Homemade Baby Wipes

I'm not sure when I decided to make my own wipes. Probably, when I decided that I wanted to cloth diaper for the remainder of our diapering lives with Logan, and any children in the future if we had any. I still haven't gotten around to getting a cloth diaper stash big enough to give up disposables all together, but I'm working on it. I decided to switch to make my own wipes because I was noticing my son having a diaper rash that never went away no matter what I put on it. Sometimes his rash even bled, and then I read the news story on a chemical that unscented wipes have. I use unscented wipes and the article said it may cause rashes.

I looked up how to make my own baby wipes. I chose one recipe from Pinterest seeing as most were the same. I used:

1 roll of Bounty paper towels (cut in half)

1.5 tspn of organic coconut oil (Trader Joe's brand)

2 c (16oz) warm water

2 drops of Burt's Bees shampoo/baby wash (found at Target, but can be found pretty much anywhere)

1 bowl (got mine at Target, actually 3 for $1)

Here's what I did: 

I made sure my work area was clean. I rinsed my bowl. I used a mixing bowl to mix together my water, baby wash and coconut oil. The coconut oil was hard so I took a bit of my water and heated it up with my oil so that it could melt. Once My solution was made, I poured it in my bowl and placed the paper towels inside. I covered them with the lid so as to squash the roll and get all of it moist. I then opened it and removed the cardboard piece. After the cardboard was removed it was simple to grab the first one from the middle inside and pull it out. I then transferred them to an old wipes box I had for easier use. All in all it cost me about $13 to make over 400 wipes with NO harsh chemicals. 

This is how they are being stored right now for use. I store in a cool dry place.

I used them for the first time on my son last night. It wasn't an awful poop, but because he is having issues with his milk it was pretty watery. The wipes are soft and didn't turn his skin red as I wiped. They held up nicely I didn't have "poop juice" seeping out into my hands while wiping as with the usual wipes. I only needed 3 and that is my usual. Nothing new or different just gentler and this morning my sons rash was already better. 

I'm waiting on my boyfriend's opinion on them, and then I will post what he thinks.

Here's the news article:

http://www.wfsb.com/story/24433149/preservative-in-baby-wipes-linked-to-rashes-in-some-children

Here's the Pinterest pin:

http://www.whitehouseblackshutters.com/homemade-organic-baby-wipes/