Matilda seems to have "cradle cap" on her forehead and temples - but not actually on her head. It's not dry or anything or clumpy or thick but still gross and waxy - how do I remove it again? I can actually rub it off with my fingers... eww it's gross!!!

mmm don't think the breast milk will work for this one LOL LOL

Baby oil and a comb. Gently of course! :lol: Also par for the course...as I am sure you know! This too shall pass! Hugs! :lol:

it's so gross isn't it? I don't get why it's on her forehead and not actually in her hair though...it's really odd. Ewww it's waxy and ferral, I've been picking it off.

Olive oil works well too
I dab a good bit on using a cotton ball, let it sit. Then 'scrub' off what I can then bathe the child, scrubbing again.

My nearly 3 yr old has a couple of spots at the nape of her neck that get like this. Ugh! Drives me crazy! I generally don't bother with it much on my babies, just from time to time the build up seems insane and I can't tolerate it. Thus bringing out the oil remedy. But it drives me crazy on my girl now hehe

Abigail had it bad on her head and I used olive oil and it made it a lot easier to scrape off.

Rub baby oil on the scalp or where the cradle cap is and then get a brush and scup gently in circular motion it isn't recommened to pick at it.

it isn't recommened to pick at it.


So true! So true! But I could never resist while they lay in my arms nursing! And I was a nurse! LOL! :lol:

My DS had this sooooo bad!!!! I did baby oil and dandruff shampoo every day for 6 weeks and to no avail. Finally, the ped told me to use Cortaid and it cleared up. It was sooooooo gross when he had it.

Dd has it in one spot around her soft spot. I couldn't resist picking at it either. I tried the oil thing, but it didn't seem to help much, but I did find that putting a small dab of dandruff shampoo in my hand and mixing it with her baby shampoo really helped. If you think about it, it's actually seborrheic dermatitis, and adults get it too...I sure do, and boy does it bother me unless I use a dandruff shampoo. Now that DD is older, I can just use her baby shampoo and scrub her "trouble" area and it seems to keep it at bay.
I think the worst was when I put Dd's hair up in a little ponytail....ok so she only had three hairs that were long enough to pull up, but I did it anyways, and when I got into better light, I saw how bad it really was......yuck!!

Amber