Does cradle cap smell?

[Nicolalove353]

My son's hair smells bad, I just gave him a bath last night. Even after the bath it didn't smell great. I have noticed some cradle cap but its not all over I don't think, it's more on the front of his hair line. Could it be anything else that is making his hair smell? Is there anything I can do for it?

 

[wemustntpanic]

Can't say I'd ever noticed my lo smelling... Does he itch it a lot?

 

[AP]

What do you use when you bath him?

 

[Nicolalove353]

No it doesn't seem to itch at all. I use the Johnson's and Johnson's soap. I can't really explain the smell. It's almost has a faint sour smell to it.

 

[wemustntpanic]

We used j&j at first and it seemed to make it worse. We tried dentinox which helped a bit but didn't get rid of it completely. Still not sure about the smell though, maybe check with your hv.

 

[Nicolalove353]

I will look into the dentinox, I have never heard of it though. Do you think the smell be from sweating? He does get a little sweaty sometimes.

 

[Katteh]

Are you sure it's not coming from his neck? My LO can get a bit of a smelly neck if I don't clean it thoroughly daily x

 

[Nicolalove353]

No, it's not from his neck. I have to be careful and make sure I clean his neck really good too. The smell doesn't really smell like that though.

 

[alicecooper]

I've never known cradle cap to smell. Nathan has a bit of cradle cap and it doesn't smell. It's just flaky / scaly.

 

[wemustntpanic]

I will look into the dentinox, I have never heard of it though. Do you think the smell be from sweating? He does get a little sweaty sometimes.

Yes could well be. Actually thinking about my neice was a bit of a sweaty baby and she had a slight sour smell about her sometimes. I'd forgotten to be honest because she'd grown out of ot by 1ish.

 

[Abz1982]

J&J is not good for babies! DS did have a slight...cheesey smell if he hasn't had a bath in a week + (I am not on for bathing every night), but I do use dentinox if I see anything. The rest of the time I use Burts Bees baby wash/shampoo. Not cheap but 1 bottle lasts a year!

 

[babyjan]

Yes, my sons head had a strange smell when he had cradle cap, dentinox helped

 

[Nicolalove353]

Thanks! I finally looked it up online and I'm gonna order it. His whole head doesn't smell. It's just the top and I think that is where the cradle cap is. Since J&J is not good for babies, what kind is? Is Aveeno a good brand for them?

 

[zorak]

Yes, cradle cap can smell. M's head smelled a bit sour. I put some olive oil on his head (not too much), let it soak for 15 mins then put him in the bath and massaged his head with a wet wash cloth to get rid of the flakes. I then washed his hair with his Burts bees shampoo. Doing this totally cleared it up instantly.

 

[babyjan]

Thanks! I finally looked it up online and I'm gonna order it. His whole head doesn't smell. It's just the top and I think that is where the cradle cap is. Since J&J is not good for babies, what kind is? Is Aveeno a good brand for them?

He had the weird smell on just the top where the cradle cap was too, it's wasn't a horrific smell but it was definitely caused by the cradle cap, when the cradle cap went the odd smell went

I only used the dentinox and it done the trick x

 

[suze12]

yes my ds' had a funny smell when he had it too. You can use dentinox as normal shampoo too. x

 

[summer rain]

Yes as others has said cradle cap can smell a bit it's the excess of oils and dead skin cells that cause the smell I think. Thankfully with this LO we've had no cradle cap at all but found with the others that coconut oil was great xx