Anybody make their own wipes?

londongirl32

Hi,
i must admit the thort of making your own babywipes had never occured to me despite being a mum of 5 exhaustingly expensive children and working in research and development for a baby wipe manufacturer. The best way of working out how much liquid to add to your wipes is to fold them, then weight them in grams, take that weight and multiply it by 2.5 that is the weight in grams of the liquid your pile of babywipes needs. Sorry i cant help with recipes for what fluid to make up however i can tell u that parfum is just a universal name for the perfume that is added, it doesnt matter if it is lavender or baby bath and wether the wipes are sold in the uk or spain perfume is always listed as parfum and water is listed as aqua.
Hope this helps someone
take care
Nikki x

janjan

I used J-cloths. They wash well and I just used solution of top to toe and water in a small bottle. After use just put them in the nappy bucket with the vinegar or tea tree oil which ever was in at the time. Then wash with the nappies and liners on a 40 degree wash and "zap" in the microwave to kill any bugs and to speed up the drying process! The fleece which I used as nappy liners wiped most of the poo off first, and my over-the-bath shower reached the loo, so I used that to spray the fleece liner to get the poo off the fleece liners over the loo. Fleece is wonderful stuff! An old jumper became so many lovely bright nappy liners.
In the bath, my daughter loves washing with Aqueous cream. We were originally given it by the Health Visiter when daughter had dry skin patches but we continue to use it even now she is 4, it is a treat to bath with "cream" instead of soap. Probably horribly chemical but seems to leave her skin really soft and makes bath time fun. Word of warning though it make the bath really slippery!

beekeeper21

I use that spray on olive oil that you can get from supermarkets. Originally I had a lot of old medical guaze that I ripped up to use now I just use kitchen roll. Rip it into strips (the size of whatever tupperware container you are going to put them in). Spray each strip with the olive oil. Then fill up the container. Keep the lid on to keep them fresh. Alternatively carry the kithchen roll around and the spray on olive oil and then make each one as you need to.

HappySad

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HappySad

Can you wash baby wipes in the washing machine without a net. Will the wipes get stuck in the side of the drum if you don't put them in a net?

HappySad

bearla wrote:

Why not use wipes when out, and at home whats wrong with warm water and cotton wool!! When my childern were babies there was no such thing as wipes, and they all survived to become parents.

You are right that cotton wool and water. I used this first when my son was a baby. Moved onto wipes and thought that because I was using the sensitive wipes that all was good with little chemicals going on my son's bum .. I have got addicted to using the wipes and got into a routine with them...

I am going to make up my own wipes solution in a spray bottle (water + couple of drops of Tea Tree and Eucalyptus essential oils) and use either square cotton wool or washable huggies wipes. Just need to get myself sorted out with getting everything together.

I am also trying out washable nappies.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=902348#post902348

rushnowt

Rikki wrote:

I just used to wipe my two's bottoms with baby lotion and cotton wool/tissues.

Thats what I did with all mine too, wipes where always aound for other clean up jobs and i carried them for emergancies.I still go through loads of wipes even tho theyre bigger now, but i maily use the huggies cloth wipes to clean the leather sofa's

I like the idea of the camomile tea tho, wish you guys where around when mine were newborns

jo_b_2

HappySad wrote:

Thanks for that. Do you put them in a bag before you put them in a washing machine? Or just put them straight in there?

Sorry for not replying sooner. Only just come back to this thread. I just put them in with the wash but a bag/net would probably be a good idea. They just get a bit squished when you add them loose and try to hide with all the socks!

Luckily, I'm not using so many wipes at the minute as my son is now toilet trained. Unfortunately, the OH is not fully moneysaving trained yet and still insists on using them for wiping hands and faces. :rolleyes:

jellyhead

if you're buying wipes try a 'savers' shop - i got a box of 6 packs today for 5.95. johnsons wipes, 72 per pack, pop-up lid. also noticed home and bargain have twin packs of simple 64 wipes for 1.99.