BabyTara Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Anyone use cloth wipes? What do you use for them? What do you moisten them with? Link to comment
BabyJune Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 There are some great "recipes" online for making your own baby wipes by cutting a roll of paper toweling in half and storing it in a plastic container filled with a mix of baby wash, lotion, and boiled water. I haven't tried it, but it sounds like a great idea and would be very economical. Link to comment
BabyTara Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 That is great, but I'm trying to put less in the landfills, so that's why I chose to switch to cloth wipes. Link to comment
Creepymouse Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 You can get packages of terry washcloths for a buck apiece, or make your own from flannel scraps or what-have-you. I would just keep them dry and have a spritzer with water and some scented oil you like, and when you need one or a few, spritz them down good and you're all set. Not quite as easy as pulling them from a tub premoistened, but unless you add preservatives, you're likely to grow mold if you keep them for very long. Unlike the plastic non-woven they make wipes out of, mold will eat cotton fibers. Link to comment
willnotwill Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 We call cloth wipe "wash clothes." You moisten them with warm water from the sink. Crikey. Link to comment
BabyTara Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 We call cloth wipe "wash clothes." You moisten them with warm water from the sink. Crikey. Link to comment
~*PrincessZozo*~ Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 This is not helpful. Link to comment
Amyuser Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I use use both adult "baby Wipes" and the Infamous Hospital "bath in a bag" as i can not get my entire body wet either hot or cold all at the same time without shivering for 4+ hours with the hesy blasting and a pile of blankets enrobbing me so i have the products drop shipped from the warehouse at meddling to me on my Deaker sccount and csll it s day. Link to comment
Creepymouse Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Zozo, it's hard to tell if you were kidding, internet being what it is, but some people are more sensitive to hygiene than others. Some (ladies, especially) may shower twice a day and still feel the need to 'freshen up' now and then during the day. If they feel it's necessary, fine. I'd say anyone who is conscious of it enough to wash up a little between showers is likely to be showering regularly anyway. Link to comment
~*PrincessZozo*~ Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Zozo, it's hard to tell if you were kidding, internet being what it is, but some people are more sensitive to hygiene than others. Some (ladies, especially) may shower twice a day and still feel the need to 'freshen up' now and then during the day. If they feel it's necessary, fine. I'd say anyone who is conscious of it enough to wash up a little between showers is likely to be showering regularly anyway. Link to comment
BabyTara Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 She's my best friend, it's all in jest. Link to comment
BigC300 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 During the time when the Third Armored Cavalry Division was rolling their Tanks toward Baghdad, I noticed lots of military people were begging their friends back home to send them baby wipes because of the blowing sand getting all over everything. Link to comment
BabyTara Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Does nobody get the point of this thread? It's about CLOTH baby wipes. Link to comment
babymaggie Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Baby Tara, here are a few of the cloth diaper "recipes" that I have come across online. Link to comment
stinkyteddybear Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Wish I could help,but I know nothing about cleanliness.... Link to comment
Little BabyDoll Christine Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Actually, what you might do is get some 21x4 gauze diaters or 27 squares, make up a weak solution of cleaner, and keep it in a portable bottle and use the diapers as washcloths, applying the solution when you change the "baby". Since i do not wear outside of my home, I can use the batrhoom to clean up In fact, before prefolds, diapers did multiple duty that included cleaning up, burp cloth and lap and chair pads Link to comment
BabyTara Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 I think baby washcloths is the best you can do, unless you want to buy a few yards of soft flannel diaper material and try making your own. Link to comment
Soggy Bottom Boy Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I use cheap terrycloth washcloths with warm water for cleaning between changes. I buy the thinnest terrycloth washcloths I can find. The thin material cleans you up fine but also rinses out better and faster than heavier terrycloth. My favorites are the ones that you can see light coming through. I shower at least every other day but am able to keep things clean between showers using plain old warm water. I've never thought about baby washcloths. The ones I remember were 2-ply but still thin enough to rinse out fairly clean after use. I'll have to give them a try. Link to comment
BabyTara Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 I use cheap terrycloth washcloths with warm water for cleaning between changes. I buy the thinnest terrycloth washcloths I can find. The thin material cleans you up fine but also rinses out better and faster than heavier terrycloth. My favorites are the ones that you can see light coming through. I shower at least every other day but am able to keep things clean between showers using plain old warm water. I've never thought about baby washcloths. The ones I remember were 2-ply but still thin enough to rinse out fairly clean after use. I'll have to give them a try. Link to comment
Little BabyDoll Christine Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I recently got some Johnson's All Natural Head to Toe Baby Wash It looks like the kind of thing that you could use with cloth wipes if you can find some soft cloths to use. It comes in a pump bottle and has a light scent that is, at worst, neutral. It does not foam that much and is a bit sticky but used in a weak solution shoulld fill the bill In point of fact, I do not know if you would carry pre-moistened cloth wipes but you would carry a plastic bag in which to keep the ones that have been used and probably a small bag in which to put the wipe kit (cloths, wash and used cloth container) which maybe should also be plastic An ABDL cloth diaper bag may need to be pretty big. Now there is a thread topic, especially since I cannot find those big plastic lap pades from classic times that used to be very crinkly and two-sided, usually pink/blue or pink or blue/white Link to comment
BabyTara Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 I bought one of those small Link to comment
mommybeth Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I used cloth diapers on my son with specially made wool diaper covers and I used very soft washcloths with warm water and a dab of baby shampoo to clean his bottom. One thing about doing that is that I always had to have Link to comment
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