Homemade baby wipes

    I started looking online last summer ways to save money.  I found how to make homemade baby wipes at this web site!  http://babyparenting.about.com/cs/diapering/ht/wipes.htm 
    Making these baby wipes has made a huge difference in my family's finacial ability to make it every month!  I had a baby about 6 months old and my middle son had just turned three.  He had chronic strep throat and had to have his toncells out by October last year.  Because he had to keep being on stronger and stronger antibiotics that upset his stomach it made it really difficult to potty train him in addition to the fact that he was sick and just did not feel well.  So I had two babies in diapers and man were we going though diapers and wipes.  My kids skin are all very sensitive and we had learned the hard way that we could not use just any diapers and wipes.  This technique made it possible for me to use products that I knew they were not sensitive to. 
   
                                                    You will need

1.  A baby wipe container.  This web sit recomends a round baby wipe container but I have used the box style ones with not trouble at all.

2. One role strong paper towels.  I have tried all different types and this is where you get what you pay for.  Now after my experimenting I always get Viva pick a size one ply big roll paper towels.

3. A good sharp knife to cut the roll of paper towels in half.  I can usually get through it with a regular steak knife but I prefer the big knife with a serated edge.

4. 2 cups of water

5. A small pot to boil ingredients.

6. 2 tablespoons of your favorite baby wash

7. 1 tablespoon of baby oil.

    I usually put the 2 cups of water on the stove to boil and add the one tablespoon of baby oil and two tablespoons of baby wash to the water.  While that is heating to boiling temp I cut the paper towels in half with my kitchen knife.  You will want to watch the fluid in the pot because it will boil over super easily.  You will need to turn it off  as soon as it gets to boiling and remove from the stove eye.  On the up side if it boils over and you must clean off the stove it will leave it nice and clean.  Then you will place the half of a roll of paper towels into your baby wipe container.  Then you will pour the fluid over the roll of paper towels.  I leave it to cool for a few minutes and then come back and pull the cardboard tube out from the center of the paper towels.  It will be warm and soft and easy to remove.  You can then just pull the baby wipes from the center of the roll if you like but as I use a square box and mine wont let the lid shut with them standing like that I just lay them on their side and when i am ready to use one I grab the entire roll of wipes and unwind how many I need at the moment.  It has not been a hindrance to my process I just learned for me its easier to prep my wipes before I remove the diaper. 

    Even with two babies in diapers I was only using about one roll of these per week.  That is only 2 rolls of paper towels a month.  With such a small amount of the other ingredients you can imagine how slowly you go through them.  Even with the Viva paper towels my wipes are costing about a dollar per pack of wipes.  $4.00 per month for two babies worth of baby wipes is a little amazing I think!  Also, I almost never need more than three of these wipes and that's for a serious mess. 
    If you use just about any type of modern type of baby wash it is most likely sting free these baby wipes are gentle and safe enough to use the same as you would regular baby wipes.  You can use them on faces, hands, clothes, what ever part of your baby may need a touch up.  I have been using these wipes in my home and on my children for a year now and have not seen any adverse health or hygiene problems as a result from using these wipes as apposed to regular wipes.

Nursing Nightmare

    When I was a young first time mother, I had such a hard time nursing.  I kept having bleeding and cracked nipples and soooo much pain!  I ask experts and other mothers and the doctor and they all said the same thing.  Every one I ask said that I should not have that severe of irritation and that my sweet baby boy and I must not be in a good position and getting a good latch on.  I was very determined and in spite of the fact that it hurt so bad and no matter how hard I tried I could not make any difference, I did not give up.  Naturally the entire time I was lathering my poor injured nipples with the lanolin the nurses had given me when we were in the hospital for delivery.  Eventually I ran out of that stuff and eventually my body healed and I carried on to nurse my first born for 14 months. 
    In the delivery room as I was in labor about an hour away from delivering my middle child, my mother comes out with this long lost memory that my brother had been allergic to lanolin and she was willing to bet that I was too.  As it turns out I do indeed have a skin allergy to lanolin and I have now made sure that all of my skin products are lanolin free.  I did not use lanolin ointment at all nursing my either of my other two babies and have never again had such a severe problem. 
    With my youngest daughter they have finally come out with some alternative ointment and other treatments that are milk based.  I bought them on account to support the movement but I have almost not needed them at all.
    This story is just to say even if you are having a really hard time it can still be worth it to nurse your babies.  Some times there is a problem that no one knew existed yet.  Medical and nursing professionals did not know any one could be allergic to lanolin.  Here's your proof!  *_-

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                MissCrys here and I am a stay at home mother of three children, ages 9, 3, and 14mos.  I am always looking for ways to save money and our planet.  I am always looking up home remedies and do it your self options for my home and family.  I research any thing I can think of online and experiment at home with the information that I find.  Some of what I have found has worked for my family and some, not so much.  I love food and wine and trying new recipes.  I have breastfed all three of my children as babies.  I love to travel all though I do not get to do it as much as I would like to I hope to be getting back into the swing of that as soon as possible.  I am trying to loose the baby weight and get back into shape so I currently have a strong interest in health diet and fitness.