You probably need baby wipes in every room (and the car!)
How many baby wipes is enough? That’s a nonsense question. My kids can be messy. We are in a phase where we want baby wipes in every room of the house.
In 2005, I purchased a refillable tub of Huggies baby wipes that I kept in circulation for years; I just kept buying the refills. When we finally moved out of the diapers phase, I foolishly recycled the tub. But it turns out, we’re still messy. I like keeping wipes handy so I’ll never be more than 10 feet from clean hands and faces.
{Cue the evil genius music}
These are the boys I live with:
When I first became a mom, I thought that wipes were just for cleaning butts, but now that my kids bring home a series of little messes, I think we’ll have some active containers long after the diaper days are over.
These are the messes I typically tackle with baby wipes:
- FOOD: yogurt goatee, buttery fingers, “I do it myself” applesauce in the hair
- Bodily fluids: Diaper stuff, eye gunk, and super snotty noses
- Outside dirt: garden variety black fingernail stuff
- Paint: finger paint, face paint, spray paint, you name it!
I keep wipes tubs in the kitchen, nursery and minivan. I subscribe to a steady supply of wipes refills so I never run out.
Last month, Milo and some buddies turned a lovely backyard birthday party into a mud-pit in a matter of minutes. What the?? He needed the hose (see above) and then still had to come home naked wrapped in a blanket. His clothes required some aggressive hosing and they were also saved. Of course, some messes are too big for wipes alone, but I was happy to have them after touching this kid and squeezing him into my car!
Do you have any creative uses for baby wipes?
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