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BR - CD Question
I'm in the process of switching from disposables to CDs. Can CD mamas share what you do for wipes?
If you use reusable cloth wipes where/how do you store them? Do you keep them wet or use some other method for wetting them?
If you use disposable wipes what do you do with them if you put your CDs in the wet bag?
Thanks!
Re: BR - CD Question
We use disposable wipes for now since I'm still in the process of making our cloth ones (it's only taken me the 6 weeks since E was born... oops!)
With the disposable ones, we throw them away when we are out if there is a trash can nearby. If not, I just stick them in the wet bag with the dirty diaper and throw it out at home.
Our plan for the cloth ones is to use just water. We'll either keep a spray bottle with water by the changing pad or just wet them in the bathroom sink on the way there. I know people often put wipe solution in a spray bottle (water with castille soap or baby soap +/- tea tree oil or olive oil). I've heard if you store them wet, then they tend to get musty pretty quickly.
we use cloth wipes - i got some from GMD from another mama when i was buying her prefolds and it was cheaper to get them altogether. i think Lori (Libby's mama) has some good links on how to DIY
we store ours in a basket at the changing table and i have a cheap spray bottle from walmart that i keep filled w/water and i just wet them as we go. i don't use a warmer or anything and miss A doesn't mind at all.
we used disposable wipes on a trip and miss A broke out in a horrible rash. if you do use them, you can toss them in the wet bag and you can actually "wash" them w/the dirty diapers so you don't have to go digging for them amongst the dirty diapers....just fish them out after the diapers have been washed.
here is some more info i got in a newsletter, you should go to abbyslane.com and subscribe to the newsletter, there is good info every week and i learn something new each time
i'll copy/paste below:
This past week brought some emails from moms who are venturing into using cloth wipes with their diapers, so I wanted to address their questions here
I personally used disposable wipes with my first daughter, almost 7 years ago, when we started using cloth diapers. I was just getting the hang of the diapers (ancient gerber prefolds from my brother, proraps and pins), and the idea of wipes was just overwhelming. I shot myself in the foot though, because disposable wipes were really more work for me to use than cloth wipes. When they were dirty, I either had to wash them with the diapers (meaning I had an extra 20 minutes after the dry cycle of picking them out of the diapers and aplix tabs), or throw them in the trash and then remember to take stinky/poopy trash bags out quickly. We discovered cloth wipes within a few months of this, and I am going to go over my system, and what we see working with our customers.
For the first several months, when you are using a few wipes with every diaper change, there are two ways you can work the wipe system. One is to prewet them at the beginning of each day, and store them in a plastic or metal container. I used to use an empty Huggies wipes container for this, but you can use anything that won't leak. Use them throughout the day, and whatever was unused at wash time got thrown in to wash anyway, so they didn't get mildewy.
When the babies are older (and now with number four baby), the system I used was to keep them dry in a little wicker basket in the bathroom, and run a few under the sink when I knew I had a poopy diaper.
On the go, you can either store them damp in a wet bag, or ziplock bag if you don't have a wet bag, and use them damp. This never worked for me personally, but it does for many of our customers. I would always forget I had damp ones in there, or forget to wet them and put them in, so I was either caught without wipes or had really stinky, mildewy ones in the wet bag. What I did, is kept the wipes dry, and always had a bunch in my diaper bag. Since I always had a water bottle with me, or my older kids did, when I needed to change a diaper, I would just dribble a little water on the wipes as I needed to use them. Then, toss them in with the diaper, wash, dry and pick them out.
We sell a fantastic selection of wipes, but truly to save money or in a pinch, baby washcloths are perfect for newborns. Cheap and plentiful in any baby aisle, you cna usually find 4 or 5 for a buck, and they will work fine. As your baby gets older/toddler, you will probably find you want a bigger/sturdier fabric, but the washcloths will work if they have to. We were very penny-strapped for my first daughter's diapers (really, we used gerber prefolds that were over 20 years old by the time I started using them), and those baby washcloths worked until she potty trained. Pregnant moms. don't buy any wipes until after your shower, people love to throw in a pack or two with their gifts do you may have several dozen without even asking for them
Now, the controversy comes in with what to put on the wipes
I am a fan of water, plain and simple. If you have a wipe recipe you like, that is fine too, some moms like essential oils, baby bath solutions or other ingredients. My personal take is, the more ingredients, the more potential you have to throw off a wash routine, or irritate baby's skin. Also, I am very lazy with my wash and prep routines, any extra steps are taken out. But, I know many of you love your wipes to smell as fresh as your baby's bum, so I will tread lightly here and say keep doing it if it is your preference
Jaime & Brent
Oahu, Hawaii | Sept. 9, 2005
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We use cloth wipes at home...I got these organic bamboo ones from Etsy seller Wooldins. They're 7x7 squares and we roll them into "cigars" (long tubes) and wet them with warm tap water and store them in a Lionsheart Wipes Warmer (we open the top to access the wipes) which has an everfresh liner that prevents stink. That's it...just plain old water. The dirty ones go in the diaper bin and are washed with the dipes.
When we're out and about we use cloth dipers but use these sposie wipes from Walgreen's...they're called Renew Naturals Bio-Degradable Baby Wipes, Unscented:
Vitamin E, Aloe and tea tree oil enriched Made with organically grown bamboo Chlorine & Alcohol Free Hypoallergenic Soft & gentle 7 in. x7 in.And at our store we can get 2 for $5. We just throw them away or flush them when we're out and need to do a diaper change.
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we keep it simple. For the first few days I was using up the hospital wipes and would have to take the used disposable wipe to the garbage (nearest bathroom or the kitchen). It's much easier to just use the cloth wipes I made so that everything goes into the pail.
I have a spray bottle of water that I refill every day and just spray the wipe before use. If I happen to be near a bathroom (like when we are in my BR at night) I just wet them in the sink.
As for what they are - I have a random mix of cheap baby wash cloths and DIY - made out of fleece, flannel, and a cut up soft towel - all with serged edges.
when we are out and about I use disposables, but have also started bringing some damp clothes with me in a wet bag (if I know our trip is short)