If a baby is indirectly fed such drugs we must not be surprised to see its health adversely affected. So, if your baby has cradle cap, think about the drugs you might be taking. If you have the unpleasant habit of smoking, you should certainly give it up while you are breast-feeding. Think of your child. Would you want your baby’s health upset because your irresponsibility means it has to try and cope with poisonous nicotine?
Even during pregnancy nicotine has an adverse effect on the unborn child. You can prove this to yourself by means of a simple experiment. Place a stethoscope on the mother’s abdomen and count the child’s heartbeats. Then let the mother smoke just one cigarette and then count the beats again. You will note that they have increased by eight per minute! Once the mother and her partner have convinced themselves of this overstimulation, they will be in no doubt that the mother should give up smoking at once.
Certain foods can affect the mother’s milk in the same way as drugs. I have often seen a child’s cradle cap disappear within a few days if the mother avoids eating egg white. It is, therefore, especially important to adopt a healthy diet while breast-feeding, as set out in another section of this book. Nursing mothers should remember that they are eating for both themselves and the baby.
Try to breast-feed your baby for as long as possible. But if, in spite of changing your own diet, the child’s condition remains unaltered, then replace a meal by giving a bottle of almond milk or buttermilk. Babies suffering from cradle cap respond well to this less fatty food. Violaforce, the fresh plant extract made from wild pansy, can be added to buttermilk to enhance its curative effect.
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