When I started cloth diapering I was so proud of myself. I was doing something that I had wanted to try for some time. However, it wasn't long before I realized that there was a problem. When you are cloth diapering you dump solid matter into the toilet and wash everything else. When I change a diaper (as any other mom I know) we fold all the wipes up into the diaper and toss in the trash...but, if you are cloth diapering and using disposable wipes this makes for a tricky situation. I have a wet bag to put my dirty/wet diaper in until it gets home and into the wash but I don't just readily have a trash bag handy for those dirty wipes, and you can't flush them. I was in a bit of a situation. So, I decided that if I was already going to be doing the diaper laundry, I might as well launder the wipes too.
Enter in a bit of ingenuity. I had some flannel in my sewing stash and I had some homemade liquid soap (recipe here) that I could easily dilute. I got busy.
I cut my cute flannel scraps into roughly 4 x 5 inch sections (I totally eyeballed this). NOTE: I SHOULD HAVE USED EITHER PINKING SHEARS OR SURGED UP THE SIDES BECAUSE THESE HAVE SINCE STARTED TO FRAY ON THE SIDES A BIT...At the time though I was in such a hurry to find a solution to my problem that I didn't consider the unraveling/fraying factor.
I then used a wide mouth pint sized mason jar. To the jar I added 1/8 cup distilled water and 1 Tablespoon of homemade liquid hand soap. I took my flannel scraps and wet them first then added them to the jar and gave it a healthy shake...voila! These work wonderfully, they are very soft on the skin and they do a great job with diaper clean up! win-win!
Enter in a bit of ingenuity. I had some flannel in my sewing stash and I had some homemade liquid soap (recipe here) that I could easily dilute. I got busy.
I cut my cute flannel scraps into roughly 4 x 5 inch sections (I totally eyeballed this). NOTE: I SHOULD HAVE USED EITHER PINKING SHEARS OR SURGED UP THE SIDES BECAUSE THESE HAVE SINCE STARTED TO FRAY ON THE SIDES A BIT...At the time though I was in such a hurry to find a solution to my problem that I didn't consider the unraveling/fraying factor.
I then used a wide mouth pint sized mason jar. To the jar I added 1/8 cup distilled water and 1 Tablespoon of homemade liquid hand soap. I took my flannel scraps and wet them first then added them to the jar and gave it a healthy shake...voila! These work wonderfully, they are very soft on the skin and they do a great job with diaper clean up! win-win!
