just LOLed - literally

CareBear01 · May 2011

Was looking through a baby registry for a shower this weekend and saw "Pacifier Wipes". Umm...did anyone ever use these? How silly! If I was that adament about cleaning a paci if it dropped (which I wasn't) and wasn't near a sink, then i would just use a diaper wipe. Maybe I am missing the "specialty" of this item.

I like that one of the reviews says:

"If my baby's pacifier falls on the floor, we just wipe it off. If her toys fall on the floor, we just wipe them off"

Um...so is it bad that DS's toys LIVE on the floor? lol.

Kimmer123 · May 2011

If I'm someplace where a paci fell on the floor and I felt so strongly that it needed to be cleaned and I wasn't near a sink, I would find another paci. If there's enough cooties on it to not lick off myself, there isn't a wipe out there that's going to make me feel better about it.

And if you'd like me to make you feel better I can send you a picture of DS's play room. He has an enormous toy box that my brother built him and there's not one single toy in it. They're all over the floor Smile

step2mom2010 · May 2011

Kimmer123:

If I'm someplace where a paci fell on the floor and I felt so strongly that it needed to be cleaned and I wasn't near a sink, I would find another paci. If there's enough cooties on it to not lick off myself, there isn't a wipe out there that's going to make me feel better about it.

And if you'd like me to make you feel better I can send you a picture of DS's play room. He has an enormous toy box that my brother built him and there's not one single toy in it. They're all over the floor

This exactly! And a little dirt never hurt

Tell us what else is on her list. There are so many "new" things out there just since I got PG and I think "what?".

SigmundsGirl · May 2011

Evan likes to pick up rocks and lick them, so I don't really care much about his paci hitting the ground. The only place in recent memory where the paci hit the floor and I took it and gave him a new paci until I could run it through the dishwasher was the hospital floor.

CareBear01 · May 2011

step2mom2010:
Kimmer123:

If I'm someplace where a paci fell on the floor and I felt so strongly that it needed to be cleaned and I wasn't near a sink, I would find another paci. If there's enough cooties on it to not lick off myself, there isn't a wipe out there that's going to make me feel better about it.

And if you'd like me to make you feel better I can send you a picture of DS's play room. He has an enormous toy box that my brother built him and there's not one single toy in it. They're all over the floor

This exactly! And a little dirt never hurt

Tell us what else is on her list. There are so many "new" things out there just since I got PG and I think "what?".

She has a wipe-warmer (with light!) - typical registry item, but I never used one. I tend to only give things I know I used (on the registry).

Disposable muti-use pads? They are showing them being used as a burp cloth, but wouldn't you just use a cotton burp cloth? I am fairly certain with a baby, you are toting around 3-4 of them anyway to also make room to carry disposable ones!

And lots of books, toys, and clothes - which I wouldn't have thought to register for. You defintely get a lot of clothes, regardless.

Everything else is pretty standard.

Quizzle · May 2011

We won't discuss the things that go into DD's mouth. It's bad. Her toys are all over the floor. We do wash things off if we're somewhere sketchy, but usually a quick rinse or a baby wipe does it for me.

I do, however, draw the line at her trying to eat my shoes. I work in a hospital! She does NOT need to play with my shoes.

JamicanBride · May 2011

We actually used them for DD. We never actually registered for them, didn't even know about them, but got them as a shower gift. If we were at a park or someplace without water and the paci fell in the dirt or another kid grabbed it to try to put it in DD's mouth (this happened more times than I can count - can you say kids without boundaries Super Angry ) we'd use the wipes then. Or same with her bottle falling out or again, getting in the "wrong hands". I don't even think we finished the package, they ended up drying up and I just never bought them again.

But my point is, yes, I've used them...lol.

kat.in.the.hat · May 2011

I'd be more worried about my kid ingesting the chemicals from the wipes than the germs off the floor

JamicanBride · May 2011

kat.in.the.hat:
I'd be more worried about my kid ingesting the chemicals from the wipes than the germs off the floor

https://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=536364#tabs

The ingredients listed:

Baby-safe; contains no harsh chemicals, alcohol, artificial preservatives, or animal by-products Ingredients: water, organic rice syrup, natural flavor, Aloe Barbaderisis leaf juice, plant-derived Potassium Sorbate, plant-derived Sodium Benzoate, plant-derived Polysorbate 20, and naturally derived Citric Acid If wipes dry out, simply add purified water to reactivate Container measures 7"L x 4"W x ?"H; each wipe measures 5?"L x 4"W

Quizzle · May 2011

Haha, at the ingredient list.

I'd probably rather use a hydrogen peroxide wipe.

cali_girl92504 · May 2011

It never fails that when DD is outside (in our backyard, the park, wherever) there will be mulch/sand/grass/dirt in her mouth. Are there wipes for that? No? Then I could care less if her paci falls on the floor. Incidentally, she loves to dump her snacks on the floor and eat them from there. I guess she figures if Spike can do it so can she.

My MIL however used the wipes religiously. She's a bit of a germaphobe though. She STILL sanitizes (not just rinse) DD's paci if it falls.

DD only gets her paci at naptimes and in the car since she turned one so it's a non-issue now but before she was tied to it. We would rinse it if it fell somewhere outside or a public place but at home, nope. We stopped being all crazy about washing it after she was a like 4 months old. And once she started crawling with it attached to her, well forget it! Not enough wipes in the world for that.

tobewed09 · May 2011

SigmundsGirl:

Evan likes to pick up rocks and lick them, so I don't really care much about his paci hitting the ground. The only place in recent memory where the paci hit the floor and I took it and gave him a new paci until I could run it through the dishwasher was the hospital floor.

You are the third person today who has told me their kid licks rocks! Looks like DS is right around the same age as yours, so I will have to watch out for him to start licking rocks.

BabyLoveTX · May 2011

We have a package of them and we may have used them once or twice. I would usually just wipe DD's paci off with my shirt, if we were at a restaurant I would dip it in a glass of ice water. Who has time to dig in the diaper bag to get paci wipes?

SigmundsGirl · May 2011

tobewed09:
SigmundsGirl:

Evan likes to pick up rocks and lick them, so I don't really care much about his paci hitting the ground. The only place in recent memory where the paci hit the floor and I took it and gave him a new paci until I could run it through the dishwasher was the hospital floor.

You are the third person today who has told me their kid licks rocks! Looks like DS is right around the same age as yours, so I will have to watch out for him to start licking rocks.

That is hilarious. I'm glad to know that other kids do that. I thought Evan was, um, unique. :-)

At least the ones we have in our landscape are too big for him to put the entire thing in his mouth. I am so glad we didn't go with something like pebbles.

jen091303 · May 2011

We have them. I don't really worry about germs but sometimes the pacifiers just look dirty. But, I wouldn't buy them again. I always carry boogie wipes so I just wipe the pacifier with that if needed. I won't wipe the pacifier with a wet wipe, I think that would taste awful.

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