Incredible!

As you know, we went to the doctor on Tuesday for Aidyn's cradle cap. According to the Wikipedia encyclopedia:

Cradle Cap (also known as crusta lactea, milk crust, honeycomb disease) is a yellowish, patchy, greasy, scaly and crusty skin rash that occurs on the scalp of recently born babies. It is usually not itchy, and does not bother the baby. Cradle cap most commonly begins sometime in the first 3 months. The rash is often prominent around the ear, the eyebrows or the eyelids. It may appear in other locations as well, where it is called seborrhoeic dermatitis rather than cradle cap. It is extremely common, with about half of all babies affected. Most of them have a mild version of the disorder. Severe cradle cap is rare.

The cause of cradle cap is not clearly defined but it is not caused by an infection, allergy nor from poor hygiene. Possibly it has to do with overactive sebaceous glands in the skin of newborn babies, due to the mother's hormones still in the baby's circulation. The glands release a greasy substance that makes old skin cells attach to the scalp as they try to dry and fall off.

This is how Aidyn's head looked on Tuesday afternoon when we returned from the doctor's office.

Tuesday evening before going to bed, we gave Aidyn his first "treatment". The dr prescribed a steriod cream. We put the cream (like a watery lotion) on his head once a day for up to 5-7 days. We have treated Aidyn's head 3 times (Tues, Wed, Thurs). Here is his picture from today.

Can you believe how much better it looks?!?! I think we will continue the cream until Sunday evening and then stop. Hopefully we are through with the cradle "crap". ;)