Anyone using washable / re usable wipes? Can you recommend any, are they worth while doing?

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Hello! I saw an advert for Cheeky wipes the re usable washable wipes. Has anyone used these or any other washable wipes? I am due in March and will be using washable nappies, so thought these were worth a try. A starter pack is about £30 which includes 25 wipes, 2 containers, oils etc etc .
Has anyone made their own? Any tips please?

all the nappy sellers do packs of wipes - just small flannels really - usually 10 or 12 for a fiver. or ikea do really cheap packs of flannels, prolly cheaper than that. i think a normal machine-zigzagged edge wouldn't last the amount of washing they go through, but if you have (or can borrow) a serger you could make your own from an old towel. i used cold camomile tea for soaking in, keep them in one of those boxes you get moist loo roll in at home, sandwich bag for out and about.

it definitely makes sense to use washable wipes with cloth nappies cos it all goes in together - otherwise you have to bin the wipes in a nappy bag etc. cos you can't flush them. (there used to be some flushable wipes but i'm not sure they still exist). but i reckon a £30 pack is ott.

Get a container from Ikea (children's section)

Get microfibre cloths from Tescos (89 p a pack)

Some use tea tree and water/oil, but quite cheap to make.

i just use cheapy flannels from tesco. some of them I have backed with fleece, others I didn't bother.
i just run them under a warm tap as I need them, no need for containers or oil or anyhing

Fantastic! Thanks for the tips, after reading your messages £30 seems a lot when i could make up my own. I knew you mums netters would have all the answers , Thanks for your replies

I used flannels from Woolworths (sniff) which were 30p each drenched in mint/chamomile tea and sunflower oil put in a tupperware from Ikea.

Marvellous. DD gets sore bum with any normal babywipe.

HTH

Already have similar advice, but just going to add that after 3 years of using cloth nappies, my all time favourite option is cheap flannels (got some 4 for 50p once in Tesco) and I put them under tap with squirt of usual baby wash. I've several times tried to get into making up solution in tub (too much both, gets cold etc), or even small bits of "solution" disolved into water in spray bottle, but I'm forever coming back to just using the warm tap (so much better than cold, or even ordinary wipes!) and a squirt of baby wash. Works great for me...and then at least you don't have nasty/smelly disposable wipes in the bin to have to throw out!

I used reusable wipes - when DS was tiny I just used water, and then once he was weaned I bought Northern Essence foaming wipe solution which was lovely. If DH wasn't so fussy, I'd have made my own solution, but he liked the foam. And it did clean sticky poo really well

i still use reusable wipes have moved onto dd2. they dry quickly but you do need quite a few to avoid running out! i find them v v useful and much better for the environment than washable ones!!

tesco value flannels are 30p each I cut them into 4 smaller squares
I keep a tub of water on the change unit (refresh after each change so it is ready)
they go into the nappy bin with the washable nappies.
Not sure I would do it if I wasn't washing nappies as well.
I love them

flannels are fab. I know everyone else says the same but really. they are. and dead cheap too

I keep my solution (camomile tea, lavender oil, olive oil) in a 500ml water bottle - one of those sports cap type - and squirt a bit into a big shallow cup which I then dip my wipe into as I need.

I have got some Cheeky Wipes - I liked that fact that they came with bags to use when out and about as this is what I had struggled with before?

Plus the wipes are much softer than the junior joy ones I had tried before.

I started using them because I found it far less bother to just be able to throw everything into the same bucket rather than putting nappies in the bucket and wipes in the bin. Use fleece liners rather than paper for the same reason. I got baby washcloths from poundland £1 for 6 and they were a perfect size and softer than flannels but still with the grip of flannels. I used to keep them in a plastic wipes tub ready moistened but since ds has come along I usually just end up grabbing them from the pile of clean laundry waiting to be sorted and running them under the tap

morrisons- 4 flannels for 89p- bargain i use fleece ones for non sticky nappy changes and towelling for heavy duty jobs

oh and in an ice cream tub on top of the radiator ready moistned- would you believe that once upon a time i bought a wipes warmer

Ihave just bought some foaming baby wash from boots and find it great with my wipes. easier for when i'm out than the normal baby wash i had been using. It's their own brand organic stuff I think, was about £3, but you don't need much.

....on top of the radiator!!

wontbepreggersagain - that's genius ! Why did I never think of that?

Get a cheap fleece blanket from Primark, and cut it up into hand size pieces - i got about 100 wipes from mine. I find fleece is so much softer then old bits of towels - the thought of hard dry towels on my littlies bum makes me wince

And i either just use plain water, or i make up a solution of one squirt baby bath, one squirt baby moisturiser, and one squirt baby oil.

Poundland do a pack of about 5/6 "baby wash cloths" which are about the size of a baby wipe and come out of the wash soft enough but still have some texture to get the poo off. AND they are different colours so you can use them for different things (ie, one colour for nappies, one for face etc). I bought lots of packs of these over the last year and love them.

Oh and by the way, if you do use disposable wipes, you can wash them and get about 5 uses out of each one which is what we did for quite a while, saves a lot. We would use proper washable wipes at home but johnsons wipes were always in the nappy bag, but would still go in the wash with the nappy and would come out perfect. Crap ones like huggies don't last more than a couple of washes but johnsons were great and usually on offer.