Homemade Disposable Baby Wipes

[BloominRoses]

I'm getting my frugal hat on now trying to figure out areas where I can save money when Sprout arrives instead of just being my usual, go for convenience/forget about the cost, self.

From one of my favourite books of all time, The Complete Tightwad Gazette, there's a suggestion on how to make your own disposable wipes if your day care requires them or you just prefer them as opposed to reusable ones.

1 roll of high-quality paper towel
2 cups boiling water - preferably distilled but tap is fine as well
1 tbsp baby shampoo or baby bath
1 and 1/2 tsp baby oil

**Instead of baby oil and shampoo, you can use Castile soap (or any organic liquid soap/foam) for cleansing along with a few drops of aloe vera juice for smoothing. Also, I found out online that you can also add a few drops of tea-tree oil to the mixture if baby has a nappie rash for its antiseptic properties.

Cut the roll of paper towels in half and remove the cardboard centre. Mix the water, shampoo or bath, and oil in a plastic container (such as an old Wet Wipes one or baby wipe container). Place half a roll in the container cut-side down, put the lid on and turn upside down to let the towels thoroughly soak. When ready to use, just pull the towels from the centre as you normally would. Keep away from direct sunlight.

Not sure if this can help anyone but I know I'll be doing this when the time comes. Some women are also using this 'recipe' but buying face washers from the dollar shop and cutting them in half instead of using the paper towels.

It's nice to know that there are so many easy ways to save money without sacrificing convenience although I'm going to find a substitute for the baby oil and will post it here. This book is 1000 pages of tightwad tips so if I find any more baby/children ones that I think others may find useful I'll post them!

Shari xo

[Floweryfields]

That sounds quite interesting! I think you would need to use the better quality ones so that they don't tear. I was wondering though, in summer, wouldn't they go mouldy?

[BloominRoses]

I don't know about the mould to be honest. I'll definitely have to look into it!

The instructions did say to use Bounty or microwaveable paper towels. As the book is from back home I wasn't sure if they sold Bounty here in Aus so I left that part out but I'll change the post now to include high-quality towels!

Thanks for the tips!