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One night I put coconut oil on her head (massaged it in a bit) and then put a little hat on it for 10 minutes so it wouldn't get all over everything. Then I bathed her and combed her head to get off all the pieces. After that it was pretty much gone and any time it came back it was just a few teeny spots that I would either comb off when her hair was wet with shampoo or scratch off when her hair was dry. I'd have to use the comb and do little circles to get the flakes off-with a fine tooth comb. A soft bristle hair brush did nothing for us.

I don't know if bathing more or less frequently makes a difference? I think it may be partially due to oils build up so maybe washing hair with shampoo and combing might make sense to decrease the amount? When my daughter was an infant I only bathed her every 2 or 3 days. Then starting around 6 months it became every night as part of our routine. However, the cradle cap has been long gone since i'd say about 3 months.

For some reason when my son had it I thought I wasn't supposed to touch it, but what finally helped when it got super bad was to use a comb and my fingernails and pick it all off his head. After that we started using the Mustela foaming soap with every bath, but still only bathed 2-3 times a week.

Pretty much exactly the same as @Mrs. Goose: - I put a bunch of coconut oil on it and let it sit, then I scrubs it with the soft bristle brush to loosen it, then took the fine tooth comb and just combed and combed out all the flakes. The. I washed with the mustela foam shampoo after. I did that a couple times (so gross satisfying) and it pretty much never came back. A bunch of hair came out with the flakes but it didn't seem to make a difference.

We bathed LO 2-3 times a week to use the T-Gel (pediatrician recommendation) as suggested. Then, I brushed his hair in a circular motion daily although I was supposed to three times a day. It took a couple weeks, but the cradle cap was gone.

Aquaphor left on his scalp for 20 minutes and then rinsed off was an immediate solution, but the cradle cap came back in a few days.

My Ped suggested scrubbing her head with a soft bristled toothbrush to get off the flakes.

We used the mustella shampoo with a very soft bristle brush, I think maybe 2 nights in a row. And then it was just gone! We continued to use the mustella every 3 nights until it ran out (and it took like a year). Never saw needed the little brush or saw cradle cap again though. I didn't know about using oil so we didn't even do that.

I massaged olive oil all over his scalp, let it sit for ten minutes, then used regular baby shampoo to wash his hair. A few days later I repeated the treatment and that took care of it for good.