my baby has cradle cap and someone said use olive oil is it the kind you cook with?

Question

she is alergic to baby oil, do you think she would be alergic to olive oil too

Answer 1

Yes, just the kind you cook with. If you want something more medicinal seeming you can get some Sweet Oil from the health and beauty section. I usually find it with the ear syringes and swimmer's ear medicine. It's just pharmaceutical grade olive oil. We will also put a few warmed drops into the ear canal sooth ear aches. I found that the most effective way to get rid of cradle cap is to just gently scrape it off with your fingernail then in the bath gently scrub the scalp with with a soft-bristled baby brush.

Edit: My husband and my oldest kid are both sensitive to any product with any kind of petroleum based ingredient in it. So we use olive oil for lots of things around our house (especially since most things at the store have some type of petroleum-based ingredient in it). We use it as a moisturizer, a lip balm, to put on raw noses during a cold, for ear aches and anything else we can think of. We've used olive oil on my newborn as a lotion since he was born because we didn't want to take the chance of him being sensitive also.

Answer 2

Cradle Cap Olive Oil

Answer 3

Olive Oil For Cradle Cap

Answer 4

"For stubborn cases, some parents find an oil remedy helpful. (The oil helps to loosen dry flakes.) If you want to give it a try, rub just a small amount of a pure, natural oil — such as almond or olive oil — on your baby's scalp and leave it on for about 15 minutes. Then gently comb out the flakes with a fine-toothed comb or brush them out with a soft brush.

Be sure to follow up by washing your baby's scalp with a gentle baby shampoo — the last thing you want to do is leave oil on his head, which could clog the pores and cause the flakes to stick. You might try leaving the shampoo on for a few minutes before rinsing, to help cut the oil. "

Answer 5

Yes it is the kind you cook with. But why not use baby oil? That's what baby oil was made for; for babies tender skin... What if while she has the oil in her hair somehow it gets into her eyes or some insect likes the smell of olive oil and want to take a bite? Sorry if I alarmed you but this is a possibility....

Answer 6

My baby had cradle cap. His pediatrician suggested baby oil. Olive oil is for cooking.

Answer 7

Regular old olive oil... its also incredibly healthy for the skin, and even more so when ingested... but baby will smell funny afterwards... its kinda cute.

You don't have to buy any of the high end brands - just the cheap-o regular off the shelf store brand will work.

Best wishes.

-dh

Answer 8

yes it is the one you cook with but it is very good for their skin and for their scalps. I used it on my son and it went away right away. you can also use baby oil. that works good also but not as good as the olive oil the best kind is extra virgin olive oil.

Answer 9

I would suggest going to walmart or local pharmacy and they make something for cradle cap. It is in with the shampoos for baby and powders, etc. My dtr had that and it is annoying. This really worked though. I want to say it is made by Johnson's. It comes in a green or teal color bottle, or at least it did when she was an infant.

Answer 10

Absolutely the same.It would not be neccessary to use the most expensive (called extra virgin) . many uses for anointing for health and for blessings and for exceptionally warm welcoming,as in reunion of familyare refered to in the Bible.. Regular baby oil is commonally used for cradle cap.