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Hi Ladies,
Help me out, do you use the reusable wipes? Do they just get chucked in the dry bin?
Wouldn't they smell? Rinse off first?
How to you do the storage in the diaper bag? I heard of a good container and take the wipes straight out of the wash and into the container.
What do you do? Any tips? Advice? Do or don'ts? Easier to use disposables when out?
Thanks in advance. ; )
Mine are from itti bitty. I got 6 packs. Probably way too much but a good investment I am hoping.
Ohh waiting to hear everyone's responses. I'd love to use them also.
After use mine get chucked in the laundry tub for a rinse off (same as our poo nappies) then into the nappy bucket. I wash daily so mine don't smell.:
When out and about, I sometimes use disposable ones - depends what mood I am in.. LOL.. I do take cloth wipes though, and put them in my wet bag with the dirty nappy when I'm done. I wouldn't say they are easier than disposables when out, but since you are washing the pooey nappy anyway, may as well do the wipes!! I take along a small pop top bottle of water with me in the nappy bag if I'm not going to a friend's house. If I'm at a friends house I just use their water ;)
I use them. I just put them in with the nappies. I generally use disposable wipes for DS's poo's but if I use cloth, I just spray them with the little squirt before putting them in the bucket.
I recycle a huggies travel wipes box for the nappy bag and a larger huggies wipes container for the change table. I generally dry the wipes in the sun after washing as the sun kills a lot of the germs.
I find cloth wipes just as easy when out as at home. If I'm using cloth nappies, it is easy to keep the wipe with the nappy. I put the used ones in a wetbag. Otherwise you have to dispose of the disposable wipe separately.
I have heaps of different types including itti bitti. They are mostly all great. The only ones I don't really like are the single layer cotton ones. Terry ones & velour ones are great.
HTH
I chuck mine in my nappy bucket, same as the nappies and then wash all together.
When I am going out I wet the wipes in my bum wiping solution then pop them in a clip lock bag. When they have been used they go into the wet bag.
I made my wipes by sewing two pieces of cute cot flannelette together :)
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I use re-usable wipes at home i just bought a few packs of cheap white face washers from Best and Less i put them in a tall lunch box container on the nappy table and put the wipes solution in with them, have been using them for about three years now they are looking a bit thred bare now but DD2 will be out of nappies some time soon and then they will be chucked. I use disposable wipes when i am out and about though.
meh, I'm pretty lazy, just treat em like nappies. I never used to use dis wipes but my kids are older and I rarely need wipes out.
I used to just carry a little bottle of water for wetting them if there was no tap. Mine all live in a big bucket, or float around the bag dry.
The itti ones are great.
I am making my own wipes from double terry bamboo (the poo side) and flannel (wee side). I was thinking of just using water with them... would everyone suggest to have a wipe solution? What is the best one?
I was thinking of just keeping wet cloth wipes in a snap lock bag then transfer them into the wet bag.
Good idea MrsBexie,
I think it would be easier to have them wet already. Plain water should be fine I'd think. I always use sposies (nappies & wipes) when I'm out, are you using mcns when you go out? What wet bag do you have? I need to get one if I'm going to use mcn when out n about.
i use cloth wpes at home, just put warm water in a small dish and wet as i need them. use disposable ones when im out.
Babyluv, I use the itti wet bag and it is awesome!!! NO leaks and no smell... they are $18.95 but mums little outlet (the link I posted on fb) has 25% off? They are worth it!!!
I have a tutto and a wetbag (I bought 2) in my nappy bag and use cloth while out. It is just as easy as sposies really, I just have to remember to take out the dirty nappy to wash and replace it with a clean one.
another alternative, is to carry a small spray bottle filled with water, and spray the wipe you're about to use, WHEN you need to use it. Or if it's a really stick poo mess you're cleaning up, you could spray your bub's bottom with water too, if you're having trouble getting the wipe wet enough.
I was advised to use fabric that has loops in it, to "grab" the poo - so my fave wipes were bamboo terry, hemp terry, cotton terry - as these were LOOPY fabrics, not SMOOTH fabrics like flannelette (which is great for patting dry by the way).
Cos esp when you're out, it's the ability to clean up pooey bottoms easily, that you will be most glad about. If you're caught out (not enough wipes in bag etc), you CAN get away with not wiping a wee bottom, but NOT a poo bottom.
i used to take the wetbag (with the used nappies and wipes) to the loo when i got home, and use the Little Squirt on the wipes and the nappies, before putting the used wipes and used nappies in the nappy pail (ready for next wash load). I found it alot easier to PREVENT stains (by using the LS before the machine wash), cos the longer poo is ON the wipe or nappy, the more time it has to stain.
when pregnant, i could not imagine using MCN when out of the home, but after the first outing, armed with the tips read online, it worked just fine, and i thought "easy, i'll keep on doing this, why was i so worried?". The key is to be prepared, have enough with you - spare bag of mcn and wipes in the car was helpful to me.
gig I have the most gorgeous soft bamboo double terry to use on one side and flannel on the other! so perfect for poo's n wee's!
I might take a spray bottle!
You guys are awesome!! I am prepared now I believe, now here is hoping the nappies/wipes arrive today! Ta for that : )
The Planetwise wet/dry bags are awesome. One pocket for clean nappies and the other for dirty ones- you can carry whole days worth in one go.
Good tip Gigi, I only have newborn poo at the moment, so it's easy to wipe!
Where do you buy the bamboo from? I would still like to make my own.
Re bum solution - I make a pot of camomile tea and calandula (spelling?) tea and use that
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Sam, bum solution? For when wiping the bum? Tea has that many uses hey... xx
Yep :) I also add it to her bath somtimes
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Bloody awesome will give it a go. Thanks darlin. xx
Ooh sam! So just a chamomile tea ppt n calendula?? Oil or something?
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Calendula tea as well - I get it from the health food shop :)
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ooh awesome! Thanks!!
yep, that worked out to be our fave combo too, loopy on one side, smooth on the other.:
i eventually found the little spray bottles at a chemist, who sold travel sized plastic spray bottles, like for toiletries. very inexpensive.
I buy all my bamboo materials from snaps Australia, they deliver really quickly too.
Chamomile tea will stain your wipes - just a heads up.
I use watered down baby moisturiser in a little squirt bottle, which fits neatly in my nappy wallet. I chuck the whole lot in the same wetbag, then chuck the whole lot in the nappy bin when I get home. I have a lot of wetbags, so I just interchange them.
I used to use sposie wipes, but find cloth much easier. I thought it was a bit dumb to have one bag for the nappy and one for the wipes when I could just chuck them all in together.
Mine are terry or flannelette. I carry them in a little zippered bag in my nappy wallet.
I just got some wipes from a lady who makes them on eBay, they are flannel one side, and rougher on the other side, it's a little like microfibre - not sure what it is but they are fantastic on poos.
I just do a bucket of water with soap and tea tree oil in it, using up all those sample products I picked up when I was pregnant. Then I wring them out, and put them in a lunchbox. I can then either leave it on the change table or take it out with me.
(Feeling a bit of mummy-fail at the moment).
I've been using the Cheeky Wipes system for about 3 months and at most keep about 25 wipes in the box with scented water.
But...
I've noticed that since having a heater on in the room, some wipes are getting black spots on them, which I assume is mould :shakehead:
We have still used these wipes (mostly without realising) and now DD has a few red blotches on the top/outside of her labia and on the bottom of her bottom! I'm not exactly sure what nappy rash looks like but I'm wondering if this could be a fungal infection??
Any experience?
How did you treat the rash?
And how did you treat the wipes?
Hey spicey. I haven't had that issue, it could be related or could be coincidence. To treat the wipes, hot water, Canesten anti-fungal rinse and sunshine. You won't be able to shift the black spots, but you can kill the mould.
For her bottom, first try a barrier cream to see if that helps (use a heavy duty liner if you use MCNs) And if it's not that, then use an anti-fungal cream, maybe like Hydrozole, and I always use it with cornflour as well, just to keep it nice and dry.
I never keep more than 3 or 4 wet at a time, too risky! Our bibs and face washers grow mould if we leave them more than 2 days without washing. I've lost so much stuff, so I'm super careful now!
Ahh, thanks for such a helpful reply :)
Treated the wipes exactly as you suggested today so hopefully that issue is resolved, as long as I don't keep so many soaking for too long from now on. (I am washing mcns and clothes on alternate days so no longer than 2 days between washes for anything).
I have some raw silk liners so will use those with any creams.
You can lift the stain with clove oil. And I second everything luna moth said re anti-fungal.
Mould needs warmth and moisture to grow.:
I'm not familiar with CheekyWipes - guessing it is some machine for keeping wipes warm?
I don't know if the wipes in your machine are cloth or disposable.
Mould is pretty dangerous, so i would personally ditch anything that had been near mould, not worth the risk. I'd get baby's nappy rash checked out by doctor, just to have peace of mind. I have had serious health experiences, and one of the possible causes of what happened to me, was mould - so i guess i am more cautious and respectful of mould - and what it can do - than the average person.
Nappy rash, like mould, flourishes when warmth, darkness and moisture are present - think of the inside of a nappy. So doing some opposites, like airing out baby's skin with some nappy free time each day (AFTER they have done a poopy nappy, and on a waterproof mat) is one easy thing to help their nappy rash clear up.
Frequent changes is another simple thing to do.
Keeping baby's acid/akaline levels neutral, by steering away from bath lotions and potions, also helps. They have perfumes, preservatives and all sorts of things that irritate baby's skin. Water is just water.
In winter, for my baby's changes, i kept a pile of cotton velour facewashers, would wet one with warm water, wring it out and use that to clean up baby at changetime, toss used one in the MCN dry pail. When out in public, i used NATY babywipes, or facewasher (if baby change area had a tap, and if the change was only wee). So there are a few options.
You're doing everything for this little person, no-one is perfect, so please don't be hard on yourself. We talk about this stuff, share info, learn from the experience, try out new ideas, ditch what doesn't suit/work, keep what does. A true fail of a parent, would not go searching for solutions, you are not a failure honey.
My baby got terrible nappy rash when i copied the hospital, and used JJ baby wipes on her , for first six weeks. Such red skin and i had no clue as it was my first baby. Turned out, the perfume, preservatives, parabens etc, irritated her skin. The day i switched to water and facewashers, her poor little bottom cleared up, was a normal skin colour and she was much calmer. We do our best, with what we know, at the time. i quickly ditched the multitude of baby lotions i had, all with perfume etc in the ingredient list (in the tiny writing).
Spicey, don't forget to treat the container as well. The plastic may seem like it wouldn't hold any - but it is surprising where the spores can hide.
Also, sunshine will fade the spots (big call coming into winter I know!)
Yep, will hit the containers with natural disso today :) Good sunshine here in Tassie this week. Should stripwash my stash too!
No lotions and potions used here, water with the odd drop of essential oil is the most I ever use. Paw paw ointment is all that goes on her bum (really resisting the zinc creams... is amolin the most 'natural'?)
And Cheeky Wipes is not anything high tech or heated ;) Just a pile of fine cotton terry towels (15cm sq) in a box with water and scent. I suspect the issue was more with heating the room for comfort.
Great replies ladies, thanks so much for your support. I will give DD more nappy free time today and keep an eye on the redness.