Super Eco

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Thanks to Karen Murphy's formaldehyde 411 on the tubful of kid shampoos exposed on today’s “toxic tears” list, I have a stinging new crop of toxicant bath time fears ... just in time for my brood’s bath night. In the next four hours—no later—mama needs some safe suds to scrub the kids down with. Which bubbles can I trust? Which ones ban the bad stuff, like carcinogenic 1,4-dioxane and the other f-word?

Don’t burst my bubble, Whole Foods! Here comes a mom on a mission ... with a non-toxic (no parabens, no sulfates, no nasties) shopping list that goes something like this:

• Burt’s Bees Baby Bee Bubble Bath ($9)—Bonus!—I already have this soothing organic soak in my medicine cabinet. Baby your “baby bee” with Burt’s non-drying, truly tear-free and sodium lauryl sulfate-free coconut and sunflower oil mild cleansing gel. Of course it’s phthalate- and paraben-free.
• Deep Steep Honey Bubble Bath ($19.50). Purified water, organic aloe, herbs, lavender, chamomile, barley grass and Vitamins E and B5, and little more will come into contact with your kiddo's sensitive skin. Don’t forget to recycle the bottle.
• LUSH Blue Skies Bubble Bar ($11). I’ve sung the bubbly praises of LUSH organic, vegan, cruelty-free bath bombs before and so have my lil' chitlins. You will too when your kid giggles at the sight of a (naturally) candy-colored botanical ball magically changing their bath water Violet Beauregarde blue … thankfully not their bodies. Or, help your little one make his own au naturale bath bomb.
• California Baby Super Sensitive Bath ($12). This is the best choice if your kid has allergies. The gentle, no tears (for real), non-toxic, super bubbly formula contains no nut oils, gluten, soy, oat or dairy ingredients, nor synthetic additives. It comes with a funky bubble wand your kids will love.

... and exhale. Soon, I'll feel squeaky clean knowing I’ve bathed my babes in bubbles that will leave them feeling fresh, clean and not a (potentially poisonous) thing more. Will you?