wipes

I'm sure I read on here about home made wipes from chux clothes or the like and warm water?

I have a few boxes of liners from last time so thought I'd use them as wipes & recycle them until they need to be thrown out.

if some one remembers the thread can they bump or give me the gist of it, ie do you add anything to the water?

Congrats on your new baby! I've not tried Chux cloths but I do only use water on my cloth wipes. I just run a fresh wipe under a warm tap before each nappy change as I've always thought that a warm bottom wipe would be so much nicer than a cold one!! My favourite wipes for smaller babies are Little Cloth Kiwis sherpa/flannel wipes, they're less than $2 each and are so soft & cute! For older weaned babies I love Dandelionz velour/terry wipes as they're really grippy on solid poo and stay looking new forever!

I brought Cheeky wipes which came with bucket and first lot of teatree oil. THey are great and after five months of use they are still fantastic. I've used them since DS's birth and have never found that I needed more than the 20 it came with.
Clothe wipes seem so much more gentle on their bottoms. I used a disposable wipe the other day and he got a rash.

I use chux or liners as wipes and wash them til they fall apart. I have a spray bottle of this wipe mix for wetting them
2 cups boiling water
2 chamimile tea bags
2 tablespoons almond oil
drops of teatree oil

steep the teabags and allow to cool, then add the oils
Never had an issue when I used this stuff

Question: do you soak the chux or flannels? And what do you soak them in?
(I still struggle a bit with the idea of recycling wipes)

I used the sherpa wipes, highly recommend them too. So plush and not thin like chux cloths, and disposable wipes. They seem to last the distance too, and just wash them with your nappies and use them again and again.

I have used the johnsons nappy liners as wipes and I also have some cheap small face cloths that I bought from babycity that I use. Obviously the face cloths I use on their faces are a very different design so they don't get mixed up.

I don't add anything to the water, but a couple of times when Spencer was little and his bum was a little sore I would add a few drops of tea tree oil.

You don't need to soak them just chuck them in the wash then hang them out in the sun and the UV will kill any bacteria that is left. The only thing I do is put a couple of drops of tea tree oil in the nappy bucket to keep it smelling nice.

Just cut up some old flat cotton naps into squares, buy some wipes cubes (https://www.mothersinstinct.co.nz/products/Dixie-Drop-Cloth-Wipe-Cubes.html ) and a box of tissues for flushing, and your problem is solved.