Water wipes on a newborn

[Amy1996]

Does anyone know if you can use water wipes on a new born ? Or does anyone know what wipes are good to use on a new born. I cannot get on with cotton wool.

rubyroot post the study then!

Which ingredient is that and is it in water wipes?

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0890623815300319

ADBAC is btw the chemical name for above mentioned Chem in watwrwipes

rubyroot are you using some kind of weird bootleg waterwipes? There is no mad chemical in them! It's grapefruit seed extract, do all men and women eating grapefruits become infertile?

The most frustrating thing about this thread is people not realising Water Wipes are a brand name, not a generic way of talking about wet wipes.

(Totally ignoring all the bat shit comments)

I used water wipes for the first couple of weeks and then moved into Huggies Pure with DD1. I plan on doing the same with DD2 when she’s born.

Oh ruby do you mean normal wet wipes? That's really not what op is asking about... waterwipes are WATER and GRAPEFRUIT SEED EXTRACT. That's it. They are basically pre-soaked cotton wool.

No I mean water wipes- read the package for god sake and stop believing the marketing! They contain benzolkonium chloride. You lot not read labels?

They can’t just contain that they have to contain a preservative otherwise they would go mouldy!

I used cotton wool pads for the first couple of weeks (the ones designed for removing make up) they were much easier than using cotton wool balls which are a nightmare. Then used Wet Wipes but given they are basically water and a bit of grapefruit oil I couldn't face paying for it so started to make my own baby wipes with old fabric, water, lavender oil, coconut oil and a bit of witch Hazel.

Whilst I don’t agree that ADBAC is something to worry about (it’s in so many products like first aid ointment, laundry detergent, disinfectant spray, hand sanitizer etc.) ruby is correct that water wipes contains it albeit very low amounts. It’s a contaminant in the grapefruit extract. So water wipes = 0.1% grapefruit extract and that in turn contains 0.002% benzalkconium chloride.
www.waterwipes.com/faq/
(See the drop down What Are Water Wipes Made Of).
In such tiny amounts and given it’s such a commonly found chemical anddd it’s being used only being used to wipe bottoms, it absolutely wouldn’t worry me though.

Jesus christ, I have a packet in front of me. The ingredients are: WATER and GRAPEFRUIT SEED EXTRACT. They don't have anything else in them. Their whole selling point is they don't have preservatives, which is why if you store them one side up the water settles at the bottom and you have to squish the packet to get them all wet again. Honestly, it would take you 2 seconds to google to stop yourself looking so silly.

Bit they’re not just water and grapefruit juice! Seriously people- read the small print!

Ok, so the benzalkconium chloride is a component of grapefruit seed extract at concentrations of 0.002% per packet. Yes, I will immediately panic and never use them again

I used water wipes. 15 months in and she's had nappy rash once

No it’s not a component, it’s an added preservative. But after the big song and dance you’ve just made you’ll hardly admit you’re wrong!

I used cotton wool and water initially, for about a week, then the sensitive or newborn pampers and realised I was wasting my money so just changed over to non fragranced wipes such as Asda, Tesco, Boots

Another vote for cheeky wipes here. They are much more effective than cotton wool or any kind of baby wipe. We have water wipes as a back up, though only used cotton wool pads and water for the first 8 weeks or so. Baby has never had a rash.

Cheeky wipes are so stupidly expensive. You can buy everything in their sets from the £shop/Wilkos etc.

I used actual water and actual cloths.

Made sense to me as that’s how I wash, and how I wash any other part of a baby. Or child. Or to be fair how I wash most things.

Cotton cloths. And some water.

I used Huggies wipes from newborn but I changed my DS next to a bowl of warm water and would wash them out in before and during use. Using them a bit like a disposable face cloth.

The texture of Huggies seemed superior and easier to wipe with, certainly stood up to wringing out in water.
I tried every brand. I found cotton wool was too solid on sore bottoms when wrung out.

I read that the water wipes have so little preservatives in them that they are at higher risk of going mouldy. Not all chemicals are bad.

@rubyroot yes I will say I don't care about normal wet wipes because that isn't what my post is about and no I don't care about normal wet wipes I'm asking about water wipes, is 0.002% really something to worry about ? Would they sell them to wipe baby's bums with if it was ? I would much rather use water wipes than normal wipes. Midwives are recommending them I don't want to use cotton wool I hate the stuff

MorrisDancingViv I bought mine second hand for £10, including the bag to take them out in. They've lasted em 3 years so far and suspect they'll last another 3 (which is good as DC2 will need them), so I think they've been excellent value for money.

You do know there's probably more than 0.002 of bacteria and harsh chemicals in tap water for god sake @rubyroot