Baby Wipes

So....many of you know that we use cloth diapers almost exclusively at our house (except if baby is tummy sick or we are traveling overnight....).  It's not as gross as it sounds, they are much easier to use than they used to, and they save us literally hundreds and hundreds of dollars.  Anyways....another costly addition to the diapering process is baby wipes!

Cloth baby wipes?  I think yes. 

Now this is much crunchier than I ever though I'd be...but a kind lady from my Moms Club offered to make me some (maybe I begged her...) when Alex was a newborn.  I was definitely not up for a sewing project then so I was very thankful!!  I quickly gathered up lots of flannel scraps I had from making burp clothes or PJ pants over the years.  This is what she created for us...

 

Double sided square flannel wipes!

 

They fold in half quite nicely...

 

....and even fit into an old wipes container.  There are plenty of solutions out there you can make, but I just add water.   Water + flannel = very gentle on baby and cheaper than dirt. 

 

They don't take up much room in our diaper pail and therefore don't cause any extra laundry.

 

Another washable thing I use (No sewing involved!) are fleece pieces for diaper liners.  Got this idea from the same mom who made the wipes for me!  I like the flush-able liners but they are costly.  Helps with  #2 diaper clean up (ask if you want more details...) and if it's a *really* gross diaper...I have been known on a few occasions to throw the whole thing away.  I buy fleece as a remnant at the fabric store when it's 50% off the sale price so they're really inexpensive.

 

Voila!  It does protect the diaper quite a bit.