Nowadays, it seems like everyone is looking for “all natural” or “organic baby products”. Of course we got our fair share of named brand baby products at our baby shower …..products that have been used for decades and even on us when we were kids.

We’ve been using the  Think Dirty app recently and it shows us just how “safe” your personal care products are (are on scale of 1-10) . It lets you know potential health risks in each of the ingredients found in the product. Scary, right?!  You could literally drive yourself crazy looking at all of these .

When thinking of “safer” products that you would want to use for your little one you probably think of soaps, shampoos and diapers, right?  Well, what about wipes? One of the things you probably go through the most on a daily basis (for diaper changes, messy face clean-ups, dirty hands, table top cleaning, etc) are those convenient, pop up wipes! No one ever thinks about what are on those wipes. It’s not just a wet cloth of water.

I did a search on the app for the wipes that we currently use and here is what came up:

Gahhhh…..on a scale of 0-10 (with 10 being a product with high concern), my “Natural Care”, “Fragrance Free” wipes got a 7 !  This totally shocked me.  I didn’t even want to know the results from regular wipes that weren’t “Natural” and “fragrance free”.

With a little investigating, we found a recipe for DIY baby wipes.  We are confident that the ingredients in it are a MUCH safer alternative for your kiddo’s bottom! They do require a little bit of work, but that’s the name of the DIY game, right?

SUPPLIES:

1 Roll Paper Towels

2 cups Distilled Water

2 Tbsp avaBABY Body Wash and Shampoo 

1 Tbsp avaBODY Hand Sanitizer

2 Tbsp Olive Oil or warm coconut oil

A few drops of Essential Oil (Optional). We used Thieves.

DIRECTIONS:

1) Cut the roll of paper towels in half with a sharp kitchen knife

2) Mix all ingredients into a bowl, pour mixture over the paper towels.

3) Let soak and remove inner cardboard.

4) Store wipes in a ziplock bag or reuse an old wipes container. Pull from the middle. Ready to use!

* We’ve been using them for a week now and so far they’ve been great! We used paper towels from Costco. Their Kirkland brand is really heavy duty, so the wipes actually hold up!

-K and J