Cradle Cap - what's your remedy?

[margarita1979]

I was running my fingers through DS' hair today and noticed that he has a little bit of cradle cap. What's your remedy to get rid of it? I've heard everything from olive oil to vaseline. Any tips? Thanks in advance!

 

[Kellen]

We used organic coconut oil for about a week. It cleared up quite nicely.

 

[fieryphoenix]

I rubbed baby oil in his scalp a few times before baths, cleared it right up!

 

[RomaTomato]

I used CJ's Butter and it worked great. DD has a full head of hair so I had to use a lot!!

 

[scoobydrlp]

I used coconut oil. It made a huge mess and I had to wash her hair 3 or 4x to get it all out (her hair was long and thick), but it did work!

 

[veganmama]

my LO had these brown dots on his scalp and i used olive oil and scrubbed them off with a soft brush. worked a charm!

 

[August79]

Something that helped me was switching from a head to toe soap to a strictly shampoo.

 

[AmyB1978]

I use baby oil and a soft scrub brush to rub her scalp before I wash her hair.

 

[seaweed eater]

Ours was pretty stubborn. Did a few overnight treatments with a cream by Mustela. Then, the morning after each time, rubbed and combed away the flakes and washed hair. And did the rubbing/combing regularly before other baths (I got this glove/comb thing made especially for this purpose). It got a lot better, but I think he still has some flakes -- but he has a ton of hair now so you can't tell.

 

[Louise88]

I used a shampoo dentinox, it was a shampoo for cradle cap, that worked a charm for me

 

[pippyt]

Olive oil and a soft brush =) xx

 

[danijoanne]

Coconut oil and brushing it with soft brush x

 

[teal]

Olive oil!

 

[stockers697]

Dentanox shampoo worked for us to!

 

[WelshOneEmma]

we used almond oil. a little bit rubbed in about 30 mins before a bath, then when washing her hair (used baby shampoo) we just scrubbed a little harder on the cradle cap bits (like she was having a head massage). Cleared right up.

 

[ARuppe716]

Stubborn case here too and dr recommended head an shoulders dandruff shampoo twice a week... Works like a charm!

 

[broodyhen]

Brush the babies hair with a soft baby brush to remove loose flakes. Wash hair with double base cream wash which you can get on prescription. After that rub on johnsons naturals moisturiser (smells gorgeous!). I used lots of different remedies. Hated olive oil, he smelled like a fried egg and it didn't even work that well. Some of the special cradle cap shampoos actually made it worse and all smell bad.