Bubble Baths revisited!

I had a question posted about this post, and I thought it would be best to just write a new post to answer it.

The truth of the matter is that we give Miss Pear fake bubble baths. There is no bubble bath solution involved. Sorry to disappoint.

Miss Pear has very sensitive skin that likes to break out in eczema for apparently any reason. Her pediatrician recommended the obvious: washing her face and hands well after every meal, keeping her hands clean in general, cleaning well at diaper changes and potty time, and scrupulous "spot cleaning". Then he said something interesting. He said to only bathe her every 2-3 days, and not to soap her up if her skin was dry or sore. If we were doing the first ones, a water bath and scrub would take care of most baby stuff, and it would be obvious if we needed something more, like a dab of soap!

Now, Miss Pear is getting bigger, and is finding bigger messes, so we don't like to skip soap all together. So when the weather is dry we try to "dilute" the soap by adding it like bubble bath so that we have some soap for good cleaning, but not enough to dry out her skin. Even the soaps made special for babies with sensitive skin and no perfumes can cause problems if her skin is already sore. So she often has "bubble baths" and we just scrub her down!

I hope this makes sense. Believe me when I say we keep our daughter clean, but we also have to work hard to protect her skin as having a little one scratching sore dry skin is not fun.