A Little Grace, A Lot of Books and the Occasional Cookie

 

First things first. Cloth Wipes. 

 

 Back in the days of disposable diapers, I'd use wipes and then just put them in the diaper and roll it all up and toss it in the garbage. But when I started out with cloth diapering, I was sort of at a loss as to what to do with the wipes. I mean, obviously I was going to toss them in the garbage. But now I couldn't roll them all up in the old diaper and toss the whole shebang. And there is a real art to changing diapers. After having so many children, I'd like to say I have a system down, and that system included dropping yucky wipes in a yucky diaper.

 

The other thing that kind of bugged me about using disposable wipes with cloth diapers was the fact that it seemed kind of silly to be spending money on wipes when I was trying to save money on diapers. There really is no "cents" in paying for wipes, amirite? (I can't resist the occasional bad joke...)

 

So, being the newbie that I am, I purchased this from Amazon.

 

 

It comes in a box, and inside is a bag full of little soapy bits of coconut oil glycerin soap with essential oils to inhibit bacterial growth and aide in skin protection. Once I bought these, I found a recipe for making your own wipe solution, but I haven't tried it yet. I'll have to give it a go in the near future and let you know how that works. But for now, here's how I've been using these:

 

 

The key to this is HOT water. It makes the soapy bits dissolve faster. I let them sit in there and then after a while, I stir it up and try to break down the chunks.

 

 

I don't know about you, but I usually saved these little plastic wipes containers. They are great for organizing little things around the house like Barbie clothes, hair ponies, etc. So I have a few of these lying around. (You can see in my picture that I don't have the soapy bits completely dissolved...I lose patience quickly.)

 

 

I purchased two bundles of flannel wipes from Amazon (link below) and they fit PERFECTLY in the plastic wipes containers when you fold them in half.

 

 

I push my stack down a little to start soaking up some of that water in the bottom layers.

 

 

Then I flip the stack over, and the bottom wipes will eventually soak up any remaining liquid. Then I have a stack of wet wipes for the day!

 

I find I use only one wipe for a wet diaper, and at most two for a yucky diaper. So they last throughout the day pretty easily.

 

I'm going to post some Amazon affiliate links here to show you what I bought, in case you want an easy and quick look up:

 

 

 

 



Stay tuned...tomorrow I'm reviewing my favorite cloth diapers!