Dear Cradle Cap (or Cradle Crap as I like to call you),
Please stop being so moreishly pickable as I breastfeed Omble. I shall blame you for making me scalp my daughter.
Yours Sincerely,
LadyPicksAtStuffOnHerKidsAsAChimpLikeBondingRitualHonestCurd
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Dear LadyCurd,
Ooh, don’t pick Omble’s scalp – it will leave her head all red and sometimes a bit sore in places (on nhs.uk it says it can even cause an infection). And in any case, it comes back. I know, I had the same cradle-cap-picking-while-breastfeeding habit with my little boy. He’s 5 now – he still has what we call “crusty bits”. Apparently cradle cap protects the baby’s head in the first few weeks/months (or years, as in Tommy’s case). So stop picking missy!
Bossy love,
Lady Mustard, alias InagainOutagain
That is very sensible advice thankyou. Although Oddler has had no problems in 18months and must confess to having a whale of a time picking the chicken pox scabs off her head- harder to find in longer hair- proper chimp grooming that is (didn’t eat the scabs after though).
You are truly hardcore and I salute you for it. I too picked at Tommy’s scalp whilst telling myself not to in a repetitive mantra. I am resisting Léonie’s though. It takes every inch of willpower I have. Instead I pick at our dog’s tick bites. I hope you weren’t eating anything whilst reading this.
Ha! I hadn’t read this when I had a momentary lapse of self control and blurted out “HOW CAN YOU NOT PICK IT” today.
Ooooh, I bloody love picking Pooh Bear’s Cradle Cap. I was doing just that this afternoon at the Mother-In-Laws. So relaxing *stares dreamily into the distance* Also, breastfed babies must have THE cleanest ears since I am always giving him a little clean out when he has a feed and I admit that Spud’s ears are a little neglected now he is no longer slurping booby milk