Cloth wipe questions... dry or wet? Water or something else? Do you rinse, soak...?

[Eugenia]

I know some people keep them wet but I just wet mine straight from the tap as I need them. I usually wet two of them on my way to changing the nappy, if I need more I just use the foamy wipe solution I keep with them for just in case. When I go out I take dry wipes in a zip lock bag and a 50ml bottle of foamy wipe, that way I don't need to worry about taking wet wipes around (or forgetting them and ending up with stinky, mouldy wipes in my nappy bag), and of course the used ones just get rolled up with the nappy and put in the wet bag.

[suse]

I just use water, and wet them at the tap on my way to changing him (the bathroom is about a meter away so it's not a great hike). I keep a bottle of water next to the change table JIC though. I used to use a mild chamomile infusion (which is great for nappy rash and smells brilliant), and kept it in a small sports bottle next to the change table, but the ants decided that they liked it too so I went back to water. I suppose I could have kept it in the fridge, but that just seemed too complicated LOL.

Once used the cloths go straight into the nappy bucket, pooey ones get a rinse first. I have a packet of biodegradable disposable wipes in the nappy bag for emergencies, but I also keep a handful of dry cloth wipes and a bottle of water and just wet them as I need them. I think I've used maybe five of the disposable wipes in total, and the packet has been in the bag for months.

[Beach Mama]

I keep a pump water bottle on the change table and I squirt a bit of water onto the wipe and a squirt of bubblebubs foamy wash on his bot. I then chuck the wipe in with the rest of the nappies in a flip lid bin I have in the laundry. As he only poo's once a day I often reuse one wipe twice as I use half for one wee and then the other half later! I use sposie wipes when I go out for now.