cradle cap
Nicoletta Manns
> This was my experience as well. My little guy needed to have it scrubbedand
> brushed off (with a baby brush) regularly. I still make sure I scrub hisof
> scalp real good (gently of course). His hair didn't grow until we got rid
> the cradle cap either.I am rather late commenting on this thread, but have you tried olive oil? It
was recommended to me. Let some olive oil soak into the scalp, then gently
scrub it, then shampoo with a mild baby shampoo.
~Nicoletta
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"It is paradoxical, yet true:
Children are the most in need
of loving attention when they act
the least deserving of it!"
by Aletha Solter, 1998,
from the article "Why children misbehave"
www.awareparenting.com
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dawn
somoene recently suggested to me that cradle crap is a form of yeast
overgrowth. she forwarded a web site to me that discusses this, but i
deleted it, sorry. also, i found that patchouli scented almond massage
oil rubbed into the scalp and then gently massaging with a rake shpaed
lice comb did the trick. We were fortunate in that we only had to do this
once and it was a minor case.
dawn h-s
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Some who support more coercive strategies assume that children will run
wild if they are not controlled. However, the children for whom this is
true typically turn out to be those accustomed to being controlled--those
who are not trusted, given explanations, encouraged to think for
themselves, helped to develop and internalize good values, and so
on. Control breeds the need for more control, which is then used to
justify the use of control.
---Alfie Kohn, Punished by Rewards, p. 33.
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overgrowth. she forwarded a web site to me that discusses this, but i
deleted it, sorry. also, i found that patchouli scented almond massage
oil rubbed into the scalp and then gently massaging with a rake shpaed
lice comb did the trick. We were fortunate in that we only had to do this
once and it was a minor case.
dawn h-s
**********
Some who support more coercive strategies assume that children will run
wild if they are not controlled. However, the children for whom this is
true typically turn out to be those accustomed to being controlled--those
who are not trusted, given explanations, encouraged to think for
themselves, helped to develop and internalize good values, and so
on. Control breeds the need for more control, which is then used to
justify the use of control.
---Alfie Kohn, Punished by Rewards, p. 33.
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Mac and Carol Brown
My son was born with an umbilical hernia, and had thick cradle cap all over
his head, down his forhead and through his eyebrows. After he had had
repeated ear infections which failed to respond to medical treatment, I took
him to a classical homeopath. He was a bit over 2 yo (the kid, not the
homeopath <g>) A week later the ear infection had cleared never to return to
date - he is now 17yo. By the end of that same week his umbilical hernia had
also healed, and his cradle cap was completely cleared as well. I've been
using homeopathy ever since.
Carol
his head, down his forhead and through his eyebrows. After he had had
repeated ear infections which failed to respond to medical treatment, I took
him to a classical homeopath. He was a bit over 2 yo (the kid, not the
homeopath <g>) A week later the ear infection had cleared never to return to
date - he is now 17yo. By the end of that same week his umbilical hernia had
also healed, and his cradle cap was completely cleared as well. I've been
using homeopathy ever since.
Carol