[Grayson's mom]

here's how you fix the sea of bubbles

Here’s the fix:

Dump all of your ice cubes into the bottom of the dishwasher to cool the water.
Sprinkle salt on the suds.
Pour some vinegar into the suds.
Scoop out as many of the suds as you can.
Turn your dishwasher’s knob (if it’s the old-school kind that has one) to the end of the last part of the cycle. It should be fairly straightforward to find the point where it actually starts draining the water. Usually this is right after the rinse cycle.
Once it’s empty, turn it all the way around to the rinse cycle, and let it rinse then drain 3 or 4 times. The first time or two, monitor things so that the suds don’t get out of control. If you did the vinegar and salt thing, it shouldn’t be a problem.
After about the 4th mini-cycle, you’re probably safe to do a regular load again to clean the dishes that are coated in dish soap. Again, monitor things, since the residue of dish soap on the dishes could cause a flare up of bubbles.
If you noticed dish soap bubbles, yet one more cycle might be in order to get the dishes clean