Cradle Holy Cap

So, Owen never had cradle cap.  He had flaky skin when he was born, but never on his scalp.  Adam has had a pretty major case of it but it hasn't flaked at all.....until today.  I've never really seen cradle cap before, but Adam's head was covered in what looked like kind of scabby skin that just wouldn't come off.  I was fine to just leave it alone because you couldn't see it through all his hair and it didn't seem to bother him at all.

Today though, all that scabbiness exploded into a headful of huge flakes that could not be combed, brushed or shook out.  Well, that's not really true - I could comb out a ton (my bathroom sink was completely covered in them) but they just kept coming and every pass of the comb would just knock a whole bunch more loose.  I kept saying to myself, "Babies aren't gross, but this is REALLY gross."

So when Nana took Owen down to Kent Station this evening  for dinner and trains, Adam and I ran to Babies R Us for some emergency cradle cap treatment.  It is basically lotion that you are supposed to massage into the scalp and leave on overnight and wash out in the morning.  Well, guess how hard it is to massage lotion into a scalp covered with thick, luxurious hair?  You just have to use 3 times the amount, but it can be done.  Not without a little cell phone photo documentation though.  It definitely doesn't seem to bother him!