wipes - budget busting washable wipes??

[steph1512]

Any ideas pls. have seen the cheeky monkey kit which i like but dont think 25wipes would be enough for 2in cloth

Fleece wipes. Get piece of fleece and cut it up. They are great and last for ever (still going here over two years since anyone wore nappies). You can buy them already cut for you from eBay if you want.

Go to bargain linen shop. Buy 2 dozen 6-for-a-pound face flannels. One flannel should do a nappy change unless it's a real bad'un.

Or a trip to Poundland, and buy a bulk packet of flannels - you can sometimes get 10 for a pound in those places

Hint: buy a distinctive colour of flannels that are different from the ones you use for face washing, so you know which ones have been used for which end ,

the cheeky monkey kit is nice but it works out quite expensive.
My favourite type of wipe is the one that has fleece on the one side and flannel on the other then you have two textures to deal with whatever is presented in your babies nappy!
I find the flannel side good for toddler poo and fleece good for just wee.
I got one rainbow set (with minky bag) from babykind and the rest were second hand from clothnappytree.
Here are the babykind ones

I've cut up a couple of old terry nappies (really old - they were mine which my mum had saved!) but I reckon a couple of old towls will do the job.

buy a meter of fleece off ebay and get cutting into squares, use with water, more than enough for two in cloth will cost about 3.99

I use a combination of fleece and cheap flannels depending on nappy contents. Can't have cost me more than a couple of pounds and I have plenty for two in cloth.

do you reckon you could use muslin? just seen mothercare do 50mini muslin top n tail square..to thin??

Second poundland baby flannels - absolutely brilliant.

Mine are mainly cut up fleece with a few cut up bits of terry for the sort of poo that glues itself to their bum.

Muslin might work, I sometimes use a muslin if nothing else to hand. But that's a large muslin folded over, so maybe individual ones would be too thin. I can imagine newborn poo might soak through onto your hand....

I was in poundland today so picked up a pack of 6 for £1 of their baby flannels. They are really nice and soft - like fine towelling rather than traditional flannel - so much softer.
I like this suggestion!
I have some cheap flannels which I use for face wipes after meals but they go quite cruchy in the wash and line drying.

been and purchased poundland flannels hope they are up to the jo..they have all different colours too

Mothercare do packets of small muslin squares, about 50 for £5 I think. They work well for us.

'Disposable' wipes go through the wash in our house. Just moisten and use again, and again, and again ...

Blue - They go through the wash in our house too, though not on purpose

Microfibre cloths (often on special offer at supermarkets) are excellent, can clean the pooiest bottoms with a couple of wipes and wash and dry really well.

Tesco do flannels for 25p (though I use these as boosters in nappies).

I bought half a metre of fleece form the fabric shop and cut it up - loads and loads of wipes!

Oh, and you don't need fancy solutions either. I just keep a bowl of water on the changing table and dunk a dry wipe into it. Use that to wipe, then a dry wipe to dry off.

BorntoFolk is right that you don't need any fancy solutions but I found using a bowl of water quite a hassle (and have a DH that managed to knock it over a few times ).

So, to avoid having to have a bowl of water to hand, you could add a small amount of water to a tupperware container (just enough to cover the bottom), add 2/3 drops of lavender (or chamomile but lavender smells nicer) essential oil and then add the pile of clean dry flannels. The solution will soak into the dry wipes leaving them smell gorgeous and be nice and moist (but not dripping wet). Seal with the tupperware lid and stash by the nappy change area and you've got a supply of fragrant, moist wipes that are so much more gentle on your DC's bums but super effective at cleaning too.

This is basically how the fresh wipes part of Cheeky Wipes works. I have the cheeky wipes kit, and love it, but agree that it works out expensive as an upfront cost (still cheaper then using disposable wipes but quite expensive for what you get imho). So I've used tesco flannels and my own tupperware container for creating more fresh wipes to use for cleaning face/hands by basically copying the Cheeky Wipes...