I always would put a wet washrag in a plastic bag and take it wherever I went When mine were born I don't think there were wipes and disposable diapers had just come out.
Self-sufficient households; help!
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You know, I think a lot of what we do we simply don't think about. Everyone uses wet wipes, so we do, too. Everyone buys baby food, so we do, too. It would take friends doing differently, a financial restriction or other belief system that would cause us to question the necessity of any given tradition and to change it. Just my opinion. I'm amazed at how much I still do "just because", and I am WAY out there compared to most of my friends
Wet wipes--I thought it was different that I made my own. Never even considered not making any at all--just using wash rags. Duh on me...
We get used to doing things a certain way and its hard not to.
I was so used to using those Clorox wipes in the kitchen. I used to buy a three pack and used them every day - even wiping up spill on the floor would require a clorox wipe.
NO MORE... I have a spray bottle with bleach and water mixed, and I use that if I have to - I use a cloth and no longer anything disposable.
I also keep a big box of Arm & Hammer Baking soda, I sprinkle that on my counter tops and wipe clean.... use it in the sink as well - makes em shine!
I was so used to using those Clorox wipes in the kitchen. I used to buy a three pack and used them every day - even wiping up spill on the floor would require a clorox wipe.
NO MORE... I have a spray bottle with bleach and water mixed, and I use that if I have to - I use a cloth and no longer anything disposable.
I also keep a big box of Arm & Hammer Baking soda, I sprinkle that on my counter tops and wipe clean.... use it in the sink as well - makes em shine!
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Please don't dispose of the wipes in the toilet! My DS and DIL were doing this and it caused a clog in the plumbing which flooded their family room (split-level) and ruined the carpet. Just a warning!
Uh, isn't the entire POINT of cloth wipes that you DON'T dispose of them? You wash them just like you wash your diapers, and reuse them. They never get near your plumbing.
For those who for whatever reason prefer not to use cloth diaper-wipes, but can detect the pointlessness of buying overpriced chemical-laden commercial diaper wipes, there is a pretty good intermediate position:
use 'select-a-size' paper towels (the ones with extra perforations so the sheets are half the size) and a squirty bottle of water to moisten them. Just plain water. It doesn't need to be warm -- we just keep a squirty bottle next to the change table and moisten paper towels as we need them, usually 1-2 per pooey change.
If you go thru a period of hard-to-wash-off poos (and especially for newborns), you can also lightly oil the baby's bottom with olive oil (or I expect any other vegetable oil) so the poo comes straight off.
There is absolutely NO reason to be buying wipes at the store.
Pat
Please don't dispose of the wipes in the toilet! My DS and DIL were doing this and it caused a clog in the plumbing which flooded their family room (split-level) and ruined the carpet. Just a warning!
Uh, isn't the entire POINT of cloth wipes that you DON'T dispose of them? You wash them just like you wash your diapers, and reuse them. They never get near your plumbing.
For those who for whatever reason prefer not to use cloth diaper-wipes, but can detect the pointlessness of buying overpriced chemical-laden commercial diaper wipes, there is a pretty good intermediate position:
use 'select-a-size' paper towels (the ones with extra perforations so the sheets are half the size) and a squirty bottle of water to moisten them. Just plain water. It doesn't need to be warm -- we just keep a squirty bottle next to the change table and moisten paper towels as we need them, usually 1-2 per pooey change.
If you go thru a period of hard-to-wash-off poos (and especially for newborns), you can also lightly oil the baby's bottom with olive oil (or I expect any other vegetable oil) so the poo comes straight off.
There is absolutely NO reason to be buying wipes at the store.
Pat
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Please don't dispose of the wipes in the toilet! My DS and DIL were doing this and it caused a clog in the plumbing which flooded their family room (split-level) and ruined the carpet. Just a warning!
Uh, isn't the entire POINT of cloth wipes that you DON'T dispose of them? You wash them just like you wash your diapers, and reuse them. They never get near your plumbing.
Excuse me, I didn't read the post closely enough and should have posted separately. However, it was a friendly warning for those who DO use disposable wipes.
Please don't dispose of the wipes in the toilet! My DS and DIL were doing this and it caused a clog in the plumbing which flooded their family room (split-level) and ruined the carpet. Just a warning!
Uh, isn't the entire POINT of cloth wipes that you DON'T dispose of them? You wash them just like you wash your diapers, and reuse them. They never get near your plumbing.
Excuse me, I didn't read the post closely enough and should have posted separately. However, it was a friendly warning for those who DO use disposable wipes.
I would be very careful about using baby wipes if I had a baby today. Even prenatal classes teach you to be very very careful with baby products. I really don't trust the chemicals in them. You are much much better off with plain water and a washcloth.
For those of you who have made the laundry soap, Do you like the powdered or gel better, and why does the powdered kind use the whole bar of Naptha and the gel uses a 1/3 of the bar? Thanks
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Yeah, I think even those flushable ones aren't the greatest for septic systems. I think this is a good place to add that in my (idiot!) personal experience, kleenex and paper towels also have no business being flushed down the toilet!
Cassandra
Yeah, I think even those flushable ones aren't the greatest for septic systems. I think this is a good place to add that in my (idiot!) personal experience, kleenex and paper towels also have no business being flushed down the toilet!
Cassandra
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Yeah, I think even those flushable ones aren't the greatest for septic systems. I think this is a good place to add that in my (idiot!) personal experience, kleenex and paper towels also have no business being flushed down the toilet!
Cassandra
And from my own personal experience, many, many years ago, Star Wars and G.I. Joe action figures don't go down too well either!
Yeah, I think even those flushable ones aren't the greatest for septic systems. I think this is a good place to add that in my (idiot!) personal experience, kleenex and paper towels also have no business being flushed down the toilet!
Cassandra
And from my own personal experience, many, many years ago, Star Wars and G.I. Joe action figures don't go down too well either!
And from my own personal experience, many, many years ago, Star Wars and G.I. Joe action figures don't go down too well either!
hey guess what..toothbrushes are also an angry enemy of the toilet system!
(my DD used to carry around like, oh 7 toothbrushes when she was little...apparently they are more funner than toys down the toity!!)
look at my sparkly teefs and toity!
she's 14 now, and has only 2 toof brushes, so uh, we're tight!
hey guess what..toothbrushes are also an angry enemy of the toilet system!
(my DD used to carry around like, oh 7 toothbrushes when she was little...apparently they are more funner than toys down the toity!!)
look at my sparkly teefs and toity!
she's 14 now, and has only 2 toof brushes, so uh, we're tight!
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