@binfoco As far as the school soap goes - I worked in public schools for years, and that pink shit absolutely wrecks my hands. I’d have nice hands all summer, then come in for the first day of preplanning, and my cuticles would be shredded by lunchtime after washing my hands maybe 5 times. I had one student who got eczema on their hands, and I think the soap was a trigger for them.
The only solution I ever found was to bring my own gentle hand soap and use that to wash my hands instead, along with using O’Keeffe’s Working Hands hand cream every night (but it has a formaldehyde releaser as a preservative, so I don’t use it on my kids). I just put the soap in a little travel bottle and hung it on my lanyard. The thing is, it could be dicey to have him bring his own soap, because he’s so little, and keeping track of it without forgetting or losing it might be a challenge. It also has the potential to make a big mess. If his classroom has their own sink or restroom, you might be able to request to provide a gentle soap for him to use instead, but because of OSHA issues, the school might not allow you to provide soap for any other students, particularly if it’s fragranced. So you can ask, but I wouldn’t expect them to be willing or able to do much there. Although you could check with his doctor, as if he does have a health condition like eczema or an allergy to that soap, then they might be more willing to switch to something else.
The hand soaps I had the most luck with were Clearly Natural Essentials and Dr. Bronner’s sugar soap - both unscented. But the Dr. Bronner’s is brown, so has more potential for mess.
