Green Daily

I went into a frenzy after reading Patricia's post about phthalates in baby urine. A finding that was attributed to some shampoos. I was angry with myself for not using the big bottle of Dr. Bronner's that I bought when I was pregnant with my first child and I was even angry with the innocent person who bought me a big tub of Gerber bath soap (it was a brief anger). I then tossed the remaining bottles and moved Dr. Bronner's Baby Mild to its rightful position in our bathtub.

Our two-year-old has had a patch of cradle cap on the crown of her head since she was only a few months old. The pediatrician recommended dandruff shampoo but after a few applications it still didn't go away so I figured that she would outgrow it. I thought nothing of it when my five-month-old developed the same symptoms.

However, only days after switching shampoos, the cradle cap is disappearing from both heads. It could be the essential oils in Dr. Bronner's shampoo or that something in Gerber's Grins and Giggles was irritating them ... or a bit of both. Whatever the cause, my family will be going all natural when we go au natural from here on out.