Homemade Baby Wipes

RE: Homemade Baby Wipes Post By justine. (Guest Post) (07/24/2008) I think it's def worth making baby wipes for 2 reasons... avoid all the chemicals (hence i'd be inclined to use a combo of witchhazel, tea tree and rose water instead of soap and baby oil) and to do our bit for the earth (good idea to use flannel) after all 'we didn't inherit the earth from our ancestors we're borrowing it from our children' x Report Spam or Abuse Tip: My Homemade Baby Wipes Post by jess_admin (649) | (05/08/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact Save tons of money by making your own baby wipes. It's much easier than you might think. I use only the Bounty paper towels because they hold up better. Fold them in thirds (accordion style--like when you were a kid and made fans in school with your old papers!) Make sure to leave the paper towels attached at the perforation because it helps them feed through the wipes container. When the paper towels are folded cut them in half (this means each roll of towels should make about 200 wipes) and set them in your wipes container. Boil water, let it cool and measure out about 1 1/2 cups of water per wipes container. Add 2 drops of tea tree oil (a natural antiseptic) for each 1 1/2 cups of water. Pour it slowly over the towels. Allow them to sit of a couple hours and you're set. I use old wipes containers that I already had around the house. If you don't have some, ask neighbors, co-workers, family, church members. Most people just throw them away so it shouldn't be hard to find 4 or 5 of them. I pre-fold my paper towels when I'm on the phone, watching our toddler in the tub, etc. This way when I run out, they're already folded. All I have to do is add the water. If your buy the paper towels on sale with coupons, you can make the wipes for about 1/2 cent or less per wipe as opposed to the 2-3 cents per wipe they cost at the store. It may sound like a small amount, but it REALLY adds up in the long run. Good luck! By Heidi from Washington, DC Feedback: RE: Homemade Baby Wipes I have noticed too that in a pinch, when I run out of wipes, that the 1 papertowel is equivalent to like 2 or 3 wipes. I don't know why. But those papertowels are better. Wipes are so tiny, for every poop, I gotta use at least 3 or 4. It adds up! $9.80 was the last time I was at Walmart for the Huggies Sensitive wipes (some of those cheaper brands irritate the little bums). By mommamoody Report Spam or Abuse Tip: Homemade Baby Wipes Post by lewis_admin (1305) | (03/15/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact Try this if you find that you're close to running out of baby wipes and won't have enough to last until payday. Using the empty wipe container, put in a small amount of warm water in the bottom, about 1/2 inch, add a few drops of baby oil, and a few drops of mild baby bath wash. Now, take enough paper towels to fill container and cut each one in half, then put them into the water, oil, bath wash solution. Now flip the stack over to be sure they all get saturated. Whaa-la! You have instant baby wipes. The bath wash cleanses the skin, the oil moisturizes and seals the skin. Use a dry paper towel or wash cloth to pat skin dry before diapering baby. I recommend using the better quality paper towels. The ones that feel more like material, because they're softer and don't fall apart so easily. Also, use the products that you normally use on baby, so you know they won't be allergic. I used these on my three children, now grown, when money was tight and found they worked better then the store bought ones. By Josie from Homer, AK Feedback: RE: Homemade Baby Wipes Viva is the best kind of paper towel to use. (It's the thickest) Also try to get the select a size so you don't have to take the time cutting in half. Oh and one more thing. Make sure you boil the water to steralize it. I didn't and ended up with some mold. (02/16/2007) By jessie Report Spam or Abuse Tip: Homemade Baby Wipes Post by lewis_admin (1305) | (02/13/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact Instead of buying baby wipes at the store, I make mine homemade. All it costs is a roll of double quilted bounty paper towels and baby soap and baby oil which you already have for the baby. You cut the towel roll in half so you have 2 round halves. Pull the cardboard out of the center of one. Buy a container with a lid that the towels will fit tightly into. Put 2 cups of water, 8 squirts of baby soap and 3 short squirts of baby oil. shake it up and put the towel roll into the container and close the lid. Turn upside down and let sit for about 10 minutes so the liquid can soak through. Put the other half of the paper towels away for next time. Cheap and efficient! I discovered it when my son had an allergic reaction to store wipes and found it to be much cheaper and they last longer! By JCR7676 Feedback: RE: Homemade Baby Wipes I have found that by making my own baby wipes we save a ton! They also seem to be stronger than the store bought. By Julie RE: Homemade Baby Wipes Add a little Witch Hazel to your mixture. Don't remember who or where I got it but I do child care and go though a lot for hands. I don't think they would work as pop ups. By Judi RE: Homemade Baby Wipes I've done the same sort of thing with cloth wipes. I use squares of flannel that I finished with a zigzag stitch around the edges. I put them in a tupperware container with water, baby soap, witch hazel and oil. They go into the diaper pail and get washed with my cloth diapers. By Shawna RE: Homemade Baby Wipes You can use these in pop up containers,you just pull the paper towel from the center of the roll after you have removed the cardboard and added your solution. Just feed it through the hole in the lid. By Julie RE: Homemade Baby Wipes I still don't see how this is more cost saving than buying the Equate brand wipes. There are 800 in a pack for $3.80. The Bounty towels are that much for a double pack and there are only 100 sheets per roll. Even cutting them in half, you only have 400 wipes. By Shera RE: Homemade Baby Wipes You can also use VIVA which is cheaper than Bounty. By Dahart Baby Wipes Take Baby Wash (dollar store) and paper towels and make your own baby wipes! Use Bounty paper towels (or a really good brand) and fold them in fourths and line them in an old recycled plastic wipe container/tub. Then mix 1/3 cup baby wash to 2/3 cup warm water. Pour over wipes. Keep container closed. If they dry out just "wet with warm water and the baby wash will come back onto the wipe. By Gina RE: Homemade Baby Wipes I have two small children 2 years old and 8 months old I go through more baby wipes than you can imagine in just a day. I am saving $13.00 a month which makes it well worth it. By Kristen RE: Science fair project I am doing a project on bounty paper towels and brawny paper towels and bounty paper towels soaked up more liquid than brawny!! By Kaytlin RE: Homemade Baby Wipes I've been using the Target Brand unscented baby wipes and tearing each one in half. This way they last twice as long. I believe it comes out to about 1cent each (per half)-I buy it by the case. I'd do the math with the paper towels, but I'm not sure how many are on a roll,etc. I like the idea of folding the paper towels into fourths and adding baby shampoo, etc, but that seems too time consuming. By Judy RE: Homemade Baby Wipes I was pretty sure that i read somewhere that baby oil is not a good thing to use on infants. Is that true? By angelinaballerina Report Spam or Abuse