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Make your own Baby Oil
MIX TOGETHER:
 | 1/4 cup cooking grade almond
oil |
 | 10-15 drops lavender essential
oil
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Make your own Bum Wipe Solution and Baby Wipes
Whenever
possible, use all-natural ingredients. Most ingredients in are available
at health food stores. It's fun to experiment and come up with your own
recipe, too, by mixing & matching ingredients from the different
recipes, or adding your own special touch.

NOTES:
Main Ingredients are:
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Water: Best to use
distilled. Tap water goes moldy quickly. |
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Soap: Baby shampoo is
a favorite, but baby wash, or liquid soap (like Castile) are also
recommended |
 | Oil: Usually baby oil
- helps to slide poopies off |
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Fragrance&Other:
Essential oils are used both for their fragrance and other intrinsic
properties specific to each oil - (i.e. tea tree oil-antibacterial).
Vinegar is said to help slow down mold growth. |

GENERAL
METHODS:
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For dry
wipes: Simply mix the ingredients into a spray bottle, and use with
flannel wipes or washcloths. I have even used fleece, though the
cheaper kind will get pilly. |
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For wet
wipes: You can use an empty commercial wipes container or any
plastic lidded container. Mix the ingredients in a separate
container. Place the wipes in the container, then then add the
solution, and invert a few times to make sure the wipes all get
sufficiently moistened. Use just enough solution to moisten. Extra
solution can generally be kept refrigerated. Use flannel wipes or
heavy-duty paper towels for disposable wipes.( i.e. Bounty-cheaper
ones will fall apart)
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For
upright containers: Cut a roll of paper towels down the center
with a knife. Remove the cardboard tube from the paper
towels and place in container. Add solution, and after inverting
to moisten, if the container has a hole in the lid, thread the
first towel from the *interior* of the roll up through the
hole. |
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For box type
containers: Fold flannel wipes to fit or cut a roll of paper towels down the center with a
knife. Tear the paper
towels off and stack them up, folding to fit, ideally with a
flap to make picking up each one easier. Place the stack of
wipes or towels into the container, then add the solution and
invert to moisten. |
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2 cups water |
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1 tbsp baby shampoo or baby wash |
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1 tbsp baby oil |
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1 cup water |
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1 tsp baby oil |
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2 drops tea tree essential oil |
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 | 1 cup water |
 | 1 tbsp liquid castile soap |
 | 1 tbsp baby oil |
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4 cups water |
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1 tbsp baby shampoo, baby wash, or
liquid soap |
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1-3 drops essential oil |
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1/4 tsp pure liquid lanolin |
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1 tbsp. liquid glycerin |
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1 cup water |
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1 tbsp. Baby Dr.Bronner's liquid
castile |
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1 tbsp. apricot oil or almond oil |
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2 drops tea tree essential oil |
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5 drops lavender essential oil |
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1 cup distilled water |
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1/2 cup alow vera gel |
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2 tbsp. calendula oil |
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2 drops tea tree essential oil |
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2 drops lavender essential oil |
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2 tbsp. vinegar |
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2 cups water |
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2 tsp. baby shampoo |
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1/4 cup aloe vera gel |
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1 tbsp. calendula oil |
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3 drops tea tree essential oil |
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3 drops lavender essential oil |
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