Baby wipes are a great invention for the modern parent, don’t you think? Before I became a mummy the only wipes I used were either cleaning (bleach) ones or make up removing ones. I would never have imagined back then how much I would come to rely on baby wipes.
How on earth did parents manage without them? I guess a flannel and warm water were used instead but what a faff that must have been! Not exactly a portable method of ensuring your child is kept food stain free or that their bottoms are free from pooh is it? I mean, you cannot really take a damp flannel out with you in your bag every time you go anywhere can you.
I remember my Mum or my Nan licking a tissue and wiping the corners of my mouth when I was young. Well I don’t know about your children, but it would take more than a bit of my saliva to remove the stubborn body stains on my two boys!
I dread to think how many baby wipes I get through everyday or indeed how many I have used since Burton was born. They are just so useful aren’t they? I mean not only are they handy for the obvious – the hand, face and bottom cleaning – but they are also handy for an endless list of cleaning tasks. From wiping food and sick stains off the highchair, the table, the floor, my clothes, baby and toddler clothes, my shoes, the sofa shall I go on? Not to mention of course how they can keep your toddler entertained when they want to ‘help’ clean things! If I give Burton a coupe of baby wipes he will spend ages cleaning his toys, the speaker, the sofa etc… I find this is great for when I want to drink a -hotter -than- I -usually-manage -to drink-cup of tea. A pack of baby wipes is also handy for keeping a squirming baby still while you change him! Oh and I have even used baby wipes *whispers* to remove my make up with!!
I know, I have become a slave to the humble baby wipe, *hangs head in shame* what has my life become?
Of course now that Burton has started using a potty, I have a new type of wipe to contend with – toddler wipes!! However, being smaller in size and not as smooth to the touch I won’t be replacing the baby wipe in assisting me with my cleaning up or using on my face to remove my make up. I would need to use twice as many for one thing!
My only concern with this fantastic life and time saving baby toiletry product, is the environmental impact my over usage of these wipes has on our planet. Are they bio degradable? I have no idea. I am guessing they are not. I suppose at least the old fashioned way of cleaning little ones is re-usable. I mean, a flannel can be washed time and time again can’t it. I know what while I am at home I could use a flannel for cleaning my boys’ faces and hands; I could use a dishcloth and hot water for wiping up food and sick remnants and I could even use cotton wool and make up remover for my face!!
BUT! The thing is, wipes are just so handy – too handy really if truth be told. So much so that I don’t know if I could manage my daily routine without them. I think I am ‘addicted’ to them!
Come on, be honest could you cope if baby wipes suddenly disappeared from supermarket shelves?
I think I would find it very hard to kick my baby wipe addiction.
Is there a product you couldn’t manage without on a daily (eeeek! Hourly probably in my case!) basis?
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I think I would find it very hard to kick my baby wipe addiction.
Is there a product you couldn’t manage without on a daily (eeeek! Hourly probably in my case!) basis?
DAY 9
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I have no idea what I’d do without baby wipes, I also give them to the TTs for cleaning! I even use them for cleaning stains off the carpet (although the fact that they’re so good at that makes me wonder whether I should be using them on the kids!)
I’m pretty sure I remember my mum carrying around damp flannels in a food bag when we were little, that’s how they must have rolled back then.
I‘m an addict. Baby is currently playing with a pack because he loves the crinkly sound of the plastic. I use them for dusting since they actually pick up the dust and I clean up spills in the kitchen with them. My mum doesn‘t understand the love, says she‘s going to buy me cleaning cloths and dusters for xmas.
Now C isn’t in nappies anymore and I don’t have to carry about an enormous bag with everything in I do quite often feel a bit lost without my baby wipes.
We still have them at home but I tend to use them more for cleaning my leather sofa with nowadays!
they definitely appear on my ‘desert island takes’
I’m so with you on that, I honestly don’t know how I survived without baby wipes, I use them for everything, not just on my children, they even get limescale off taps! x
You’re right, they’re not biodegradable. I have about 20 coloured flannels that I use to wipe my kids after meal times, and yes I use dishcloths to clean the highchair and table. I keep my flannels in the kitchen and it’s really no harder than getting a wipe out. It’s probably cheaper in the long run too. I do use baby wipes for nappy changing, but I’ve never heard of toddler wipes. You can buy reusable baby wipes, you take a few out in an airtight container and people use a drop of tea tree oil in the water to make them antibacterial. I’ve never done that but I imagine it appeals to people using cloth nappies.
I do use antibacterial wipes in the kitchen and bathroom but I’m trying to cut down and use proper cleaning cloths more because of the environmental impact.
I must admit they are useful for everything. Before having children I always used them on my leather sofa, required even more once baby sick and milk were deposited over it several times a day! I promised myself I would never spit on a tissue and wipe it all over my girls faces and so far never have xx
They are amazing!!! I use them for cleaning the carpet, sofa. Floorboards. Sick off various places, the car seat and for the first time the other day I used it to remove all my make up at 1am shortly before collapsing into bed!
I have to admit to still having baby wipes in the house despite not having any children in nappies. Still use them for days out and also good for cleaning stuff around the house!
I used to have a wet wipe addiction until we swapped to cloth nappies and then cloth wipes. I thought I’d never do without them but we’ve saved so much money!