Like this:

I originally heard about making your own wipes from a friend.  Thanks, Jen!  It sounded easy enough, but you know how when you have a new baby everything sounds too time consuming?  Get up an pour myself a glass of water?  Way too much energy required.  So making my own wipes got filed away into the “to do when I have more energy and time” file.  But then we got down to the end of our wipes stash and I realized that it was down to forking out more money for wipes or expending a little energy making my own.  Seriously, it was so easy.  Ridiculously easy.  And truth be told, we like them much better.  So if you want to try your own, here you go!

This is what you need:

Buy a roll of Bounty paper towels (I have been told it must be Bounty but I have never tested this) and find a container that is big enough to hold half a roll.  We had good luck with Meijer coffee containers, once we cut off the inner metal rim with a can opener.  So I guess you have to add in the step: drink lots of coffee.

Saw a roll of Bounty in half.  I will spare you the carnage, but this is my least favorite step as it is the most tedious.  Maybe I don’t have good knives or maybe I should use a hand saw?

Place the half roll in a container.

Mix 2 cups hot water, 2 tbsp baby soap, and 2 tbsp baby oil together.

Pour mixture over the paper towels.

After about a minute you will be able to remove the middle cardboard thingy and put the lid on your wipes.

I mean really, what could be better for early morning diaper changes than homeade wipes that are stored in a large can that smells like coffee?

I am in love!  So easy!  So cheap!  So lovely and warm when you first make them!  And no more last minute trips to the store when I discover, while rummaging through Isaac’s closet, that we are out of wipes again.

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