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why won't my db's cradle cap go away? he's 6mo!
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04.19.08, 10:34 AM [ Flag ]
- did you try selsun blue? i did after months of other stuff and it worked
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  - np: this is what worked for us as well
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    04.19.08, 10:38 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- use cortaid on it. It will be gone in a week
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  04.19.08, 10:35 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- totally normal but try rubbing baby oil on his head and then using a soft brush or washcloth. flakes come right off
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- pick it with your thumbnail. makes a tasty snack too.
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  04.19.08, 10:41 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- this is disgusting, but here is what I did: cradle cap shampoo from medella, some olive oil, let it sick, then picked off the cradle cap, shampoo w/ the medela again, voila. It is SO gross, took forever to get it all, but it never came back had to do thi s w/ both dcs
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  04.19.08, 10:41 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - with both my kids - the cradle cap didn't go away AT ALL. When they started getting more hair I became nervous. I honestly think they would still have it now if I hadn't done this
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    04.19.08, 10:42 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Mine didn't until 10mo - I used the mustela cradle cap cream and picked it off bit by bit
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  - ^^And I picked with my (clean) nails, the comb was too rough
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    04.19.08, 10:42 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - same here, fingernail
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      04.19.08, 10:43 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - ^^^oh, and dd was bald until 1yr - hair came off with the cradle cap. Go I'm glad that's over
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      04.19.08, 10:44 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Try 10 years! Dd's was so hard to get rid od, but she has a lot of skin problems, just like her dad.
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Posted October 3, 2007(37 replies)

why won't my db's cradle cap go away? he's 6mo!

did you try selsun blue? i did after months of other stuff and it worked

np: this is what worked for us as well

use cortaid on it. It will be gone in a week

totally normal but try rubbing baby oil on his head and then using a soft brush or washcloth. flakes come right off

pick it with your thumbnail. makes a tasty snack too.

this is disgusting, but here is what I did: cradle cap shampoo from medella, some olive oil, let it sick, then picked off the cradle cap, shampoo w/ the medela again, voila. It is SO gross, took forever to get it all, but it never came back had to do thi s w/ both dcs

with both my kids - the cradle cap didn't go away AT ALL. When they started getting more hair I became nervous. I honestly think they would still have it now if I hadn't done this

Mine didn't until 10mo - I used the mustela cradle cap cream and picked it off bit by bit

^^And I picked with my (clean) nails, the comb was too rough

same here, fingernail

^^^oh, and dd was bald until 1yr - hair came off with the cradle cap. Go I'm glad that's over

Try 10 years! Dd's was so hard to get rid od, but she has a lot of skin problems, just like her dad.

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