homemade wipes!

ajtjirsnow

My sister in law just sent me this. I'm new to the board, so I wasn't sure if something like this had been shared yet.

 So the best paper towels to use are Viva according to my sister in law, but Bounty works too.

Get a 10 quart capacity rubbermaid container with a lid
(one that looks like a half roll of paper towels will fit in nicely, so taller and ...cylindrical)
and mix 1 3/4 C. warm water, 2 T. baby oil, 1 T. baby shampoo (or body wash)

Cut the paper towel roll in half- pull out the cardboard center (it comes out easy after the whole thing soaks for a minute or two)
And ta-daa! Center pull homemade baby wipes, wicked cheap, and my sister Libby has used them for both her kids, she says it works great.
You can do variations on it too:
Instead of baby oil, use 1 T. coconut oil (you can get the food grade stuff, its hard but melts pretty fast) 1 T. vitamin E oil and a couple drops of tea tree for diaper rash.

pixy_stix

I like my cloth wipes so much better.

ajtjirsnow

cloth wipes are great too... I should look into getting some of those too.

sometimesalwayschaotic

We use cloth wipes and water and it works really well.  I just took a bunch of old tshirts we had and cut them into 8 inch squares.  It works quite well.  Some of the tshirts roll up but you can easily flatten them.