DIY Baby Wipes

 Have you ever added up the cost of things you use after you have a baby? Its expensive! When my daughter turned a year we purchased a little potty for her...I immediately started to show her how mommy went potty, and encouraged her to also try and go in her new potty. I did not want to have to pay for diapers for another day if I could help it! Now that I look back I wished we had used cloth, but we did not...however we did use coupons ;) Saved us a few dollars! At about 16 months she became really interested and ready to use the potty, so guess what I did?? I became a mean mom as many might say...When she used her last diaper...THAT WAS IT...we did not run out and buy more...instead we purchased several packs of panties for her. For a week I did not go anywhere except to drop my son at school and pick him up....and we worked like crazy on using that potty! By the end of the week my little lady had mastered the potty, she was having very few accidents and would sleep through the night without wetting herself! I was so excited! We stopped buying wipes and realized she still needed those...so we continued to buy them again! Now I have decided it is time to "make" our own wipes! Which is so much cheaper AND we know what is in them! 

Things needed

1 Roll of Bounty (I used select a size)

Your favorite baby wash

2 Cups of warm Water

Lavender Oil from doTERRA

Fractionated Coconut Oil from doTERRA

Your 1st Step is to cut the roll of paper towels in half!

Your second Step is to mix the water (2 cups) with 

2 TBSP of the baby wash

2 TBSP of coconut oil

4-8 drops Lavender Oil

Once everything is mixed you set your half roll of paper towels in the mixture and let it get soaked up...I flipped mine over a few seconds later so both sides would get wet. Then pull the cardboard from the middle out....if the mixture seems to dry for you and a half cup more water...Then place the wipes in the container you plan on using. 


I used an old wipe box that we had laying around. Other people have used Tupperware. After I made the first batch I made a second one and ended up unrolling the paper towels before I soaked them, and made sure they were ready to be pulled like wipes and put them in a zip lock bag with the solution for when we are ready to use them!

*** We do not flush these down the toilet, we throw them in the trash