Cloth wipes and daycare

hmhiggin

DD goes to a home daycare lady who has been really great about using cd's.  Ever since we started full time daycare 5 weeks ago though, we've been fighting with yeast and other rashes.  (Not from home daycare though, we were split between a center for 2 days, and home daycare for 3 and the center was awful).

I've finally got the rashes under control and we are back in cloth.  I'd really like to maximize the cloth wipe usage though.  I think DD has a really sensistive tushy lately, and cloth wipes has really helped her.  And she will now be at the home daycare full time.

Do you think it would be asking too much to ask my home daycare lady to use cloth wipes?  I'm willing to pack them up premoistened in a baggy or send dry w/ a spray bottle.  We do dry at home and its so easy. 

Thoughts?  TIA

MKC12/22/2006

Nope, that's what we are doing too!

kaswanson

I think the premoisened in a baggy would be great.  It's basically the same thing as disposable wipes and no garbage for her to manage.  Sounds good to me!  The dry might be a little more work for her though.  

kjsmith9

We have always sent washcloths to daycare - never used disposable wipes.  We send 6 per day (since we send 6 diapers), but I don't moisten them because they just stay there if they don't use them (and I don't want to worry about mold growth).  

They just wet the whole washcloth since there's a sink right there.  Easy peasy.  Even if you send them dry, I don't think that's a big deal at all.  How difficult is it to run a washcloth under the faucet for 3 seconds?

belladonna11307

It seems to me like sending the cloth wipes would be easier - when she takes the diaper off, the wipe and diaper go in the same bag instead of the disposable wipe going in the trash and the diaper in a bag.  We've always sent cloth wipes and DD is in a center.  FWIW - our pediatrician recommends water on a cloth over disposable wipes, especially for rashy babies.