Wow! If baby wipes do this - imagine what it does to thier skin!!

**Olive** · March 15th, 2010, 08:08 PM

yep i used them yesterday to clean my kitchen cupboards

**fionas** · March 15th, 2010, 08:14 PM

I use them to wipe down kitchen benches too.

I also use them sometimes as facial wipes when I run out of my usual ones. No problems. I'm a tough nut though

**mzcatieboo** · March 15th, 2010, 09:29 PM

DH use's them on pretty much EVERYTHING. Drives me insane but does the same job as the bathroom wipes we have.. if not better.

DS doesn't need wipes anymore. We have a packet under the change table along with a whole heap of cloth ones hoping to never have to use them

**2CheekyMonkeys** · March 16th, 2010, 01:11 PM

oh greeat.. another thing to worry about.

**Netix** · March 16th, 2010, 02:02 PM

I give them to the Man to clean auto grease off himself if he doesn't have time for a shower before going out. So funny to watch. But kind of scary at the same time.

**JLeigh29** · March 16th, 2010, 02:35 PM

Great timing for this thread - I was actually going to ask about what alternatives others use as I've been looking into wipes and can't believe how much junk is in them (even the sensitive ones). Both DH and I have sensitive skin, so I know there's a good chance bub will too.

I was just going to go with chux and water - does it have to be warm water though? I'll save the baby wipes for cleaning then!

**Vixstar** · March 17th, 2010, 01:00 PM

oh greeat.. another thing to worry about.

That is what I was thinking....it is never ending but my kids have never reacted to them...thankfully.

It is interesting though.

xxxx

**turtleschell** · March 16th, 2010, 02:54 PM

hehe i only use wipes when i'm out of the house, and even then, i wet a paper towel to wipe the chemicals off. even baby shampoos etc are pretty lethal, all the same kind of thing. sodium lauryl sulphate etc.

**Early Kids** · March 16th, 2010, 03:01 PM

It's insane isn't it?! I tried explaining it to some friends of mine and they were just 'well they are made for babies'

Just because they are made for babies doesn't mean they are good for them! I've read the packet of the wipes and the amount of crap in them is sickening. Brendan used to suck on them when he was little (distraction for nappy changes) and it got me thinking about it and the wipes I had at the time had alcohol in them

I'm disgusted by not only baby wipes, but lots of baby things. So many products have things in them that babies shouldn't have (a lot of jarred food and snacks have peanuts in them!) I definitely read labels now.

I use cloth wipes and water (or bubblebubs foamy wipes wash mmm )

**~Trish~** · March 16th, 2010, 03:35 PM

Awesome thread! Thanks to all the comments I just tried a wipe out on the kids paint on our leather couch and it came out!! I've tried EVERYTHING to get it off, who would have thought a baby wipe would

.

Makes me a bit concerned now though

**YoYo** · March 16th, 2010, 04:05 PM

I use them to clean the leather lounge! So I buy the nice smelling ones just for it!

**tattoo_mama** · March 16th, 2010, 10:44 PM

i use them to wipe fown the bathroom vanity

donna - i buy coles baby wipes in the blue packet theyre the only ones that dont leave DD with a rash (the huggies ones smell really chemically and are really wet and therefore give her a rash)
HTH

**Olive** · March 17th, 2010, 08:03 AM

Awesome thread! Thanks to all the comments I just tried a wipe out on the kids paint on our leather couch and it came out!! I've tried EVERYTHING to get it off, who would have thought a baby wipe would

.

i did the same with some paint i had on the face of my old cabbage patch kids, was never able to get it off till i used a wipe!!

**Arcadia** · March 17th, 2010, 08:14 AM

I used cloth wipes until dd was eating more solids...I just couldn't get the stains off her bum with just water. So for those with older babes, what do you add to the water?

**Lolli** · March 17th, 2010, 08:21 AM

Donna, I use the Little Angel wipes from Big W- about$15 for a box of 480- then rinse them thoroughlu under wtaer before i use them. Stops the kids getting nappy rash, and is a nice half way mark with chemicals

(yep, I am so lazy. My only problem with flannels is keeping the food ones seperate from the poo ones).