baby wipes... ooohhh very exciting!
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Topic: baby wipes... ooohhh very exciting!
Posted By: Andie
Subject: baby wipes... ooohhh very exciting!
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 9:12am
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welcome to the most boring thread yet to be posted!!! I have a wee question - in an old thread, some people mentioned baby wipes that are washable and re-usable, and you can use them dipped in warm water, rather than using disposable (and chemical-ridden) wipes for baby's nappy changes. What are people using for these? Can you buy them? Where from? Or do people make them out of muslin nappies or something? I'm planning on organising about 20 or so, but don't know what to use. ------------- Andie |
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 9:22am
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I bought soft little flannels at the Warehouse - they came in packs of 5 or 10 for a few dollars each. I have about 40 or so cos I am lazy with washing! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 9:23am
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I'm not sure if this is what people are using these days but my Mum told me she used the thin muslin washcloths on our bottoms.
I've used them on occasion when Ella's had very sore nappy rash, rather that putting chemicals on there. They work pretty well. You can buy muslin very cheaply at spotlight (or similar) and its just a matter of cutting it into squares and edging them. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: littlejo
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 9:34am
| Farmers had some white soft cotton cloths (about face cloth size) in a 5 or 10 pack too. They are just overlocked around the edges, so probably pretty easy to make too if you just found some soft fabric. |
Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 9:53am
my mum made me up some muslin cloths and they were great. we had used the odd baby wipe and it irritated both of my girls bottoms when they were newborn and young so we only used the cloths. extra washing but it helped their bottoms 
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 9:59am
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you can get some really cool ones on trademe, search through cloth nappies and they should come up too. We ended up just cutting up an old nappie that had ripped ( yes, we used the "old style" cloth nappies, folded cloth squares ) and then putting them in a container to store until i needed them. no more work than disposable wipes, as you normally gather everything together when changing a nappy, so going and wetting a cloth with warm water only takes 2 seconds longer. whatever fabric you have around, but preferably something with a little bit of grip to it, but of course make it soft... ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe -  my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 3:14pm
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Thanks! cheers for the advice. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 3:22pm
| My friend uses the wash clothes that u can get in packs of 6 from T&T for about $6. I have started to get some of these,..open the pack cos they feel way softer than they appear through the plastic pack! |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 3:25pm
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Also most of the nappy websites sell cloths ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: bekkie
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 4:19pm
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My midwife told me about the nappy liners you can buy from the supermarket, they look like chux clothes. They come from Johnson&Johnson in a pack of 100. In a white box about $7. Thats what im going to try to start with. ------------- httpw.snu://wwgglepie.com"> 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 4:51pm
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As others have said all cloth nappy websites sell them. I've got some disposable ones but I want to pick up some fuzzi's wipes as well. Face clothes are also a great cheap option.
I think it's Green Beanz also have some very cool ones. I think one option they use is sherpa and that is so soft! I have a sample one at home. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 8:56pm
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Yep Bekkie, I use those - just plain nappy liners.
Not entirely practical for toddler poos so I have larger flannels too! I'd say go with looooots of thin flannels. The thick, normal type of flannel is just too big for getting into creases to remove stuff. (You'd be suprised where it ends up!!!) |
Posted By: k&jsmum
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 9:47pm
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Have been using flannels since the boys were about 6 or 7 months old. Just bought a whole lot of cheap ones from the warehouse all in the same colour so I can tell my guests that the blue ones are poo ones lol.
I find they can get abit hard feeling every now and them so I dry them in the dryer to soften. ------------- Marlene Keegan ~ 14 October 2003 Jaidyn ~ 14 October 2003 |