Do you make your own wipes?

lebeda777

Is it really cost effective to make your own?  Or do you do it for other reasons?  If so, what is the "recipe" you use?  TIA!!!!

breezee_bean

Costco's Kirkland brand wipes are pretty cost-effective=)  I never bothered to make my own, sorry no advice there.

AnnapolisLari

Nope. It's not worth it to me. I coupon heavily and often get them cheap or even free.

If you want to, here's a recipe:

- One half paper towel roll, cut cross wise
- 1 1/2 to 2 cups water
- 2 Tablespoons soap
- One large plastic container with lid (just recycle an old commercial wipes tub)

Pour water into container and stir in soap, then put paper towel roll into container and put on lid. If you want them to be more moisturizing, you can add a tablespoon of lotion or oil to the mixture. Let it soak overnight, and then by morning, the wipes are ready. Remove the inner tube from the paper towel roll and pull the wipes from the center.

Note: the amount of water depends on how thick the paper towel roll is. The Bounty Big Roll works well for these wipes.

Antifungal Solution for Homemade Wipes:
By Millie, who has this recipe online at her Stony Mountain Botanicals site.
1/2 c. distilled water
1/4 c. vinegar
1/4 c. aloe vera gel
1 tbs. calendula oil (or baby oil)
1 drop lavender essential oil
1 drop tea tree essential oil

You can use this solution with the paper towels as above, or just use with washable cloths, like cheap washcloths.

CleoKitty

I don't make wipes, but I do use cloth wipes (we cloth diaper too, probably pointless to use cloth wipes if you use disposable diapers.)

They're just little washclothes with flannel on one side and usually terry cloth on the other side. I don't use any solution at all- just wet them with warm water as needed. 

goodheartedmommy

Cleo--I used cloth wipes quite a bit before cloth diapering. I just use baby washcloths.

NWIbride

My daughter would get horrid diaper rash from wipes as an infant and I used baby washcloths with water (packages of 6 from discount stores) and kept rewashing them. I'd get the big stuff off with a dry paper towel first, then use a wet washcloth.

Temp108743750006959

as an infant, DS would get a rash from wipes so we just used paper towels and warm water -- easy peasy! but then we did wipes from BJs, unscented

Kapalua

I use the cheapy circo baby washcloths, but I also cloth diaper.

cuwife

The homemade wipes are the best for diaper rash, I swear they are so gentle. I occasionally make them but for sure when my kids get a diaper rash.