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troutpout 
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Posted: 21 August 2011 at 6:03pm |
Hi everyone 
My lovely DD is 15 months now, and still has cradle cap. Her hair isn't growing in very well at the front where the cradle cap is, so she now has a very stylish mullet lol!
We've tried using oils, and brushing it out but it just isn't clearing up. Any tips on shifting it?
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AandCsmum
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Posted: 21 August 2011 at 8:25pm |
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Yeah my boy has cradle cap, gets worse when he has foods he 's intolerant too. I also notice that my ezcema in my hair (probably the same as cradle cap) gets worse when I have dairy...dunno but thought I'd share, cause I never twigged it could be to do with my diet.
But just leave it, there isn't too much you can do about it. It took a while for my boy to get hair as well.
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Posted: 21 August 2011 at 8:38pm |
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Isla is almost 5 and still had cradle cap. I used to put oil on it, then comb it out that night after washing her hair. Last time she had her hair cut I asked the hairdresser about it and she said its a form of childhood exczema, and there was nothing I could do to make it go away or anything I was doing wrong, that it would go eventually.
Its definatly not as bad as when she was younger. Hers used to always get worse when she was teething. She was allergic to dairy and had other food intollerences, reflux and excema but has outgrown all of them and its a normal diet.
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Posted: 21 August 2011 at 10:32pm |
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Interesting, I never realised there was a connection between cradle cap and allergies, but I'm not surprised as most of C's "issues" can usually be traced back to her dairy allergy. She had terrible craddle cap that just never went away, although it did get improve when we got super-strict on her dairy intake, upped her probiotics and gave her DHA - fish oils on the naturopath's recommendation (Nordic Naturals do Childrens DHA which are like little strawberry lollies, C loved them).
However, it was still there when she was about 2 and in the end we bought some of the oily stuff from the chemist that you rub on, leave it in for a while, and then wash it out. Since then we haven't had any more problems.
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Posted: 21 August 2011 at 10:35pm |
This is the stuff I'm talking about, Egozite Cradle Cap Lotion 
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Posted: 25 August 2011 at 8:45pm |
Still got small patches of cradle cap on my daughter's scalp - 2yrs 8 mths old. She also has slow growing hair, but no allergies or dietary problems. It lifts easier when I oil it and comb, but wee Madam gets a bit shirty if it goes on too long.
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Posted: 28 August 2011 at 9:11am |
DD still has craddle cap and she is 19 months but her hair covers it now and like Kellz my neice is just about to turn 5 and she still has it!
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Posted: 28 August 2011 at 12:09pm |
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We noticed DDs cradle cap got worse or appeared when we gave her cheese. I haven't given her cheese for a few months now but cradle cap has cleared. Mil made some home made recipe for it too... I'll get it off her if you like?
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Posted: 28 August 2011 at 8:14pm |
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Best thing we found was ALMOND OIL about an hour before the bath, scrub it in, then when in the bath use a NIT COMB (plastic not metal) lol of all things, worked a treat. Depends on the hair type I suppose but we found the plastic nit comb a great assest to have in with the bath toys. lol and she never has had NITS
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Posted: 07 September 2011 at 11:32pm |
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The best way would be to find out the cause, I won't be surprised if some sort of allergy or intolerance is causing the cradle cap, half my family suffer from ezcema when they eat too much wheat, can be hard though trying to find out what is causing it.
However I did find that aloe vera gel worked wonders on DS craddle cap, we just rubbed a little in after his bath at night and it would be almost invisible the next day (although he didn't have it real bad), used the sukin brand cause it doesn't have too much extra stuff added to it.
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Posted: 13 September 2011 at 12:38pm |
DD1 still had it at 3, the hairdresser says it's fairly common. Mind you, it was only a little bit.
DD2 has it quite badly and funnily enough I'm suspecting a mild milk intolerance as she puts on more weight when I cut down on my dairy intake and hardly any when I revert!
Anyway, I googled it and went with this suggestion, which worked really well:
Massage oil into the area and leave for 10 mins or so. Use an eraser to gently massage off the cradle cap.
Sounds bizarre, but was a very gentle and effective method. Although use a white eraser...I used a blue one initially and it looked a bit odd! Washed off though
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15 month old STILL has cradle cap?
