How do you wet your cloth wipes?

proudarmywife08

I need to start using them again with DD. I've been avoiding them b/c I keep wondering if they were causing her yeast rashes. My reasoning is b/c I would put wipes solution on them, put them in an old Huggies wipes container and use them. They would sit in there for up to a week (I'd make like three containers full at a time) and I wondered if maybe I was breeding yeast in there. So...what do you use for wipes solution and how do you get it on the wipes?

SapphyrEyes

I just use a spray bottle.  I've been using a couple drops of babywash, couple drops TTO and fill with water.  It's been working great on DS.  I spray the wipe until it's as wet as I want and then use.

proudarmywife08

SapphyrEyes:

I just use a spray bottle.  I've been using a couple drops of babywash, couple drops TTO and fill with water.  It's been working great on DS.  I spray the wipe until it's as wet as I want and then use.

Stupid question...where do you get TTO?

MandaGail

I have a stack of dry wipes sitting next to an old wipes container that I fill up about 1/3 with plain water.  Dunk one when I need it.  Easy.

proudarmywife08

MandaGail:

I have a stack of dry wipes sitting next to an old wipes container that I fill up about 1/3 with plain water.  Dunk one when I need it.  Easy.

Now I can do that :-)

maramarrie

I use a squirt bottle, like a peri bottle. I keep a small 3oz one in the diaper bag and an 8oz one on the changing table. We just lay the dry wipe down and squirt it with the bottle. I do it one-handed all the time while I hold baby legs with the other hand. It works well for us. I started out using a spray bottle for the diaper bag and would spray right on his bum. I think I just felt like it wasn't wet enough and might be too much friction on his skin.

MandaGail

For on the go, I use my water bottle to wet his wipes since I always have it with me.  We almost always change him in the car.

maramarrie

A friend of mine who is a massage therapist got a lot of her oils from CamdenGrey.com. She said their quality was good and their prices great. I bought my TTO from there. I got 4 small bottles (maybe 2oz bottles) and we've gone through 1.5 of them. We don't use it in our wipe solution anymore because I think Harris was a little sensitive to it. But we use it in the diaper pail.

ETA: I went to check and I ordered 4oz, so they were 1oz bottles. It was inexpensive. You can buy 2oz at Target for $8 I think. My friend said something about "quality" at camdengrey, but I don't know how I'd ever know the difference. She was at times fanatical, so it may be that it doesn't really matter. However, I got 4oz for just over $10 at CG, so it was significantly cheaper.

SapphyrEyes

proudarmywife08:

SapphyrEyes:

I just use a spray bottle.  I've been using a couple drops of babywash, couple drops TTO and fill with water.  It's been working great on DS.  I spray the wipe until it's as wet as I want and then use.

Stupid question...where do you get TTO?

Whole Foods usually.  We also have the nations oldest health food store nearby so I get it there sometimes as well because it's closer.  And my local Trader Joes has it as well.

Hippinski

maramarrie:

A friend of mine who is a massage therapist got a lot of her oils from CamdenGrey.com. She said their quality was good and their prices great. I bought my TTO from there. I got 4 small bottles (maybe 2oz bottles) and we've gone through 1.5 of them. We don't use it in our wipe solution anymore because I think Harris was a little sensitive to it. But we use it in the diaper pail.

ETA: I went to check and I ordered 4oz, so they were 1oz bottles. It was inexpensive. You can buy 2oz at Target for $8 I think. My friend said something about "quality" at camdengrey, but I don't know how I'd ever know the difference. She was at times fanatical, so it may be that it doesn't really matter. However, I got 4oz for just over $10 at CG, so it was significantly cheaper.

It really matters what oils you use if they are going to be applied topically to skin.  You want therapeutic grade whenever possible.  I haven't checked out that site yet but your friend is right about quality being very important.

I have a wipe solution that I use and I put a little bit in a spray bottle and fill with water and a few drops of an oil that has antibacterial properties to keep it fresh and clean.  We spray down each wipe as we use it.

superlurker

We use a peri bottle with plain ol' water.  I usually wet down the wipe and then apply to DD, but the gooey messes get a direct spray.

Lotte134

superlurker:

We use a peri bottle with plain ol' water.  I usually wet down the wipe and then apply to DD, but the gooey messes get a direct spray.

Same here.  I keep a spray bottle filled with water and a squirt of baby soap and spray that right on DS when he poops.  Pees just get water on a wipe from the peri bottle.

ruthiej

I keep my wipes in a basket on top of the toilet and wet them in the sink on the way to a diaper change.  I have a toddler, so we only average one poop a day.  That may change when my new baby gets here.