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Homemade Baby Wipes

1/2 roll of paper towels (cut in half to make short rolls)

1/8-1/4 c. baby shampoo

1/8-1/4 c. baby oil

2 cups lukewarm water

1 plastic container that the rolls will hold the rolls

Cut roll in half and remove center cardboard. In Baby Wipe Container, mix liquid ingredients and place half of roll in container. Place on lid and tip upside down. To use, pull out from center.

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There are many benefits of cloth diapering. Here are some of the most often heard:

Cost Savings - Cloth diapers can cost a bit of money to get started, but in the long run cloth diaper users are often ahead of the game in expenditures. If you figure that the average newborn goes through 8-12 diapers a day, 6-8 diapers a day for an older baby, that can really add up at the cost of about at least 30 cents per disposable diaper,

Better for Baby - Cloth diaper users tend to have less issue with diaper rash, irritated bottoms and other common complaints from disposable diaper parents. Fewer chemicals touch the baby's bottom and the less likely they are to be sensitive. If you do have a sensitive baby, you can choose very natural, even organic, materials to use for the diapers that go on your baby.

Better for the Environment - This one will be hotly debated for some time, but in general it is established that cloth diapers don't take up room in landfills and take hundreds of years to break down. The reduce, reuse and recycle concept means less trash for the environment.

Less Time in Diapers - Many parents will tell you that they spent less time trying to potty train when they used cloth diapers.

Every year Americans toss over 28 billion disposable diapers in our landfills!

Since a disposable diaper takes an estimated 300-500 years to decompose, every disposable diaper that has ever been thrown away still exists, leaching waste and chemicals into the earth.

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