Cradle Cap

While Nadezdha doesn't have this yet (knock on wood).  I've also never had a child that had so much hair (her sisters were nearly bald).  Anyhow, is there anyway to prevent Cradle Cap?  After every bath and put a little baby lotion through her hair, to help keep it from getting unruly, and so far we haven't gotten the CC yet... but I am hoping to avoid it totally.  Is there something that causes it, or anything else that us new(er) parents need to know?

[anxiousmomtobe?]

Olive oil works great....

How do you pronounce her name?

[ImmortalOne]

We pronounce it Nah-Dez-Dah for the most part.  It means Hope.

[anxiousmomtobe?]

My dd is Nadia, which also means Hope in Russian and Dutch (dh is Dutch)

[ImmortalOne]

We were told that the way we spelled it was the way the Rromany spell it as well (the dha is different than in Russian) and my DH is Rroma.  

[tmv]

Scrubbing the scalp with a soft bristled brush during the shampooing (with baby shampoo) will help with cc. Some say that the oil only adds to it, others swear by it. Hopefully she is past the age where she'll not get it. If she does, if one doesn't work, try the other.

[rubyolivia]

My ped office gives out a book with lots of tips for the first 6 months of life and in there is says to use a pH balanced shampoo such as Paul Mitchell or Redken to get rid of cradle cap. I don't know that there's a way to prevent it though. Max hasn't had any trouble with it either yet, luckily. He's got baby acne going on though...poor guy!

[AnnieBrooke]

I think I have read that if the (breastfeeding) mom takes biotin, a B vitamin, it is supposed to help prevent cradle cap in the baby.  

[girliegrl1723]

let me tell you that my son had cradle cap and then some. being a young new mother, i freaked the first time i moved all his hair out of way and saw his scaley little head. ugh. i still get chills thinking about it. i was like a mama monkey picking at his head for three months straight! haha. anyway, he had a lot of hair when he was born and i asked the doctor and they pretty much said its gonna happen. ** except i never heard of annie's suggestion and that sounds like a good one ** but, if and when it happens to yours, all the usual things will help. i tried em all. baby oil and a soft bristle brush helped best i think. they make these special "cradle cap" creams and lotions im sure you've seen in the baby aisle at the store, but i don't think its worth it to spend the extra money for something baby oil will do. either way, cradle cap is not a big deal and doesn't bother them any, it just doesn't look very pretty.

[daprincess21]

my daughter had tons of hair and never had cc once. all i have heard is to use a hard brisle brush when bathing them, and than lotion or baby oil.

[tiredbuthappy]

at the hospital they said to only wash the hair every 2-3 days, not everyday, to help prevent it.