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/

Organic vs. Vegan

This will be a short one, ahhh I feel like every time I go shopping I have this discussion with my honey. I have done tons of research and have been making the transition to clean eating step by step. Each time he shakes his head and tells me, "you won't convert me. I'll always be a carnivore." 

I feel like that's close minded. I'm not trying to delete meat from our diet. I want us to eat healthy chemical and hormone free foods. Not only because they are healthier, but they taste so much better. Being vegan means that you eliminate the use of animal products in your diet an life I believe. Eating organic foods means they are free from chemicals, antibiotics and gmo's (genetically modified organisms). 

My biggest switch has been done in meat. Where as before I would scavener hunt for a bargain on meat; I am now willing to pay more money for natural non-altered meat. I also want to cut out processed foods, like canned good. We eat a lot of veggies with our meals, but I want to start buying local rather than from big named brands. 

I know its not a lot, but a little goes a long way. Growing up my parents fed me anything. We ate out a lot. I don't want my kids to be raised that way. I want to make a difference in their lives with what they consume, and I am concernes about what they consume.

 

Earth's Best

Every mother wants what is best for her children. I do too. Since I got pregnant with my second I contemplated the idea of breastfeeding full term (that didn't work out), delaying solids until 6+ months (I started my oldest at 4 months), and feeding him organic jarred baby food if I didn't choose to make my own. 

Recently, and by recently I mean about 2 weeks ago just before baby boy turned 6 months old I started him on solids. I was buying the brand everyone in my family has always trusted. However, when I tasted it before feeding it to him at one point the flavor was off. Acidic even. He spit it out and fussed. At any other given moment I would have brushed it off as "oh its baby food its not supposed to taste great", but I wasn't going to settle.

We had already decided to begin changing our eating habits and the way we cooked our foods (the next step is replacing butter and vegetable oil with cococut oil). Anywho, on my next trip to the grocery store I decided to stop by their "tiny" organic section and I stumbled upon Earth's Best jarred baby food. I always see it around. I work at Toys R Us and moms are always buying their stuff. Here I am thinking all along that this costs an arm and a leg and they were only $.69 a jar. I bought 6, 3 fruits and 3 veggies to try. 

Off the bat I loved it. It doesn't have a strong smell or acidic taste. It actually tastes like I'm eating whatever the jar says. Baby boy I noticed does not fuss when he's having it except because he wants more and does not spit it out. He enjoys his "foodie" now. 

If I was asked to rate the product I'd give it a 4/5 only because I have such a hard time finding varieties for his age group. Otherwise, I am 100% satisfied and will continue to buy these products. 

Good night y'all!