleanser in place of soap, as soap will aggravate her symptoms."

I am going to do this with Noah when he wakes up after this sleep. I got a freebie oat milk bar with my first MooGoo order but I might keep this for myself.

Received the Infant Scalp cream this week but we had to take Noah to the GP as his Eczema went crazy after two hot days. Have a cream called Elocan and have to take him back for a follow up tomorrow. The cream can be used on his eczema and cc! It has taken the red out of the eczema - thankfully - and his head seem to be clearing up. I have been puitting the cream on in the am and the MooGoo on at night.

Anyways, just an update.

Have a beautiful day girls.
xxxx