Baby Wipes

I make my own baby wipes.  My mom used to do this when my siblings were younger, and she still needed wipes.  I've discovered it saves quite a bit of money, and works just as well as the wipes you can buy in the store.  To give you an example, I buy Bounty paper towels, the 'select a size' version, in a huge pack from Sam's Club.  I get 12 rolls, or 1848 sheets, for $18.48.  I then buy the Parent's Choice baby wash from Wal-mart, I get 15 oz for $2.00.  Each batch of wipes costs me approximately $1.79 for 154 wipes.  For comparison, you can get:

640 Pampers wipes for $19.88,

720 MembersMark wipes for $13.28

720 Huggies wipes for $15.48

1232 My wipes for $14.32, or, for comparable numbers,

770 my wipes for $8.95

I figure for a few minutes effort, I'm getting almost twice the amount of wipes for the same amount of money.  It's certainly worth it to me!  Here's the process. 

I gather my supplies.  One roll of paper towels, my baby wash, and my Rubbermaid container.

I add 3 cups of water to the Rubbermaid container

Mix in 1/4 cup baby wash

Add the paper towels to the mixture

Since the roll is slightly taller than my container, I smoosh them down in a little

Close the lid

Then turn the whole thing upside down to let the soapy solution soak through the whole roll

Once all the water has been absorbed, simply pull out the (now soggy) cardboard tube

Pull the end out of the middle far enough to easily find it when needed. 

And you have a roll full of perfectly sized baby wipes for a fraction of the cost of the premade ones. 

Another super bonus to this, is that with all of the scents of baby wash out there, you can have almost any scent you'd like for your baby wipes!