Baby Bubble Baths

Baby girls are prone to get infections with bubble baths so when my girls were little I stopped after this happened and took them to their doctor.
F.

Hi Finoa,
I started to bath my son in CALIFIRNIA BABY – BUBBLE BATH at 9 months. It’s No Tears, Non-Toxic and Organic. It is all natural and does not have any Parabens, sodium benzoats, benzoic acid, Benzyl Alcohol or Phenoxyethanol. They use essential oils it contains NO SOAP.

It even has a little bubble wand for you to blow bubbles to your babies while they bath – my son loves it. I get it at Whole Foods. Here’s is a link: http://www.californiababy.com/bubble-bath-tote.html

Good Luck,
D.

Hi F.,

Unfortunately bubble baths are not a good idea for children of any age for the reason you mentioned- bubble baths tend to be overly drying for their skin, but also because bubble baths have been associated with an increase in urinary tract infections in children.

Try blowing bubbles for them while they are bathing, or filling dishpans with bubbly water for them to play with inside or out, instead. L.

It is better not give bubble baths all the time to girls. Frequent bubble baths can cause frequent urinary infections in girls.

F.,
Just be careful, the bubble baths can give girls a yeast infection that burns. I was not ever able to find one that did not cause this problem with my girls.

W.

Hi F.
try california baby products.. they don't have harsh chemicals and or dyes. In addition, no sodium laurel sulfate, which is the ingredient that makes the bubbles in other soaps and is ALSO very very drying... Oh and limit the time you let them soak, especially if you don't have a chlorine filter on your bathtub faucet (warm chlorinated) water is very drying as well.
Lastly, stay away from products that stay fragrance free, often they use a chemical to make it smell like nothing. but in fact there are chemicals...
you can go online and read up about California baby .. the woman who started the company had the same dilemma , her child's skin was sensitive and dry... I have used the products quite often.
best of luck

My daughter, now 3, had slight eczema so I gave her bath a few times a week (not every night). I would use bubble bath about every other bath since she was one year. I primarily used Burt's Bees Baby Bubble Bath or the California Baby Bubble Bath. I still use them for her. She doesn't have a problem with either of these.

No bubble baths until they understand not to pee in the water. When they pee, the urethra opens, allowing soap and any bacteria to wisk right up in there- and then you get the UTI. My daughter has paid dearly for this. A smelly diaper for 2 months before she even got a fever,( they told me I wasnt wiping her good enough). Then 7 days with a 105 fever, (they kept telling me it was a bug going around.) Finally when she was going into septic shock, they gave her a urinalysis and she had a bladder infection that had moved up to a kidney infection. For several years afterward we battled these infections, month after month, because they never gave her enough antibiotic to wipe it out and it would regrow. Now because of years of bacteria in her system, it has gone into her tissues and has caused arthritis like pain in her pelvis, hips and back.
I just wouldn't even do a bubble bath if I were you. Seriously, its not worth it.

I think we started with bubble baths around 14 mos, but not sure. We use the Johnson's bedtime calming stuff. It doesn't make huge suds, just enough to have a little fun. We haven't noticed any drying out, but then we do lotion after bath everytime. Enjoy!

Why not just blow bubbles while they are in the tub? They will land on them and in the tub, but the actual amount of soap will be less than if you ran it in the tub. You may want to start out this way if you are worried about their sensitive skin. :-) We have a little machine called Gazillion Bubbles. It runs on batteries and makes a gazillion bubbles. Our 2 year old loves it!

Oh - I just read some of your responses. Don't use J&J products. They contain cancer causing dioxins! Go to www.cosmeticsdatabase.com (Skin Deep by the Environmental Working Group) and look up product names. It gives you a rating for safety. We use Terresentials, Nature's Paradise and California Baby products.

Hi F.,

My first son has sensitive skin, so we weren't able to use most bubble bath. We were using some more expensive (specialty store) hypo-allergenic bubbles, but then I found Mr. Bubbles made a sensitive skin bubble bath (white bottle). I found it at WalMart for less than $3. It makes great bubbles with just 1 cap full. It is also free of any colorings, scents, perfumes, etc. and it doesn't irritate my sons eczema. We found this when my son was 3, but started using it with my second son when he was just 1 since he bathes with my first son.

Have fun and God bless,
N.

Hi F.,

An occasional bubble bath is fine, especially when your girls hit the 'I don't like baths" phase. Just make sure that your rinse them off really good afterwards and use lots of lotion (grease them up like little piggys). Both my twin girls who are now 3 yrs and have excema take their bath together in our very large tub. My husband and I never leave them alone in the tub and normally my husband puts on his swim trunks and gets in the tub too. Then, he takes he one separately into the shower to rinse them off. I then dry, lotion and dress the girl. We use Eucerin lotion based on our dermatologist recommendation and have not had any skin problems.

Hi F., Check out Trukid at trukid.com--these are natural and organic products made by a local mom who didn't want to expose her babies/kids to toxic chemicals that are oftentimes in some of the major brands out there. I'm sure at 21 months these babies are ready for a little bubbly bath. Just put a nice lotion on afterward!