Are water wipes really worth the price over other brands?

[Sparksi]

Ordering in bulk so we are prepped for when baby arrives. Everyone talks about water wipes. I can see they have the fewest number of ingredients but are they worth the price over another brand? Also see Amazon Mama Bear wipes are recommended - has anyone used these?

(I’ve thought of reusable ones but I honestly don’t think it’s for us.)

Thanks :)

Re. wet bums, we always just dry our baby's bum on a muslin before putting the nappy back on.

We started with water wipes. Later discovered Sainsburys and Aldi do their own version of water wipes so buy one of the three now, depending where the shopping is done.

I swear by water wipes, we've tried all other brands and they all have a funny smell and aren't wet enough (or keep wet). I order them in bulk from Amazon S&S which works out cheaper. Been using them for nearly 3 years now and are handy for yourself not just baby 😬

i had water wipes with my first and stopped using them at 6 weeks when she developed a fungal infection that was breathtakingly awful - literally open sores all over her bum. took two months of treatment to clear it up. they are so so wet that it's impossible to dry them off properly afterwards. my hands also got very dry for the same reason.

We switched to tesco sensitive ones and never had any issues since and they are a fraction of the price too.

They are great for weaning though when cleaning their faces and hands etc.

Water wipes are rubbish imo. They're hard to get out, and when they do they come out in clumps of about 5. The Sainsburys and Aldi versions are slightly better. Our favourites are the huggies sensitive.

Our sons allergic to all the others. We do try to go back and try others periodically. We can get away with maybe a days use. But any longer and I don’t know why but it’s awful. It’s like open welts.

So unfortunately for us it’s waterwipes and econaty nappies are the only that will reliably keep the nappy rash at bay. I would be loathed to calculate how much extra that actually costs us 😭

This. Also, just ignore the whole cotton wool and water thing. Did absolutely nothing for proper sticky newborn poo. I used wipes straight away second time round.

Oh I just use Sainsbury's normal unscented ones, hadn't even clocked that they did water wipes ones.

I would just start off with normal ones and then switch if your baby has a reaction, but all of mine have been fine with normal stuff.

I brought a single pack for hospital bag and first week but once it ran out, I just used normal supermarket ones and it was fine.

Even if you're not doing cloth nappies, reusable wipes like Cheeky Wipes can be great.

They takeoff far more poo in one go than any disposable wipe I have ever come across

Water wipes are worth it imo! They don't give my dd a sore bottom and they're much wetter. I definitely definitely recommend in the first few months at least

I like them but we used cotton wool and warm water for the first 8 weeks or so.

I wouldn't use any that aren't extra-sensitive or whatever as I think they irritate my baby's skin.
I'd love to have the patience/organisational skills to use reusable wipes.

These are pretty much the same and cheaper
I've used them on my eyes before and no stinging or anything
No DC but I use them on myself!

I would have needed about 30 flannels a day in the early days when I was doing about 8 poo(!) nappy changes a day with each needing a few wipes/flannels. The laundry was bad enough without reusable nappies and flannels.

Aldi wipes are great, used them pretty much from the start. Asda own brand have an odd smell

You wouldn't need 30 a day. One flannel would be enough for most changes.

We used Water Wipes initially but they irritated DD’s skin. Now when at home we just use cotton wool balls and water, works well for us. Use a muslin or even a bit of kitchen paper to dry off her bum. We have a pack of Water Wipes in our changing bag for on the go, and they don’t seem to irritate her any more - though it probably helps that we’re only using them occasionally, i.e. when dealing with a big nappy when out and about! We’ll probably get the Aldi ones once the packet runs out; we use their nappies and like them, plus hopefully DD’s skin is a bit less sensitive now she’s a little older.

For face/hands we just use a muslin cloth, we have tons!

I disagree on the cotton wool, I would always do a small amount of sensitive baby body wash and warm water, it worked great, especially in winter when wipes can be cold

Water & cotton wool is best. Imo.

Cheeky wipes (or another brand) are amazing, it's way less icky to have a solid barrier between hand and poo. You only need 1 per change, they don't get tangled up in the packet, no chemicals, no forever in landfill.

My baby pooed 10 times a day until weaning so I'm well practiced!

Agree with the replies here, not that good IMO! Don’t order anything in bulk, as others have said sometimes with newborns their skin doesn’t tolerate stuff so I would just get one pack of literally any wipes and see how you get on.

Re-usable wipes like cheeky wipes are brilliant for poo especially for the sticky newborn poos. I wasn’t keen at first either but honestly they clean so much better than disposable wipes.

Wipes are handy when you're out and about but I'm another who'd recommend flannels/cloths and warm water at home. Long time ago now but I spent a happy few hours in the last weeks of pregnancy chopping up old cotton t shirts to use as baby bum cloths. Depending on the size of t-shirt you get at least 6 good-sized cloths out of one t-shirt.

Free
Soft
Washable
Re-useable
Bigger than wipes
Thicker than wipes,
Ultimately biodegradable.

I just used a basin of warm water, maybe with a squirt of baby wash. One cloth is usually enough. If it's a poo-nami you're surely just going to hang the baby over your arm under the shower anyway.

Cotton wool definitely does work on meconium. The (private) hospital i used recommended/provided it with warm water to be the softest thing on newborn bums.

I have no issue with wipes but they arent as soft as cotton wool

I would reconsider washable.

We used washable cheeky wipes ( and washable nappies). It’s really true that they actually wipe and clean bum properly

The first time I used disposable on holiday I was really regretting by day 2 not having packed the washable ones. Disposable just smear everything around and I needed way more wipes to actually clean baby.

The first time I used water wipes they just smeared everything. Second pack I bought pampers and dh used first one to wipe his own face and he said it felt like burning. He had to go wash his face with water and soap. So I wouldn’t buy anything in bulk

The washable ones are the most effective and nicest for little bums.