Re: PLEASE HELP !!!! VERY ITCHY HEAD !!!

[Guest guest]

We got the aveeno oatmeal baby bath and made a paste, then put it on

my daughter's head while bathing her. Also when I started noticing her

scalp looked dry I stopped using shampoo every time, and sometimes

just rinsed her head with water. When she did have the band off we

distracted and played with her to keep her from scratching her head.

She didn't seem to be itchy when the band was off.

-christine

sydney 2.5 yrs starband grad

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> Hi All

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> My son has been in band for almost 7 weeks now. He started

scratching his itchy head from past 4 weeks. I have switched his baby

shampoo to aveeno hoping his itchiness woul dgo away. It seems he has

developed a chronic itchiness now. In his last appointment , when I

mentioned about it to the clinician at CT, she said its normal . But ,

it seems to be very inconvenient for my baby. He can not stop himself

from scratching. When his helmet is off, he can not stop scratching hs

head even for a SINGLE second. With his helmet on, the poor baby keeps

scratching on his helmet itself and i can see how uncomfortable he is

.. He shows it all the time. I noticed his scalp geting very dry

especially above the neck. I also noticed his lymph nodes at the neck

getting enlarged. I have a well check appointment with his  PED on NOv

3rd and I would bring it up with his DR about this.

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> Can any one please tell me if you ever had this situaton and what

worked for your baby ? Please help. Is there anything I can buy from

the store , like a shampoo or oil? Can I take off helmet for half  a

day and see if that would improve anything. Please let me know . I

will be checking my emails every hour for your responses.

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> Thanks

> Chanda

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[Guest guest]

We use tea tree shampoo; our ortho said that any kind of other shampoo

can cause scalp irritation. Tea tree shampoo works wonders on dry

scalps and my daughter has not had an itchy scalp since we started

using it (and my 4 year old had cradle cap for years and this was the

only thing that finally got rid of it.). Might be worth a try if the

Aveeno doesn't work.

kristine

[Guest guest]

Hi Chanda (and to anyone else dealing with cradle cap and itchiness)-

Before my son got his band, he had some really scaly cradle cap. I

was concerned that the band would make it worse. During his

photostudy at CT, where his cradle cap was visible and gross, I said

something about it and the lady taking the pictures recommended

extra virgin olive oil. She said it cleared her daughter's cradle

cap right up. So I tried it and it worked like a charm, the cradle

cap was completely gone within two hair washings. I would imagine it

would help with itchiness as well, apparently it has natural

antioxidents in it that help (in the extra virgin variety

specifically). I think it would be worth a shot.

My only concern is that even after washing the oil out with shampoo

2 or 3 times, his hair would still appear oily the next day and I'm

not sure what that would do the foam of the band if you were to put

it back on him. He did have a lot of hair though, so maybe babies

with less hair wouldn't see as much oily build up. It took an extra

bath without using the oil to really get it all out and return his

hair to normal. Maybe run it past an ortho first to see what oily

residue would do to the foam. One day or so without wearing the band

shouldn't be a problem, especially if, in the long run, you clear up

the itching problem.

Please let us know if you try it and if it works Good luck!

Jake-2 (DOCBand Grad 9/19/08)

Jordan-4.5

>

> Hi All

>

>

> My son has been in band for almost 7 weeks now. He started

scratching his itchy head from past 4 weeks. I have switched his

baby shampoo to aveeno hoping his itchiness woul dgo away. It seems

he has developed a chronic itchiness now. In his last appointment ,

when I mentioned about it to the clinician at CT, she said its

normal . But , it seems to be very inconvenient for my baby. He can

not stop himself from scratching. When his helmet is off, he can not

stop scratching hs head even for a SINGLE second. With his helmet

on, the poor baby keeps scratching on his helmet itself and i can

see how uncomfortable he is . He shows it all the time. I noticed

his scalp geting very dry especially above the neck. I also noticed

his lymph nodes at the neck getting enlarged. I have a well check

appointment with his  PED on NOv 3rd and I would bring it up with

his DR about this.

>

> Can any one please tell me if you ever had this situaton and what

worked for your baby ? Please help. Is there anything I can buy from

the store , like a shampoo or oil? Can I take off helmet for half  a

day and see if that would improve anything. Please let me know . I

will be checking my emails every hour for your responses.

>

> Thanks

> Chanda

>

[Guest guest]

Hi I was going through all the replies to my email and I saw your questions. My son had cradle cap when he was younger . Now he is 9 months old and has been in band for 7 weeks. I was using s and s and it was making his scalp dry. I switched to Aveeno baby wash and shampoo . It does not work either . Today I tried California Baby wash and shampoo. I will try it for a week and see its going to improve or not. If it does not, then I am thinking to get a tree tea oil shampoo which is supposed to be very good for itchy scalp. I will keep you guys posted.-Chanda

From: kp7523 <kris345@...>Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP !!!! VERY ITCHY HEAD !!!Plagiocephaly Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 1:47 PM

We use tea tree shampoo; our ortho said that any kind of other shampoo can cause scalp irritation. Tea tree shampoo works wonders on dry scalps and my daughter has not had an itchy scalp since we started using it (and my 4 year old had cradle cap for years and this was the only thing that finally got rid of it.). Might be worth a try if the Aveeno doesn't work.kristine