How To Bathe Your Baby With Cradle Cap
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The Cradle Cap Team
Cradle Cap and Olive Oil
Is Olive Oil an effective treatment for your baby’s Cradle Cap?
So is it just an old wive’s tale or is there really more to it? We are big fans of natural cradle cap treatment here as there is nothing worse, for us anyway than coating our little one’s in products that are less than natural.
Olive oil has been used for centuries as a moisturiser and it is appearing in more and more products especially those for the scalp. We have found olive oil to be a great way to treat cradle cap and while it doesn’t help everyone it seems to have worked well when we have used it.
So how do we use it?
Before your baby’s bath, wrap them in a towel and have them somewhere where they can’t wriggle around too much. Slowly drizzle about 50 – 80mL of plain olive oil onto the scalp, being sure to avoid drips. With the pads of your fingertips, gently massage the oil into the skin. Cover the entire scalp, crusty spots as well as the unaffected skin. Let the oil soak in for at least 15 minutes. Then simply wash out with a good natural shampoo as you normally would. This may take a few repetitions to help clear it up but once under control a once a week maintenance is usually more than enough.
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The Cradle Cap Team
Cradle Cap Tips Part 1
Most treatments for your baby’s cradle cap aim to soften the crust that has developed on your baby’s scalp so it is easier to remove with a soft brush or rubbing with your hands.
Always be careful though if you are going to rub your baby’s scalp as it has been know to irritate the skin and make the problem worse. Remember, the biggest problem with cradle cap is how it looks. It is not doing any harm to your baby and picking at it often only makes it bleed.
The first step with treating your baby’s cradle cap is washing the hair and scalp. Avoid chemical, soap and mineral oil based products as these only speed up the drying out of your little one’s scalp and the cradle cap.
A nice soft baby scalp brush can so help by gently massaging the scalp before you wash to help gently loosen the cradle cap.
Next post, we will explore some of the other cradle cap treatment options.
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The Cradle Cap Team
Some Cradle Cap Pictures
Seems like everyone is looking for pictures of what cradle cap actually looks like to help you know if your baby has it or not so we put together this page for you.
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The Cradle Cap Team
What Is Cradle Cap?
Cradle Cap, or milk crust is also referred to as Infantile or neonatal seborrhoeic dermatitis (but gee, how much easier is cradle cap to say!)
It is generally a yellowish, dry scaly patch on the scalp of recently born babies and if picked can bleed. It is usually not itchy, and does not bother the baby. Cradle cap most commonly begins sometime in the first 3 months after birth.
Similar symptoms in older children are more likely to be dandruff than cradle cap. The rash is often prominent around the ear, the eyebrows or the eyelids. It may appear in other locations as well, where it is called seborrhoeic dermatitis rather than cradle cap.
It is extremely common, with about half of all babies affected. Most of them have a mild version of the disorder. Severe cradle cap is rare.