Homemade Baby Soap

Before the long morning of taking Josiah to the Doctor and then taking him to Walgreens and getting his prescription filled. I had some time on my hands before his appointment with the Doc. I remembered that I really wanted to make some soap for him, because of his eczema I have to be careful of the soap that I use on his skin as to not irritate it further. So I made a trip over to Lifesource and got a bar of soap, i was happy to see that they had a special "Baby Mild" unscented bar soap on the shelf. I'm not a fan of bar soap sitting out and using it on my toddler would be a nightmare, but I had a recipe at home on how to make liquid body soap and I really wanted to try it with Josiah. So I bought it!

Here are the ingredients you'll need to make your liquid baby soap

  Cheese Grater

1 8oz Bar of Soap

2 Tablespoons of Glycerin(found at any drug store, grocery store) 

1 Gallon of Water(not in pic)

I was really trying to find a Mrs. Meyers Bar Soap because that's what the recipe from Pinterest asked for. The place that I used to get it from, doesn't sell it anymore, so I went with the other best thing Dr. Bronner's! However, you can use just about any kind of soap for this project. I prefer Dr. Bronner's because of the organic quality.

(Sorry about my camera, I am not the best at picture taking. :/)

See the label? Notice its Unscented Baby-Mild logo? Also ORGANIC! Yay!
Perfect for what I'm using it for.

Grate up all your soap and put into a pot like this

Blurry :/ I know, just go with it. :)

Then add your gallon of water and glycerin

I just used an old milk container to measure the water, notice how I didn't fill it all the way? You'll want a little room for the extra melted soap. But if that's not a concern, you'll still want something to store your soap in. Also, you can add a little more water later.

After you combine your ingredients, turn your burner onto med-high heat till the soap is completely melted.

My soap is pretty clear looking, just remember that the soap that you use may look different. Don't freak out if its more cloudy than mine.  Soaps with scent tend to be a bit more cloudy.

After you are done with the melting, you can either move it to another bowl/bucket or leave it in the pot that you cooked it in. I have limited space and I needed the pot I was using for dinner.

Next, the waiting game. You need to wait 10-12 hours or until it hardens


This is what it should look like when you are finished, use a spoon or hand blender to help smooth it out. If the soap is a little too hard to your liking just add very little water till you reach your desired consistency.

I poked it a couple times, can you tell? ;)

Store all of that wonderful soap into your used milk jug.

That's it! Refill your soap dispensers as needed!

It's that easy and so much better that buying all that ready made soap, and it's cheaper!

Make sure you label it too! My husband thought that it was spoiled milk and nearly threw it out!

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention...you can use this soap on yourself too! I personally like lavender, or citrus smells for body wash, so my suggestion is explore a little and choose what scents that you prefer. My husband really loves the citrus, because it's more "manly" than the lavender or the almond. ;)
 Just thought that I'd throw that out there! Hope this can work out for you as lovely as it did for me!

Love, Jess