thread: Bathing and Bum products for bub, creams, cloths, wipes etc what do you recommend?

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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Nov 2009
    In Paradise
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    What do you use for cradle cap?

    DS is nearly two and still has this a little bit because I'm scared to pick at his head.... I remember when it was really soft ' his scalp that is and so I just left it. I hasn't gone away by itself though

    Help? Something natural obviously

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Oct 2007
    Middle Victoria
    8,924

    What do you use for cradle cap?
    Almond oil (olive oil would work too)- rub it in and let the bits go soft. Wash out in the bath and wipe over head firmly with a face washer. A baby hair brush can also help get it off once it is softened.

    My bub is almost 6 months and the main thing we have used so far is water and face washers. (Get a stack of face washers just for bub). I have Gaia bath and body wash that i occasionally add a drop or 2 to the bath.

    I use cloth nappies and don't have a little squirt (yet?). I tried flushing or rinsing the nappy but the bubba poos don't really come off that way. Washing machine works best. Don't have a poo spoon yet but maybe as bub starts solids.

  3. #3
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    Jul 2010
    Brisbane, Queensland
    34

    Wow..poo spoons! I have a poo toothbrush in the laundry tub but there's been some splash back issues there and I'm getting a little squirt!! Haha I also use some coconut oil on the scalp - leave it on for a few hours an I get her hair brush and sort of chip away at the cradle cap. Also conditions hair too.
    I didn't wash DD when she was newborn everyday and I just used water.
    I don't know where anyone has gotten cornstarch! I searched high and low everywhere to find it and couldn't!
    I do like powder as here in qld it gets humid so I've had to use Little Innoscents and Gaia powder (all cornstarch). J & J had a cornstarch powder but I wouldn't trust that with a 10 foot pole!

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Dec 2007
    Victoria
    7,260

    Cornstarch is just Cornflour - get it at the supermarket in the baking aisle.