and it's been GREAT! There was a thread about using cloth as toilet paper a while back and decided to try it because dd (age 4) was always red and irritated, and always had nasty white stuff in the folds of her skin 'down there'. Plus I was always getting irritated too. I've tried all sorts of tp brands, all the same. And I hate how it dissolves in your hands and wiping your butt leaves little bits of paper and blah!
So anyway, I started buying cloth wipes from WAHM business advertised here, 10-15 at a time. I finally have my stash built up to almost 100 cloth wipes. I have them divided up into 3 stacks for each bathroom in the house. And next to each toilet I have just a regular plastic bucket to hold the used wipes.
I told dd that we are going to use cloth wipes, she adjusted very fast and she said she loves using them. I taught her to "tap tap tap" instead of wipe and that's helped also. She hasn't had any irritation at all since we switched to cloth. And she's only dropped the wipe in the toilet once. I told her the first day we used them that if she drops one in the toilet I'm not going to be mad and to let me know so I can fish it out, and not to flush it. And that's what she has done! One time I forgot to put the bucket back, and i hear her yelling "mama where's the bucket???".
To wash, I just dump each bucket into the laundry basket and wash them with our clothes. I mean it's not like we are wiping big chunks of poo off our butts, no different then undies with track marks in them After they are done drying, she loves "helping" me by fishing out all the butt wipes from the rest of the laundry and putting them in stacks.
I do have toilet paper in each bathroom still, but I haven't had to buy any since we started which is nice. I need to get more wipes since the baby will be born soon (I Hope!!!!!) and will use cloth wipes on him too.
So if you were considering it, it can be done and it's not gross and it's so much more healthier then that paper stuff on a roll
So anyway, I started buying cloth wipes from WAHM business advertised here, 10-15 at a time. I finally have my stash built up to almost 100 cloth wipes. I have them divided up into 3 stacks for each bathroom in the house. And next to each toilet I have just a regular plastic bucket to hold the used wipes.
I told dd that we are going to use cloth wipes, she adjusted very fast and she said she loves using them. I taught her to "tap tap tap" instead of wipe and that's helped also. She hasn't had any irritation at all since we switched to cloth. And she's only dropped the wipe in the toilet once. I told her the first day we used them that if she drops one in the toilet I'm not going to be mad and to let me know so I can fish it out, and not to flush it. And that's what she has done! One time I forgot to put the bucket back, and i hear her yelling "mama where's the bucket???".
To wash, I just dump each bucket into the laundry basket and wash them with our clothes. I mean it's not like we are wiping big chunks of poo off our butts, no different then undies with track marks in them
After they are done drying, she loves "helping" me by fishing out all the butt wipes from the rest of the laundry and putting them in stacks.I do have toilet paper in each bathroom still, but I haven't had to buy any since we started which is nice. I need to get more wipes since the baby will be born soon (I Hope!!!!!) and will use cloth wipes on him too.
So if you were considering it, it can be done and it's not gross and it's so much more healthier then that paper stuff on a roll
). When I was cloth diapering I just did all that laundry myself but dh thinks it will gross the maids out too much just *knowing* that we are using cloth for our own butts. I think cloth would make total sense (for the environment, for the lame mexican water treatment, for our skin, for our budget) but I am sort of stuck on the idea that our wonderful maids who I adore will think I am the skankiest person in the world. How do I work this out? Is there a way to tell them not to bother with that basket without letting on what's in it? Is there a way to make it sound cool and hip?
