Post may contain affiliate links. When I first began cloth diapering I wanted to make the transition from using disposables as easy and smooth as possible. It took a lot of convincing to get my husband on board with using cloth. Shortly after switching to cloth diapers I decided to get super deep with it and started using cloth wipes! I needed a cool way to convince the hubs that using cloth wipes was as easy as using disposable so I learned to fold them to pop out of their dispenser. This little storage trick is what sold my husband on using cloth wipes and we haven’t went back to using disposable wipes since. 

Why Use Cloth Wipes?

If you are already using cloth diapers you might as well use cloth wipes. They are not any harder to use than disposables because you can wash them along with your cloth diapers. I absolutely love using my cloth wipes and not just for my babies bum but for wiping faces, dirty hands, changing stations, and other miscellaneous surfaces. I love to pre-wet mine and carry them with me while we travel. They are a lifesaver when you have little ones. I have found that cloth wipes do a better job at grabbing the poo because the texture from the cotton tends to grab onto dirty particles rather than smearing it like disposables tend to do. Some of the disposable wipes I used would fall a part and for every cloth wipe I used I would go through two to three disposable wipes. Cloth wipes are much better quality then the paper versions and you bypass all of the nasty chemicals that are used in disposables. I like that I can control exactly what type of wipe solution to use on my son. Most of the time I am lazy and just use water, but sometimes I get fancy with it and add essential oils, aloe vera and other natural ingredients.

The other thing that I love about using cloth is that you can coordinate what kind of colors or prints you want to use to match your nursery decor. Yes, I do get excited about the little things…. Let’s not forget that cloth wipes have a ton of other uses. When you are done using them as bum wipes they can turn into boogie wipes, spilled pop wipes, adult cloth, and whatever else you can think of. In fact I made a video on some of the different ways you can use them. If you want to learn more click the image below!