cradle cap
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Topic: cradle cap
Posted By: ElfsMum
Subject: cradle cap
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 2:13pm
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Liam's is quite bad..i thought the olive oil was making it worse but it's actually working now.. but it's down by his eyes.. right on the side by the tear duct..is that normal? do i need special cream?i just dont want to put olive oil near his eyes? ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
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Posted By: Febgirl
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 2:16pm
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I've heard that olive oil isn't very good to use on cradle cap as it can feed the bacteria and cause infection/cradle cap to get worse? Can't be bothered to google to see if that is true or not though!
I thought that cradle cap was where there was hair so scalp or eyebrows - could it be eczema instead? ------------- Two little girls under 2! 
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Posted By: Mrs_B
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 2:32pm
I would be taking him to the doctor. My friends baby had really bad cradle cap like you described, turns out it was eczema and got infected  so was all crusty looking like cradle cap.
If it is just cradle cap I found making a paste of baking soda and water and pasting that on and leaving to dry before washing off worked a treat. -------------  
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 2:38pm
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ok thanks..yeah i will monitor it over the weekend and make appt on monday.. I'll try the baking soda one..
olive oil is the only thing that mosturises it ..everything else makes it look worse..so far) but havent tried sudocream a friend suggested so will do that tonight.. its on his eyelids and eyebrows..plunket said it was cradle cap but they have been wrong before:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 2:40pm
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it smostly the getting it off that is the issue only picking at it really seems to.. i am just googling and it suggests toothbrush so might try that carefully.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 2:42pm
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The rash is often prominent around the ear, the eyebrows or the eyelids.
found that on wiki but the rest say normally just on scalp.. hmm. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: mummymonster
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 3:21pm
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I second the sudo cream suggestion. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 3:24pm
Or the Neutrogena T Gel shampoo, DD had really bad scalp when she was little I picked it all off only for it to come back two months later went to the Dr about it as it was annoying me and he suggested using a tiny bit of this shampoo and it works a treat. She hasn't had issues since. We have hereditory scalp issues  I also have a script for micreme h that he said I could put on it as well.------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 8:21pm
do you just get the shampoo at supermarket? I have the micro stuff for E. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
HoneybunsMa wrote:Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 9:32pm
| We use baby oil....rub it in 1/2 an hour before their bath, then wash it off in the bath and then brush their hair (with a baby hair brush). Olive oil made it worse, a few of the AN mums recommended baby oil so we tried it and it's working really well. |
Posted By: Ella1
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 10:17pm
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I second the baking soda/water paste.
I only did it once and DD has never had cradle cap again. |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 11:10pm
| I have heard that almond oil works really well, and using a small bristle brush in circular motions every time, and then just washing that off with water. Sam had it quite bad and he didn't have much hair so it looked worse. Jamie has it too but he has more hair, and it's not as much. |
Posted By: MrsMc
Date Posted: 17 April 2010 at 8:01am
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ive found that baby oil works well.
rub it on before a sleep, then when he wakes use a comb to lightly scrape the surface and get the chunks out then give it a good brush with a soft bristled baby brush and wash out. should only need to repeat it a couple of days |
Posted By: LJsmum
Date Posted: 17 April 2010 at 9:45am
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Ds2 has this as well, looks really bad as has hardly any hair. Is red and angry looking.
Does anyone know if you can still put baby oil or baking soda onnit if like this? He scratchs it and it bleeds
cradle cap is awul! -------------  
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 17 April 2010 at 1:01pm
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hugs milo it sucks eh:)
ok i will try the baby oil too... doesnt a comb hurt them? I'm just weary with almond cause of potential allergies.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: SquishysMum
Date Posted: 17 April 2010 at 1:23pm
| Nah, combs don't hurt if you're gentle! I know it sounds bad, but we got DD's off with the cat's (very well cleaned) flea comb, nice blunt ends but fine teeth. A nit comb would work well too. |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 17 April 2010 at 7:57pm
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hehe:) just he hates it when i pick it off but i guess a comb would be mostly gentle.. going to try tomorrow when hes not overtired like he was tonight at bath time:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 18 April 2010 at 9:22am
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omg baking soda worked but he cried like in pain:( so milo i would say if red dont do it..Liam's was only a little red... ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 18 April 2010 at 9:28am
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I used almond oil and a flannel with Jake. Only had to do it once and it never came back.
Sucks when it hurts them!!  -------------   
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 18 April 2010 at 12:00pm
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yeha i didnt think it would matter how much i used but i guess it does..:( I'm going to take hi mto doc to check cause he's got dry skin down to his eyes as well:( ugh i feel bad that he felt bad but i think its cause we were rubbing his head.. and he hates that:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 18 April 2010 at 12:39pm
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Sorry, yep the neutrogena shampoo from the supermarket. if you already have the micreme then I would emagine a little put on him won't hurt, or try using pawpaw ointment. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 19 April 2010 at 1:49pm
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doc made a good point.. I said to him a lot of the treatment is really for me (and all the annoying people who keep commenting on it) and he said yeah we have to remember if it's not bothering him it's ok!:) but the stuff by eyebrows he's given me microcreme for but the rest baking soda and baby oil it seems.. he wasnt really sure but the info he had said no olive oil:( ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 19 April 2010 at 8:28pm
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My baby had cradle cap near her eyes as well, and using moisturiser on it every nappy change cleared it up quite fast.
I was putting aqueous creme on her head, but it wasn't working - tried olive oil and it irritated her and made her head all red. Lately she has been scratching her head a lot (and rubbing into DP's whiskers when she gets a chance!), so I took her to the Dr and he said it was excema. - the excema is different looking to the cradle cap - not the chunky yellowy stuff - more dry and flakey. My plunket nurse told me that cradle cap was itchy - does your baby rub into you with his head to try and scratch is eyebrows? She suggested using an old toothbrush to scrub it off her head in the bath. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Richie
Date Posted: 20 April 2010 at 6:22pm
Isla has had Cradle Cap pretty bad and its hard to get out cause she has such long hair! Looks like really bad dandruff  But I got a Cradle Cap set from Baby City for $25 and it has worked a treat. You get a double sided mit and a double sided comb. With the soft side of the mit, you rub in baby oil (I use the Eco store stuff). Leave for 15mins, then with the textured side ofthe mit, you rub babies head and it takes off most of the crusties. Then use the rubber bristle side of the comb and that roughs up the harder crusty bits (sounds like it would hurt but it doesn't. Isla fell asleep last time I did it! Must be relaxing like being at the hairdresser!) then once it's all been loosened up, use the normal comb side (similar to fine tooth cat flea comb) to remove the flakes from the hair and then shampoo and rinse with water. Most of Isla's has gone now. It came back a wee bit but I'd only done the treatment once so I've done it 3 times now and it's pretty much gone. Good luck!
Otherwise... Lisette sent me a link to a trademe auction for some Manuka Honey cream that is good for Cradle Cap. Search under 'Bath TIme' in the babies section and it's in there. If I can find the auction number again, I'll post it here. Sounds like pretty handy stuff.... says it's good for rashes, pimples, dry lips etc etc..... similar to Lucas Paw Paw I guess. -------------  
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 21 April 2010 at 8:11am
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cradle cap good now but mega dry skin that doesnt seem to want to peel off..well it does but he doesnt wanna let me aveeno baby and baby oil helping a bit.. i should just leave it i think looks awful but doesnt bother him.. so managed to avoid the creme.. back to read replies soon i hear bathroom cupboard opening.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 21 April 2010 at 8:44am
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dj- yeah he does rub into me.. i tried toothbrush he wasnt happy but might persist.. ah so the dry is excema.. man that spare doc must have been useless..might make an appt with my own one.. mind you it wasnt so dry adn flaky as ithas been since then.. cradle cap mostly gone now i think the baby oil, aveeno and baking soda did it but now he's peeling so much ..:( i might just need to moisturise more often..
thanks lisa! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 21 April 2010 at 11:24am
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dj what did they tell you to put on the excema? ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 21 April 2010 at 11:34am
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ElfsMum you can use micreme on excema. Thats what I have been prescribed for mine and DD's also got prescribed it for DD's thrush in the folds of her legs. Otherwise if you have super sensitive skin try keri moisturiser or there's stuff called carolines cream I think that can help ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 21 April 2010 at 2:10pm
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ugh now its come back..im going to leave him a few days with nothing then get him checked on friday
thanks honeybuns ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: denny25
Date Posted: 21 April 2010 at 7:25pm
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Xma Ease was a godsend for Ava and i when she was little. She had exactly as you described, horrible dermatitis around her eyes and eyebrows. Some days it as so weepy and horrible she could hardly see. She also had bad cradle cap and dermatitis in her ears not to mention thrush or something similar in her leg folds and neck folds. She was a mess and it was so dry and horrible.
We tried everything - salisalic acid, almond oil, baby oil, steroid creams and nothing worked. Then someone recommended Xma Ease. IT IS WONDERFUL! Seriously, in less then a week her skin had cleared and the dryness was virtually gone. AND it is all natural so it doesnt matter if you accidently get a little bit in his eyes because it doesnt hurt (I tried it on myself!). here is a link about xma ease... http://www.xmaease.co.nz/ Good luck, I hope he gets better, I know how heartbreaking it can be 
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