Homemade baby wipes and other celebrations of a new mom.

Easiest thing ever!  So cheap! I ran out of baby wipes for the first time since my baby gifts ran out. A quick google search gave a plethora of recipes to make my own. It took about 30 seconds of hard labor and I used stuff I had around the house. Here is the recipe I came up with.  

Ingredients:

Napkins (a couple inches tall)

Water 1 cup

Baby shampoo 1 tbsp (any mild liquid soap would work as long as you know it is gentle enough for baby skin)

Olive oil 1 tblsp (I imagine any natural oil would work such as coconut)

Directions: Mix wet ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Soak napkins in mixture for ten minutes. Turn napkins over and soak the other side for an additional ten minutes.  Most of my mixture was already absorbed by the time I turned the napkins over but it gave the solution a chance to evenly distribute. Store baby wipes by recycling a store bought baby wipes container or use a zip lock storage bag or tupperware container. 

I found these wipes to be the best I've ever used!  They are much gentler and smell amazing!  I found that they clean better. 

I am the type of person who would rather use a wash cloth then to waste money on paper products (it's not really about the environment for me I just would rather spend my money on other things) and washing a cloth that has been used to clean a baby bottom is really not that bad since the invention of washing machines.  I just happened to have a vast amount of napkins lying around forever being unused because someone left them here.  I think the only time someone thought to use them was when my dear husband was working on the car. 

We are in the habit of using cloth napkins around the house and just throwing them in the wash. It makes me feel special to use cloth napkins and it is cheaper. If you like me hate to buy most paper products (ahem ... I can't see this household going so far as to use reusable toilet paper though I have some hippy friends who are all about it...no judgement) the solution can be put in a spray bottle and used to aid when you are cleaning baby's bottom with a cloth.  Truthfully cloth is usually gentler if your baby has extra sensitive skin like my sweet little nieces. 

I hope you find this recipe helpful. Let me know if you try it and if you find any helpful modifications. 

If you want to know how I learned to organize my life (to where I actually feel like a semi responsible adult) check out flylady.net and the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Also the chapter on priorities in A Woman After God's Own Heart. 

I've been loving the Youversion Bible app because of its plans that seem to help this busy mama hold onto the rope.  For personal growth lately I've been reading and loving John Maxwell's 15 Laws of Invaluable Growth. 

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