Cloth wipes

[NatalieB]

Any advice on how to USE and DO cloth wipes.

Im sick of using disposible and my daughter has very sensitive skin.

Whats the best fabric to make them from and how do I do it (ie I have heard about having a spray bottle of water to wet the wipe)

Let us know.. as I dont want to waste anymore $$ on disposible wipes!

[mumtojude]

I just cut up some polarfleece (doesn't need stitching, as it doesn't fray) to use. We have a spraybottle filled with water that we use to wet the wipes. We also have a spray bottle to go in the nappy bag.

[*Tracee*]

My fave fabric combo's are terry and velour
You can use just about anything tho - flannel, fleece, terry, sherpa, velour etc.
I make mine about 20cms sqaure and overlock the 2 fabrics together.

When I need one I simply wet it under the tap

[Obsi]

My favourite ones were cotton terry one side, flannelette or corduroy on the other... I put a couple in a container and poured water over to just cover them, and left them under the change table... then when I ran out, I put more in - so then I didn't have to wet as I went, there was always some set ready to go. Old huggies wipes containers are great to reuse, and I cut mine small enough to fit in the travel ones.

[twinmama]

You can buy washers, or sew, or purchase wipes from WAHM's made of 2 layers of flannel, Flannel and polar fleece, micro terry, velour, sherpa, bamboo, etc.

You can use water, chamomile tea, or purchase washy wafers or foamy wipes solution. You can then either make up a spray bottle of your solution (or water), or wet enough wipes to last a day or two.

[Hollie]

I sew 20m squares of flannelette and cut up cotton towels together and keep them in a small plastic container with some chamomile tea/olive oil/lavendar oil in it. I have some with polar fleese/flannellette too but I prefer the terry...grabbier y/k?

[MelZ]

Ive tried heaps of different things, and in the end the best thing for us was facewashers (this is after I sewed about 50 doublesided flanelette wipes, lol).

But not just any facewashers, you can get a pack of 10 from bigW (they are softer and thicker than all the other facewashers I have tried) they come in shades of pink, blue, or naturals (caramels/browns). They are about $7 for the 10.

We tried the spray bottle and keeping them in a huggies container with water, in the end, it was easiest to just get the facewasher first and wet it under the tap with warm water (otherwise Id be thinking about a thermo jug to keep the water warm - couldnt be fagged to be honest)

So after trying many different things, that was the easiest, and Ive been doing it for a few months now. Before I used the bigW ones, I didnt like facewashers as I thought hey were too rough

[Hollie]

lol That would be 20cm....though you probably guessed that!

[Tracymumto6]

I've knitted a few in cotton and use face washes. I keep a spray bottle of water handy for wetting them. When going out I wet them and put them in a PUL bag.
I like my knitted ones best as they are great for the sticky messes.

[johT]

Originally Posted by MelZ

But not just any facewashers, you can get a pack of 10 from bigW (they are softer and thicker than all the other facewashers I have tried) they come in shades of pink, blue, or naturals (caramels/browns). They are about $7 for the 10.

We tried the spray bottle and keeping them in a huggies container with water, in the end, it was easiest to just get the facewasher first and wet it under the tap with warm water Before I used the bigW ones, I didnt like facewashers as I thought hey were too rough

yep they are easy and good i like the really thin ones though
its nice to have special wahm ones though too (mmm velour!)
i used to keep them wet in a container when bree was young - now we just wet under the tap when needed.