Country Living {Frugal Tips – Going Paperless Part 2}

 

Transitioning from paper products to cloth is quite simple.  Today in an effort to go further with my ‘Going Paperless’ plan I made cloth wipes and homemade baby wipes solution.  I cut up some left over flannel I had in a bin and put it into an empty wipes container and pour the baby wipes solution over the wipes.  

Here’s the recipe I made up for my homemade baby wipes solution:

• 3 Cups Warm Water
• 2 TBSP (roughly) Dr. Bonner’s Baby Mild Castile Soap
• 2 Drops Therapeutic Grade Lavender Essential Oil (Only use 100% Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils – I only use my Young Living Essential Oils)
• 1 Vitamin E capsule
• ¼ tsp Organic Coconut Oil

Mix warm water and Castile soap together, then add Lavender Essential Oil, break open the Vitamin E capsule to add into the water along with the coconut oil.  Mix well and pour over the wipes in the container you’ve chosen to use.  The wipes will soak up the solution – I think I used about 50 wipes.  I advise changing the solution every 24 hours.  Not only can these wipes be used to gently wipe your baby’s tushy but also sticky hands!  

Other oils that are great to add to this solution are:

Melaleuca Essential Oil (Tea Tree)

German Chamomille

(If you’d like more information on using Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils check out my website Southern SCENTSabilities)

You can use just about any material you’d like to make the baby wipes.  I did nothing fancy.  I cut out squares from some flannel I hadn’t used, but feel free to use baby wash clothes, cut up t-shirts, or old baby towels.  Of course, make sure the material you use is soft – but that’s it.  I did not sew my wipes, although you are surely free to do so.  Easy peasy!

I’m really enjoying this new journey.  This past week when my husband did the grocery shopping, it felt good to save $10 by not purchasing paper towels!  $10 a week will add up and save us a considerable amount of money over the month. 

Serving God and My Family,

Crystal <><