https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:27:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1667017 Thu, 29 May 2014 20:03:18 +0000 photojane 1667017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: Same! ALL of my childhood baths were bubble baths &amp; my first UTI wasn't until my honeymoon (ouch!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1667010 Thu, 29 May 2014 20:02:24 +0000 photojane 1667010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: Sadie has gotten a bubble bath every other night since she was probably 6 months, and no UTI's. No problems with her lady bits at all, actually. We don't use Honest either. We either pour some of her hair &amp; body wash in or the legit bubble bath (like Mr. Bubbles) if we have it (she got some for her birthday). She loves the bubbles! I wouldn't worry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1666983 Thu, 29 May 2014 19:57:16 +0000 creativemomma15 1666983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just read this online last night! DS hasn't had a bubble bath in a few weeks (He used to love them but suddenly… NO BUBBLES!) Last night after bath he complained that he was hurting… Not sure whether or not to take him seriously but I googled UTI and saw this info. I never knew before! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1666975 Thu, 29 May 2014 19:55:19 +0000 ShootingStar 1666975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think every single bath I took as a kid was a bubble bath. My mom would squirt some ivory soap in every time, and I never got a UTI until I was an adult. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1666605 Thu, 29 May 2014 18:40:12 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1666605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Growing up I was never allowed to 'soak' in a bubble bath, because of UTI risk. But, that was with perfume-y soaps, not the great natural stuff you can get now. So I don't know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1666598 Thu, 29 May 2014 18:39:31 +0000 birdofafeather 1666598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ms.janedoe: that's kinda how i feel about it? BUT LO has not had a UTI prior and I feel like the ingredients in this particular bubble bath are safe... who knows?! i just have read anecdotal evidence and all the links I found said that studies have found no causal effect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1666530 Thu, 29 May 2014 18:22:00 +0000 Turd Ferguson 1666530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So how does it work for giving babe a "normal" bath, I use soap and ultimately it all ends up in the water anyway...like a bubble bath. Is this bad, too? :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1666482 Thu, 29 May 2014 18:02:59 +0000 sorrycharlie 1666482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I just googled and admittedly only looked at the first link (and babycenter message boards at that) (i'm so bone weary tired) - it said high heat can affect their bodies differently than ours but didn't elaborate. so that person could have been telling truth or elaborating lol. either way, we'll keep her out of them for a long time..they also are (public ones, IMO) germy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1666463 Thu, 29 May 2014 17:53:57 +0000 shopaholic 1666463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: Ah! That makes sense - along with the high heat in general. But man, I've been jonesing to go to the hot tub and can't because what would we do with LO? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1666450 Thu, 29 May 2014 17:48:58 +0000 JerricaBenton 1666450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never do bubble baths for LO for fear of UTIs. I got a few when I was little from them. Certainly never needed a catheter though! I think the idea is that sitting in the soap is irritating and can get caught up in the urinary tract and cause infection. I would think if baths are short and you rinse her after it's probably ok. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1666444 Thu, 29 May 2014 17:45:59 +0000 sorrycharlie 1666444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have heard this about bubble baths..growing up I wasn't allowed to have one often!</p> <p>@shopaholic: I've heard the hot tub thing is bad for developing reproductive systems because of the high heat! no idea if that's fact. I remember being young and visiting my grandparents at a hotel, and the hotel worker in the pool area told me I was not allowed to go in. When my grandmother asked why, she explained that the high heat wasn't good for developing bodies/children..I forget the gist. They got to talking. lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1666441 Thu, 29 May 2014 17:44:55 +0000 sandy 1666441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard about UTIs and bubble baths. One person I know stopped doing them and their daughter stopped getting UTIs...they did not believe their pediatrician's advice at first. My neighbor's girl gets UTIs too and she also takes bubble baths and I told them about my friend. No one else I know has LOs that get UTIs </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1666436 Thu, 29 May 2014 17:41:55 +0000 shopaholic 1666436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I vaguely heard of this when I was younger, and also about hot tubs. But we have given K bubble baths with the Honest shampoo and body wash (seriously the best bubbles!) I never really thought about UTIs, but I use the removable shower head and rinse her off standing up all over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1666434 Thu, 29 May 2014 17:40:41 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1666434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have so heard if bubble baths causing UTIs. Chloe had one at a very, very young age and the ped said no bubble baths until after she's 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1666433 Thu, 29 May 2014 17:40:31 +0000 Snowdrop 1666433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't heard about bubblebaths causing UTIs, however where she gets the idea that you treat a UTI with a catheter god knows! Maybe it is different in the US but ALL my training says that you do not introduce catheters to someone with a UTI therefore this smacks a little of scare monggering to me. I hope your DD enjoys her bubble bath :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1666427 Thu, 29 May 2014 17:36:15 +0000 autumnlove 1666427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have heard about UTIs from bubble baths. :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/uti-and-bubble-baths#post-1666417 Thu, 29 May 2014 17:29:50 +0000 birdofafeather 1666417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just picked up some honest bubble bath for DD. the ingredients all look good and it has added to bathtime fun! i posted a photo on IG and FB and an acquaintance of mine who is a pediatric nurse messaged me with this long thing about bubble baths and them causing UTIs and how DD would need a catheter.... I wrote her back and said, thanks for the info and heads up! but was annoyed and interested at the same time. after some googling, it seems like there is not scientific evidence that bubble baths cause UTIs, but it can irritate their genitals. my non-scientific mama-gut says that the coconut oil, aloe, etc in the honest co bubble bath isn't irritating her (haven't noticed anything yet) but i will rinse her off well afterward just in case.</p> <p>just wondering if anyone else had heard info about this either way? </p>