Homemade Swimmers Shampoo and Eye Drops

Just realized your post was way back in '05, your son is probably playing for his college team by now. Anyway, this isn't homemade, but any clarifying shampoo will remove chlorine as well as the expensive swimmers' shampoos. Here in the US Pantene makes a nice one that's pretty inexpensive. And though you didn't ask about ear drops for swimmers, one part white vinegar and one part rubbing (isopropyl) alcohol makes great drops for preventing otitis externa (swimmers' ear).

for eyedrops, i suggest few grains of sugar dissloved in a spoon of clean water .its safe, natural & even cures conjenctivitisas per my granny :).

My sons, too, play water polo. I don't recommend making any of the saline recipes you might find on the internet. I'm from Australia & things here cost heaps more than in the US. Still, a 1 litre bottle (about 1 quart US) of saline solution sold at your local optomerist (I don't know what they are called ther - the people who fill prescription eyeglasses & contact lenses) is REALLY cheap. Use a clean or sterilised eyewash cup - available from any chemist / drug-store (if you want to be ultra cautious boil it for 10 mins & seal it in a clean plastic bag), fill with the saline solution & use the saline solution to wash your son's eyes at the end of the game. Actually, plain boiled water will do as good - you just have to wash the chlorine from the eyes. Any shampoo on the market (even the cheapest) should deal with the hair. If he has a particularly sensative scalp, just make sure he goes straight to the showers after a game and washes his hair. Hope that helps, KIM