by Kelly Wilbanks posted in Products

All three of my daughters have had cradle cap at one point or another. It usually starts with me excitedly thinking: I'm gonna have a redhead! Then I look closer and to my dismay discover the yellowish/orangish scabbiness creeping back along their hairlines.
I remember with my first daughter I was a little embarrassed. Between that, loss of hair, and her baby acne she did not look nearly as cute as she had when I brought her home from the hospital. I was in complete denial at the time and it probably led to her having those issues longer.
This is what cradle cap looked like on my daughter. It's such a fine flaky layer under her baby down it almost makes her hair look shiny in the light.

Once I acknowledged it was not red hair, I began looking into how to solve the problem. The cradle cap was on their scalps and also their EYEBROWS. Another mom had given me a large, mostly full, bottle of cradle cap solution, but it said to not use it near the baby's eyes. So I looked for natural solutions to my problem. I just didn't want to put anything with more than one ingredient close to my baby's eyes.
I've tried coconut oil, olive oil, and mineral oil. What I found was it didn't really matter which oil I used. I just needed to be liberal with it and give it at least 15 minutes to soak in and soften the dead skin. Then, using a combination of my nails and a fine-tooth comb, I gently raked it through my daughter's hair.

This is Annie with cradle...