Cloth wipes

I admit I didn't use cloth wipes for about 3 months. I was intimidated because I didn't know what to do! Man I was a fool, they're the easiest part of the whole equation!

We use the thin little baby wash cloths:



http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5978536

They're $4 for a 12 pack. Cheapest thing you'll ever buy for the baby :)

All we do is fold them in half and put them in an empty wipes container. Pour enough water to make them wet and voila! Wipes! We use to use soap, but it didn't seem to make a difference so we don't even bother.

I use about 1 wipe per diaper change and when we're done, it goes in the diaper in the pail!

I have to say it's easier than using throw away wipes! Cuz with throw aways you have to walk to the trash can to discard the wipes and then put the diaper in the pail. Plus who wants poopy wipes in the trash?

We have about 24 total, but that's more than plenty! I never put them all in the container at once because they'll start to smell. Usually about 10 at a time is good.

I will admit I don't use them on my almost 3 year old foster son. His poop is too big and nasty, so I use the throw away ones!

But I have found it's SUPER easy to travel and go out with cloth wipes, all you do it bring them dry and run them under water before using!

Amazing :)

Isn't it really gross?

Isn't all poop gross? :)

I don't personally find CD's more gross than disposables. With 1 niece and 6 nephews, I've changed a LOT of poopy diapers over the years and to me, it's really not much different.

I'll do a detailed post on washing them, but for now I'll just talk about the difference between my breast fed child (who isn't on any solids yet) and my almost 3 year old, who clearly eats normal food. Cuz YES it makes a difference!

When I change my 6 month old's diaper it's no big deal. His poop is runny and liquidy, kind of looks like mustard. There's not much I can do to rid the diaper of the poop as it's basically like urine, only a little thicker. So in his case, it hasn't been gross at all. I just take the diaper off and throw it in the pail.

When I change my 2.5 year old's diaper with poop in it, it's a bigger deal. Thankfully he only poops 1x a day!

The hope is that his poop will be solid (like adult poop) and he won't have smooshed it in his butt! Cuz when it's solid, it's super easy, you just dump the poop in the toilet and throw the diaper in the pail.

But when you don't catch it and it's smooshed, it's those times I wish he was wearing a sposie :)

But whatever, you deal with it. And it's gross but so is much of parenting little kids!

When the smooshing occurs, you take the diaper off, and with a wipe or toilet paper (others use a scraping tool like a spatula, but I couldn't stomach it!) you try to scrape off as much poop as possible and dump it in the toilet. You're not suppose to flush wipes, so I try to use toilet paper. Then when you get as much as you can, you throw it in the pail.

Yes some will be left behind, but trust me, it comes out! And no you won't find poop leftover in the washer! We've yet to have it happen.

These diaper are amazing, most the time they come out looking brand new!