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~Adventures in cloth wipes~

When I first started cloth diapering I followed a 'recipe' I found on another cloth mama's blog (can't remember who's) on making my wipe solution. I then starting changing it to my liking. What I have now is a completely different solution then before. But so far I'm loving it! My 'recipe' is as follows:

1 Quart water

2 T baby wash or shampoo (I like to use Burt's Bees)

2 T baby lotion (again Burt's Bees is a favorite)

2 T Coconut Oil (I use Tropical Traditions)

Put all ingredients into a pan on medium heat and stir till everything is melted and mixed together (doesn't have to get that hot). 

(Warning: Be sure the solution has time to cool before wiping baby! ;-) )

You can add some tea tree essential oil to keep mildew down if you are worried about that, but I only make up enough wipes to last me a week or so. I haven't ever had any mildew problems.

I tried several different ways of wetting the wipes:

~I tried having a container that I could dip the wipe in and then wring out a bit, I did this as I went. 

~I tried having a little squirt bottle and squirting the needed amount on the wipe, again this is a method I did as I went.

~and I tried putting the wipes in a 'pampers' like wipe container and pouring the solution on a bunch of wipes, in advance.

So far the last method is by far my FAVORITE! It's quick, easy, and mess free! The others tended to get messy at times! Like when you have a squirming baby who wants to grab the open bottle/container of solution! ;-) 

What recipes for solutions have you tried? I'm ALWAYS open to trying new ones! :D

What about your method of getting the wipe wet? What have you tried with that?

Have you ever gotten mold on your wipes?? Very curious about how long the solution lasts on the wipes.

My Diaper Stash (So Far)

So far in my diaper stash I have 2 Thirsties Dou Wraps,

Two Comfy Rumps diapers. One is a Fuzzy Wuzzy and the other is a Plain Cloth Diaper

   

And I just took advantage of the buy 2 get 1 free sale on the GroVia one size AIO diapers at Abby's Lane ! I can't wait to see what I think of these diapers! :-)

For Soakers I have 2 of the microfiber soakers from Comfy Rumps

A Thirsties Stay Dry Duo Insert

And Two Hemp inserts!

So far I have a little hodge podge collection, but it works for me! I enjoy trying all the different diapers out there and find which one/s work for me and my life style! 

So what is your favorite cloth diaper/s?

Daisy field and randomness!

My husband and I just moved into our own place last month and with it we got a beautiful daisy field! :-)

Isn't it so lovely!!?

This is our cute little red barn!

We are still in the process of unpacking boxes and I've been finding it very difficult to get a normal routine going but I did start:

cloth diapering! That was one thing that I was so excited and anxious to start right after we moved in! My husband didn't want me to do it while we lived in the apartment because we didn't have a washer and dryer in our complex so I would have had to go to the laundry mat. I'm very thankful for a washer and dryer, and the fact that I am able to start cloth diapering FINALLY! So far I LOVE it! We just ordered 2 more diapers and I am waiting anxiously for them to show up! I can't wait to make the complete switch! Tomorrow I plan on starting to use cloth wipes full time! 

The other thing that I knew I needed to crack down on was getting our daughter eating more solids. She was eating them once in awhile, but she was needing to eat more often. So I fed her some

Cheerios. I gave her many other things to try, but she just loves Cheerios. I gave her peaches, avocado, apple sauce (which she doesn't like), green beans, broccoli, pickles, and much more. But there just seams to be something about the Cheerios that she just wants them over everything else.

Before we moved to our own place we figured that we would probably need a cat one day. Then two of my parents cats had kittens! So we decided to bring home

Brownie and Stitch! :-)