Baby Wipes

I posted on my family blog about making baby wipes... (look for the follow up at the bottom)

see update here

I knew I was running low on wipes so of course Sunday evening comes and I ran out. I was thinking about a "Thrifty Recipe" I had read in The Duggars 20 and Counting for baby wipes. I looked it up in the book here is a summary of the recipe.

1 roll Bounty paper towels cut in half

1-gallon ice cream bucket

2 cups of water

2 tablespoons baby oil

1 tablespoon rubbing alcohol

1 tablespoon baby bubble bath (optional)

mix liquid in large measuring pitcher, put paper towels in bucket, pour liquid over the top. Let set for 30 minutes. Remove cardboard center. Put lid on and cut on X in the lid to pull wipes through.

So I didnt have an ice cream bucket, I didnt want  to use alcohol on miss A sensitive skin, and I wanted to make a smaller batch just to try it out. I took a bunch of towels off the roll ( they were smaller half sheet kind and brawny was the brand I had) I cut them in half then folded them in half and stacked them with a half flap of one going into the mouth of the fold on the next one like this... then they would easily come out of the dispenser.


 


I put them into a 64 wipe dispenser. I made a mixture of 1 cup water 1 teaspoon baby oil and 1 teaspoon head to toe baby bath soap. I poured it over the top let it set for a while and was good to go. I have used them 4 times now and they work great. I do not think I will be going back.
A roll of paper towels is less than $2 right? and the mount of oil and soup is so small it hardly counts. So for less than $2 you get 280 wipes! I did a little more math. You can get a 6 roll pack for $11 (1700 wipes) Huggies natural wipes cost $12 for a box of 448 wipes). Guess what that is $0.006 vs $0.02 per wipe.


Follow Up: I love these wipes they work great! I tried the ice cream container. The 2ply towels came apart and Allyson had lots of fun taking all the wipes out of the container when she got a hold of it. Although it is easier than folding the wipes I did not like it. So I am still folding the wipes and putting them in the wipe container.  I am going to try just baby oil and water next time just in case the soap is part of whatever is irritating her skin. So that is a quick little update.