DIY Cloth & Disposable Baby Wipes Tutorial

Did you know the average parent uses 4,400 baby wipes and spends $150 or more EVERY YEAR on a baby? That alone is crazy, but also a majority of baby wipes aren’t biodegradable, so they are harmful to the environment. Also, they can contain chemicals like chlorine, synthetic preservatives, fragrances, and dioxin. To save money, baby’s skin, and the environment, you can make your own washable wipes with just a few ingredients and cloths.
See below for DISPOSABLE wipes directions.

What You’ll Need:

• 15-20 pieces of  approx. 10″x 10″ cloth cut from old receiving blankets or shirts (many use husband’s old white undershirts)
• 3 cups warm water
• 1 cup baby wash
• 2 tsp baby oil
• Plastic container with lid or old plastic wipes container OR Spray bottle
• Optional: Lavender oil for fragrance
  Note: Other recipes use  ingredients like aloe vera juice, apple cider vinegar, other essential oils, soap, and more. Experiment with what you like best.

Directions:

1. In a bowl, add ingredients and mix gently. 
2. Next you have the choice:
   1. In the container to store wipes, stack all the cloth into it, pour the mixture over them, then close the lid, OR
   2. Put the mixture into a spray bottle, then just spray baby’s bottom and use a clean, dry cloth to wipe them clean.
3. When wipes are dirty, store in a plastic or wetbag, then wash with cloth diapers or as a load by themselves.

If you do not want to use cloth/reusable wipes, or you want to have disposable ones in case of really big messes, you can put all the ingredients in a large cylindrical container with a lid (i.e., washed out cleaning wipes container, like Clorox wipes, or cleaned 4 qt ice cream container), mix the ingredients, take the cardboard out of the center of a roll of paper towel of your choice and place the paper into the solution. Cover the container, shake to get the ingredients into the whole paper towel.