How to Make Pop-Up Cloth Wipes

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[Jill]

Cool!

You've inspired me. The kids got a horrible stomach flu about a month ago. I've been using disposables since then (since it was at least a diaper every two hours and I was really sick, too) knowing that I need to get back to cloth before the baby doesn't fit in them anymore.

I'll start tomorrow. I just found (as in an hour ago) a stack of baby washcloths. I never knew that about tea tree oil. I always ended up with funky wipes at the bottom of the tub with plain water.

Thanks for this. =)

[Noble Savage]

Thank you so much for that, how useful! I'm definitely going to do this.

[Terra Jones]

Perfect!!! we were JUST talking about how we wished we could figure this out! Thanks for taking the time to share w/ those of us who aren't up to the challenge right now ;-)

[Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com]

This is a great idea! I'm totally going to print this out when I get home so that I can set up when my due date is a little closer =)

[ferrous]

Your clever method is being talked about on Twitter (@ferrous and @badmummy). I used to do a similar thing with Smiley's cloth wipes, but it never occurred to me to do a pull through thing. Very cool. :-)

[Andrea]

Neat idea! A few questions (I always have questions): How many wipes does it take to fill your container? Do they feel cold to you (since you don't use a warmer)? What material are in the Target wash cloths? How big are they (you can guess)? Thank you! : ) I want to do this. My DH would love it.

[Jennifer]

Even cheaper is to hit the fabric store and buy half a yard of cheap cotton terry cloth, cut it up into squares--half a yard of material will give you 18 squares. And with the knit fabric you really don't even have to finish the edges. If you got flannel, you'd need to serge the edges.

YMMV!

[Dou-la-la]

You need to win some kind of reward for this. Srsly.

I, too, was wondering about how many will fit in a standard pop-up container?

[TheFeministBreeder]

Actually, I never counted how many would fit, but off the top of my
head I think it's about 30-40?  But actually, I only do about 15-20 at
a time because I can only use that many in the few days they're fresh. 
They only last about 3-4 days before they start to stink a little (less
if you don't use tea-tree oil) and since we only use the wipes with a
soiled diaper, we don't go through them that fast.  But if you have a
newborn and use tons of wipes each day, you can definitely fill it with
at least twice as many as I usually do.

Hope that helps!

[Dou-la-la]

That is hugely helpful, actually. I'm absolutely going to start doing this. I've always felt guilty for continuing to use disposable wipes along with our cloth dipes, even if they are the less-evil 7th Generation ones. No longer!

THANK YOU!

[Heather]

I LOVE this! We did disposables with our first, but are going cloth with our twins (due anyday!). I just realized perhaps we should figure out what to do for wipes & was wondering about using baby wash cloths. So you answered 2-in-1 for me! Thanks!

[Kari]

I had a question about cleaning cloth wipes--do you just toss them straight into the diaper pail/washing machine after use? Do you rinse first? We dunk and swish our diapers in the toilet, but I'd imagine the wipes would be kind of difficult to do that way. I'm considering switching, but I'd like to know how this works first. Thanks:)

[TheFeministBreeder]

Hi Kari,

No, I don't rinse them off, they just go straight into the bin. I don't find that they're too dirty to be tossed straight in - but I'm dealing with toddler poop (mostly solid) and not newborn poop either, so I suppose it depends on the consistency you're dealing with. I've been doing this for about 6 months though and have never needed to rinse. Hope that helps!