Hair Products for African American Babies
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Printed Date: November 03 2025 at 9:08pm
Topic: Hair Products for African American Babies
Posted By: J's Mom
Subject: Hair Products for African American Babies
Date Posted: September 24 2005 at 1:00pm
My 8 month old son's hair is dry. I have been using baby oil, but want to try something different to moisturize his har. I don't want anything too heavy (like creams) that will weigh his hair down and would like something as natural as possible. What are you using on your babies' hair or what would you suggest
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Posted By: Honeydoo
Date Posted: September 24 2005 at 11:31pm
My little brother had the same problem when he was a baby. (He's 11 now! ). Baby Oil dries out the hair. Plus, at 8 months, his hair texture has probably changed a bit from when he was itty bitty. Try rubbing a tiny bit of shea butter through his hair after you wash it. Shea butter is a great moisturizer. It is a solid cream but a tiny bit should melt when you rub it through your hands and into his hair. Try a local health food store for a good quality shea butter. After my mom used this in my brother's hair it was moisturized and grew in very thick and shiny.------------- http://public.fotki.com/Honeydoo pw: bombay |
Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 7:39am
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Baby oil is mostly mineral oil and it is drying. I agree with Honeydoo on the shea butter. It can be a bit heavy for some but if you just use a small amount and melt it in your hands it will be ok. Also, olive oil would be good to use also because it is gentle for little ones. There is also a soap made for babies called castile soap and it is 100% olive oil. HTH ------------- |
Posted By: carameldiva
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 9:22am
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Jojoba oil or sweet almond oil may help as well since they are very close to our own natural sebum. ------------- Me and you, your cousin and your momma too rollin on da strip on bow's |
Posted By: J's Mom
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 4:42pm
| Great - I really appreciate all of your suggestions! I'll try out the Shea Butter first and see how that does. A co-worker of mine also suggested olive oil, so if the shea butter doesn't work out I'll try the Jojoba oil. Thanks again! |
Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: September 26 2005 at 7:51am
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Good luck and let us know how it works out. ------------- |