Recipe for baby wipe cubes (like Booty Cubes)?

I make a solution from witch hazel, tea tree oil and water!! Works great!! :)

One of my parenting books had an idea for home made wipes. It said to take a paper towl role with durable paper towels and cut it down the middle put it in a wipe box and use a little of your child's body wash and some water. I tried it and it did the job very well.

You can make your own baby wipes. You can use something like paper towels if you just want to control what's on the wipe and for budget reasons.

Or use cloth baby wipes (which can be washed along with your diapers).

When you use homemade baby wipes recipes you can either make your wipes solution in a bottle or put it right in the wipes container.

If you put it directly into the container your wipes are ready to go as soon as you need them. You may need to change your wipes every day using this method if you find they smell musty.

If you want to put the solution into a small bottle find an inexpensive spray bottle. You can find small ones in the health and beauty section of most drug stores or beauty supply stores. When you need to wipe your baby wet your cloth wipe with warm water and then give a spritz or two of your wipes solution.

You can keep a small container with a tight-fitting lid filled partway with water at your changing station if it is not near a sink. Then have your wipes stacked up and your wipes solution next to the water container at the changing table.

Here are some homemade baby wipes recipes:

Baby Wash Recipe #1

2 TBSP Baby Wash (choose a natural wash!)

2 TBSP Olive Oil

2 Cups water

Mix well in a spray bottle or your wipes box. Spritz on wipe before using if in spray bottle. Swish solution around over wipes if using a wipes box.

Baby Wash Recipe #2

2 TBSP Baby Wash

2 TBSP Olive Oil or 1 TBSP Calendula Oil

2 Drops Tea Tree Oil

2 Cups Water

Mix well in a spray bottle or your wipes box. Spritz on wipe before using if in spray bottle. Swish solution around over wipes if using a wipes box. Tea Tree Oil has lovely disinfectant properties along with its wonderful, clean smell.

Aloe Vera Recipe

1/4 Cup Aloe Vera Gel

2 Drops Tea Tree Oil

2 Cups Hot Water

Stir or shake until this recipe is well mixed. Don't use until the mixture cools. Spritz on wipe before using if in spray bottle. Swish solution around over wipes if using a wipes box.

Vitamin E and Essential Oils Recipe

2 Drops Tea Tree Oil

2 Drops Lavender Oil (Please be sure to use only pure essential oils - don't use synthetic oils.)

2 Drops Chamomile Oil

2 Cups Water

1 Vitamin E Cap

Cut open vitamin E caplet and squeeze into the water, and add essential oil drops. Mix well in a spray bottle or your wipes box. Spritz on wipe before using if in spray bottle. Swish solution around over wipes if using a wipes box.

Cloth wipes are truly easy to use. Or you can simply use warm water on your baby's bottom unless you're changing a particularly messy diaper.

If you notice that your baby is about to poop, you can always remove his or her diaper and hold baby over the toilet. Otherwise, your handy wipes are always available! Just pick one of these homemade baby wipes recipes and mix it up to have on hand.

You can premix your wipes solution and moisten a few wipes when you're out and about. Simply place them into a re-sealable plastic bag, or into a travel wipes container and you're ready to go. Throw them into the dirty duds bag or a plastic shopping bag along with your diapers when you use them.

* I believe you could make a cube as you would making bath fizzies with baking soda. I would add a natural oil and possibly natural baby wash to your water when it dissolves in the container. Check the citric acid, it may be too harsh for a baby - but you can play around with the recipe.

The added cocoa butter in this recipe will help to sooth and moisturize your skin. Add the cocoa butter at step 2 above, crumbling it into the dry ingredients then mixing it all together very well before adding the essential oils.

1 cup bicarbonate of soda

½ cup citric acid

1 tablespoon cocoa butter

20 drops Lavender