Cradle cap solutions?

[Charlotteandleon]

My baby has just developed cradle cap and baby oil just doesn’t seem to work. Does anybody have any other remedies? It’s very dry!

[Hidden]

We used cradle cap shampoo by Dentinox (I think). We were told by GP to use aveeno but it did nothing xx

[PoppyC38 in reply to Hidden]

I second this shampoo. We used it and it cleared up. Did keep using it so it didn’t come back but it’s designed for long use.

[Hidden]

Usually health visitors tell you to use olive oil

[Charlotteandleon in reply to Hidden]

Would that be any olive oil? Like the one used for cooking?

[Hidden in reply to Charlotteandleon]

Yeah just regular olive oil

Wash baby’s hair brush flakes rub oil leave overnight wash off with baby shampoo in morning probably keep repeating every night

[Charlotteandleon in reply to Hidden]

Thank you

[Seb9]

I wouldn't worry about it too much unless it looks infected, it's something they will grow out of and if you try and pick the flakes off you can give them an infection.

You can use olive oil, coconut oil, any vegetable oil really to try and ease it, but it will get better as they get older.

[Dezabel]

With my son, I used Burt’s bees baby ointment and a very soft baby brush. Fab stuff

[SRA8]

Nipple cream solved ours in 3 days.

[Charlotteandleon in reply to SRA8]

Like Lanolin?

[SRA8 in reply to Charlotteandleon]

Yep

[SRA8 in reply to Charlotteandleon]

I tried lots of creams/oil and was really suprised when that worked so quickly. It never came back either.

[Charlotteandleon in reply to SRA8]

Brill! Thank you 😊