15 Month Old Allergic to Wipes

My daughter could use only one brand of wipes and one brand of diapers. When she was about 9 mos old, the company stopped making the wipes. We tried several other brands of wipes, but she was just too sensitive. We ended up using wet papertowels. I had tried to use the recipe that has been posted already but this was too much for her hiney, too. I do agree with the previous poster -- Bounty worked best for this use.

My baby was allergic to wipes as well. Once we even had to take him to Cook's Children's ER in FW because his blisters got really bad. The doctor at the ER told us to try washing the wipes really well with warm water until all the chemicals are gone, and then use the wipes to clean him. That worked for him. Also I changed him from a Disposable Diaper Baby to a Cloth Diaper Service. I found a great diaper service which provides me with the diapers, washes them , and drops cleans diapers at my house and picks the dirty ones for washing. Also cloth diapers are economical, and environmentally friendly. This is our diaper service, and the lady who runs this is called April. I believe they also have cloth wipes. So April might be helpful with certain information if the washing the disposable wipes thing doesn't work. http://www.greenbabydiaperservice.com/

I used to make wipes for all 3 of my kiddos and loved it. Here is the recipe:
2 Tablespoons baby oil
2 Tablespoons baby soap
2 Cups Water

use a #6 round rubbermaid container. Place the above mixture in the container. Cut a Bounty (this brand works best) paper towel roll in half (so you have what looks like 2 small toilet paper rolls). Place fuzzy (cut) side down in the liquid in container. After the roll soaks up the liquid about 1/2 to 3/4 of the way up the roll, flip the container over. Let it soak the rest of the roll. Flip the container back over and pull the cardboard roll out of the center. Pull wipes from the center.

These are also very cost effective compared to store bought wipes. This way you are taking wipes to the daycare! :) Good luck!

Cloth wipes sound pretty yucky to me, too. When my son was in the NICU, they used soft paper towelettes with warm water. No wipes were allowed. I'm not sure where they got the towlettes from, but they really did a good job and no soaps or chemicals were involved. If you use soap to make the wipes, aren't you using chemicals, too?

My daughter makes her own wipes and also sells hair bows, slings and baby wipes. They are two layers of flannel, about 9 inches square and serged around the edges. They wash with regular towels or cloth diapers and dry wonderfully soft. You can call her at Christy:###-###-####
Also check out Diaper Swappers online for others.

Make your own with paper towels. Here are some recipes. I did this and they work great....

C- Basic Wipes Recipe
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2 tablespoons baby shampoo or wash
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2 tablespoons oil (food grade cooking oil - not baby oil or mineral oil )
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2 cups distilled water
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Mix in a jar and then pour over wipes. Store extra solution in the fridge.

The 3 Anti-Fungal recipes are great for discouraging yeast diaper rashes. The vinegar and essential oils discourage yeast growth. Andrea’s Favorite is a moisturizing mix of the anti fungal recipes. Remember any recipe with witch hazel with a rubbing alcohol additive (read the label on the bottle, never add rubbing alcohol to a wipe recipe) can sting a raw tushie a bit, and witch hazel is the basis for almost all commercial wipes you can buy pre-moistened in the store.

C- Andrea’s Favorite
Whisk mixture together. Wet and wring wipes partially dry with hot water, then dribble on both sides ¼ cup solution per 4 cloth wipes. Store leftovers in the fridge in an air tight container.
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1 cup Aloe Vera Fluid
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1 cup Witch Hazel
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5 drops Almond or Olive oil
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4 drops Tea Tree oil
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1 tsp vinegar

Mix in a jar and then pour over wipes. Store extra solution in the fridge

An easy solution to no wipes is 1) a bottle of water and 2) cotton squares usually found in the make up isle. I use a bottle of water for the convenience and keep a bunch of make up squares in a ziplock baggie. Instant cheap wipes to go. Fits easily in a diaper bag and can be thrown away.

Moisten ~6 squares for a really messy diaper before taking the messy diaper off. After wiping dry with a dry cotton square. Then I fan off using the new diaper for a few seconds. Done! The yucky wipes are thrown away with the diaper.

A bottle of water and cotton squares. Easy. Simple. A lifesaver!

My son was also sensitive. But his problem was with items that had fragrance in it. Make sure it says "fragrance free" on the packaging. Just because it says "unscented" on it doesn't mean it is fragrance free. Make sure you're reading the whole list of ingredients. You'll be surprised how many labels say one thing on the front, but something different on the back. A lot of times "fragrance" will be towards the bottom of the list. Of course it's not truly fragrance free if the word fragrance is listed anywhere. Also sometimes unscented products will have what is called a "masking fragrance" which is basically a low level of fragrance. So be careful with baby oils and other baby products as well. Most of them have fragrances in them.

The best items I found for my son were Target brand Fragrance Free baby wipes and Target brand diapers and pull-ups. When I changed to those items, his rash disappeared quickly. And we've not had one problem since.

Just compare Target Unscented wipes to Target Fragrance Free wipes and you'll see what I mean. Unscented sometimes means low scent or masking frangrance for some crazy reason. Even my mother-in-law who is highly allergic to fragance argued with Dove about their unscented soap. So after her and many others argued with them about the so called "masking fragrance" they then finally came out with the fragrance free soap bar. So even Dove has both kinds as well.

Mine oldest was the same way and what worked wonders when we were out and about was super rinsed out wipes. I would buy regular unscented wipes and then in small batches rinse them out really well in the sink so they were nothing but damp. I would rinse and ring and do it a few times till I saw no more bubbles.

Hi,
My girlfriend would use paper towels with water when she ran out of wipes. Simple and worked well.

I understand about the daycares not wanting to use anything unsanitary but there should be a way around that since your little one is allergic. Talk to your new daycare and see what they suggest - especially if you can get a doctors note for the file.

You can make cloth wipes to use - very cheap and easy! We took receiving blankets and cut them into squares to use. You could use baby washcloths, too. There are a lot of wipe solutions that you can find online to make for soaking the wipes in, or you can just use water.

Hi I have worked in daycares and I was and infant and toddler teacher I would make my own. All you need to do is cut a paper towel roll w paper towels in half. Place in a bowl with lid to cover. Then you add your baby shampoo and baby oil and some water in another bowl and mix. When all mixed very well pour onto the paper towels in the covered bowl. This really works and works the same as baby wipes. Make sure you recover after you use the wipes to keep them moist and wet. I had to do this because some babies would come with no wipes at all. Not to mention it cost less than baby wipes.Hope this helps you out alot. It worked for me.

We cloth diaper so we use cloth wipes as well. I have all sorts of wipes, they are very easy to make. I sew, so most of my wipes came from extra fabric that I didn't have a need for but we use baby wash clothes too.

I have made some wipe solution but I typically just use water. Considering how sensitive you son is to wipes I would probably forego the wipe solution all together and just go with water. However, if you want to make some solution to see if he will be ok with it I'll include a link.
If he does not have a reaction, you can put the solution into a small spray bottle and it pack it with you and also leave a bottle at the day care for them to use.

I would have to say that if a the daycare allows cloth diapers they will probably allow the cloth wipes. If their policy is strictly disposable items I'd find a soft paper towel that they can wet and use.

http://www.naturalbirthandbabycare.com/homemade-baby-wipe...

Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!