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Make your own Bum Wipe Solution and Baby Wipes
Whenever possible, use all-natural ingredients. Most ingredients in are available at health food stores. It's fun to experiment and come up with your own recipe, too, by mixing & matching ingredients from the different recipes, or adding your own special touch.



NOTES:
Main Ingredients are:

 Water: Best to use distilled. Tap water goes moldy quickly.
 
 Soap: Baby shampoo is a favorite, but baby wash, or liquid soap (like Castile) are also recommended
 
 Oil: Usually baby oil - helps to slide poopies off
 
 Fragrance&Other: Essential oils are used both for their fragrance and other intrinsic properties specific to each oil - (i.e. tea tree oil-antibacterial). Vinegar is said to help slow down mold growth.
 

 



GENERAL METHODS:

 For dry wipes: Simply mix the ingredients into a spray bottle, and use with flannel wipes or washcloths. I have even used fleece, though the cheaper kind will get pilly.
 
 For wet wipes: You can use an empty commercial wipes container or any plastic lidded container. Mix the ingredients in a separate container. Place the wipes in the container, then then add the solution, and invert a few times to make sure the wipes all get sufficiently moistened. Use just enough solution to moisten. Extra solution can generally be kept refrigerated. Use flannel wipes or heavy-duty paper towels for disposable wipes.( i.e. Bounty-cheaper ones will fall apart)   For upright containers: Cut a roll of paper towels down the center with a knife. Remove the cardboard tube from the paper towels and place in container. Add solution, and after inverting to moisten, if the container has a hole in the lid, thread the first towel from the *interior* of the roll up through the hole. 
 
 For box type containers: Fold flannel wipes to fit or cut a roll of paper towels down the center with a knife. Tear the paper towels off and stack them up, folding to fit, ideally with a flap to make picking up each one easier. Place the stack of wipes or towels into the container, then add the solution and invert to moisten.
 
1.

 2 cups water
 
 1 tbsp baby shampoo or baby wash
 
 1 tbsp baby oil
 
2.
 1 cup water
 
 1 tbsp liquid castile soap
 
 1 tbsp baby oil
 
3.
 4 cups water
 
 1 tbsp baby shampoo, baby wash, or liquid soap
 
 1-3 drops essential oil 
 
 1/4 tsp pure liquid lanolin
 
 1 tbsp. liquid glycerin
 
4.
 1 cup distilled water
 
 1/2 cup alow vera gel
 
 2 tbsp. calendula oil
 
 2 drops tea tree essential oil
 
 2 drops lavender essential oil
 
 2 tbsp. vinegar
 
5.
1 cup water
 
 1 tsp baby oil
 
 2 drops tea tree essential oil
 
6.
 2 cups water 
 2 tsp. baby shampoo 
 1/4 cup aloe vera gel 
 1 tbsp. calendula oil
 
 5 drops lavender essential oil
 
 5 drops tea tree essential oil
 
7.
1 cup water
 
 1 tbsp. Baby Dr.Bronner's liquid castile
 
 1 tbsp. apricot oil or almond oil
 
 2 drops tea tree essential oil
 
 5 drops lavender essential oil
 
8.
 2 cups water
 
 2 tsp. baby shampoo
 
 1/4 cup aloe vera gel
 
 1 tbsp. calendula oil
 
 3 drops tea tree essential oil
 
 3 drops lavender essential oil