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| 151.1 | | TCC::HEFFEL | Bushydo - The way of the shrub | Wed Jul 18 1990 12:01 | 6 |
| By any chance are you in England?
I think you may not have found any reference, because the US I
believe this is called cradle cap....
Tracey
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| 151.2 | Scurf or Cradle Cap ? | RHODES::SABOURI | | Wed Jul 18 1990 12:13 | 8 |
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RE .1
No, I'm here in the States, at least by reading the description
of the 'scurf' in the baby's book I thought that's what is called,
however you may be right, it might be called something else.
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| 151.3 | Sounds like Cradle Cap to me! | DELNI::KEEFE | | Wed Jul 18 1990 12:35 | 6 |
| Sounds like cradle cap to me also... drop a few drops of baby oil on
the baby scalp. Rub in in lightly with your fingers, then take a comb
and comb thru the baby hair. After a week or so it will disappear...
or I should say at least it did for my daughter.... But every baby is
different! Good luck!
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| 151.4 | | BUSY::DKHAN | | Wed Jul 18 1990 14:00 | 9 |
| When my daughter had it, I used watered down Head & Shoulders and
a soft toothbrush and gently scrubbed it off. Then I put oil or
lotion on her head and it never came back.
If it comes back, wash the baby's scalp with the watered down Head
& Shoulders each time you bath him.
We have always called it cradle cap. Maybe scurf is and old name
for it.
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| 151.5 | you say tomayto, I say tomauhto. Same thing... | ULTRA::DONAHUE | | Wed Jul 18 1990 14:14 | 3 |
| SCURF (skurf) n. Flakes of dry skin, as in dandruff.
page 615 of the American Heritage Dictionary.
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| 151.6 | | RDVAX::COLLIER | Bruce Collier | Wed Jul 18 1990 14:38 | 3 |
| Easiest cure of all: ignore it.
- Bruce
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| 151.7 | Common problem | MCIS2::WALTON | | Wed Jul 18 1990 15:10 | 5 |
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yep, Bruce, that is exactly what we did. Didn't go away for quite a
while, but Robby eventually got enough hair to cover it.
Sue
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| 151.8 | ex | SHARE::SANTAMARIA | | Wed Jul 18 1990 17:26 | 5 |
| My daughter's pediatrician recommended washing her scalp everyday with
Fostex which is an acne soap. I'm not sure if it helped but the cradle
cap is gone now after 6 months.
Ginny
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| 151.9 | possibly sunburn? | TLE::RANDALL | living on another planet | Thu Jul 19 1990 11:21 | 8 |
| At this time of year in the northern hemisphere, if your child's
been outside at all, it could also be peeling or flaking skin from
a sunburn. Steven had that happen once -- the sun was shining in
the back window of the car onto the top of his head in the car
seat, so he got a band of sunburn there and nowhere else. We
didn't notice it until it started to peel.
--bonnie
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| 151.10 | Ignore It | WFOV11::BRODOWSKI | | Fri Jul 20 1990 11:08 | 5 |
| I agree with Bruce. My 6 month old has it now - my older daughter
had it when she was an infant also. It will go away eventually.
Adrienne now has a full!!! head of hair.
Denise
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| 151.11 | another vote for ignoring it! | CNTROL::STOLICNY | | Fri Jul 20 1990 11:14 | 5 |
| I agree with others...my 10 month old is about over it. I found
that you have to be religious in treating/scrubbing it or it
comes back anyways so when he got some hair, I just ignored it!
cj/
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| 151.12 | | WMOIS::B_REINKE | treasures....most of them dreams | Fri Jul 20 1990 20:54 | 11 |
| there is another note in this file that mentions that build up
of sun blockers on the scalp can cause a similar condition.
my oldest had this as a baby and I used to gently comb it
with a fine comb to losen it and then wash with baby shampoo
on a wash cloth.
but I do agree, unless it looks really horrible, ignore it,
it will go away and it is harmless.
Bonnie
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| 151.13 | one remedy | SHALDU::MCBLANE | | Wed Aug 01 1990 14:02 | 6 |
| My childbirth instructor said to get rid of cradle cap, you can
coat the babies head with vaseline before putting him/her to bed
one night. Then the next morning you brush it out. The dry skin
sticks to the vaseline. Then wash his/her hair.
-Amy
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| 151.14 | | TIPTOE::STOLICNY | | Wed Aug 01 1990 14:16 | 7 |
| re: .13
and repeat this process until the child outgrows it. This
will get rid of cradle cap (like if your having a picture
taken) but won't *cure* it.
cj/
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