Cloth Baby Wipes

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You may or may not have decided to use cloth diapers on your baby.  Your decision is a personal choice that I make no judgement on.  For me cloth diapers and wipes have worked really well (and have saved us a TON of money).  I love the fact that I don't have to run out to the store when I'm out of diapers or wipes.  I just wash and dry mine and I'm good to go for a couple more days!

Since I use cloth diapers, I decided to use cloth baby wipes as well.  I ordered 12 Thirsties Fab Cloth Wipes from Kelly's Closet.  I paid about $23 for 12 wipes.  The wipes are very thick and soft.  They are great at cleaning up really dirty diapers.  I also went to TJ Maxx and bought 24 very thin baby wash cloths to use as wipes.  I think I paid like $5!  I couldn't justify spending any more money than I already had on the nice thick Thirsties.  These thinner wipes are really good for getting into little crevices and wiping pee of cute little baby bottoms.  I make a cloth wipe solution out of water, castile soap and tea tree oil.  I was fortunate enough to get a wipe warmer as a gift at my baby shower.  I dunk my wipes in the solution, squeeze them out and then fold them in half.  I stack up probably 30 or so in my wipe warmer.  The cloth wipes clean baby skin extremely well leaving no residue behind.  Castile soap is made from vegetable oil instead of animal fat like most other soaps. 

I use disposable diapers and wipes about 30% of the time.  I'm not against disposables by any means.  I just haven't mastered the art of carrying around a wet bag for dirty diapers when we are out of the house!

Cloth Wipe Solution

2 squirts of liquid castile soap (baby mild or lavender formula)
A couple of drops of tea tree oil
4 cups of warm water

Add the soap and oil to the water and stir once.  Saturate wipes in solution.  Wring out excess and fold wipes in half.  Place in plastic tub container or a wipe warmer.  Pour out any leftover solution you have.

Zany Zebra is a great website to gather more information on other cloth wipe solution recipes!




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