Thursday 13

Thirteen Ways to Make the Most of Baby Wipes They're not just for babies anymore. Wipes are handy for anyone. Here are some of my favorite tips: 1. Buy the Target brand. They're every bit as good as the name brand wipes, at a fraction of the cost. They're also better than most of the other no-brand wipes (and I've tried a lot of the no-brand wipes!) 2. Cut them in half for the first few months of your baby's life. Their bottoms are so small, there's rarely a need for a full-sized wipe. Even if it's a messy diaper, two of the half-wipes go a lot further than one whole wipe. I recommend a bread knife or sturdy scissors for the job. Always carry some in your purse. Use them to: 3. Clean off the shopping cart handle before you use it. (Use a hand sanitizer when you're done anyway - those things are gross!) 4. Clean hands when soap and water isn't available. A good wipe-down with the baby wipe followed by a squirt of hand sanitizer does wonders after a trip to playland at the mall (i.e. the pediatric petri dish). 5. Wipe off the high chair in restaurants before putting your child in. Heaven knows, the restaurants rarely clean those things. 6. They work wonderfully for dusting. With one wipe and about three minutes, and I can dust a whole bedroom. It picks up the dust while removing sticky fingerprints, all without spreading any chemicals around the room. 7. They're good for grown-up bottoms, too. I recommend the sensitive-skin type to my hemorrhoid and anal fissure patients (Yes, the glamorous part of my job) because they do a good job cleaning with less trauma than toilet paper. 8. They're gentler than tissue for sore noses during cold season. My preschooler insists on a wipe when his nose is running. 9. I highly recommend buying the pop-up kind if you have a preschooler who likes to help himself (see above). Otherwise, you may find yourself digging bundles of 20-30 wipes out of the trash, only the top one of which was actually used. 10. They're great streak-free cleaners for things like bathroom faucets and sinks. 11. Turn the box over from time to time in between uses. It helps distribute the liquid throughout the package so the last few wipes in the package aren't super-soggy. 12. They make for easy cleaning of white boards. 13. Keep the empty travel-size containers for storing crayons and colored pencils. They're just the right size. Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

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