Baby Wipes_: Porter's Lotion recipe

Thanks to Angela for this Frugal Baby Tip!

I see the discussion come up occasionally of what to use for homemade wipes, so I thought I'd tell what I use, and how it works for us.

I bought a bottle of Porter's Lotion (a liquid, aromatic concoction - I found it at a fancy store in downtown Seattle, but I know the J Peterman company also sells it). It contains among other things, camphor and green soap. I put it on my hands once. Woof! About fumed myself to death. It may be wonderful on chapped hands, but it smelled too strong for me! But I hated to waste it.

When I started making my own cloth wipes (you ladies would probably be
horrified, but I bought the cheapest cloth washcloths available at my
supermarket, and I do mean cheap - they're quite coarse - cut them in half,
zigzagged the raw edges, and tossed them into an old wipe container with
water)

I was concerned about mold and so on. So I put a squirt of the Porter's in with the water, thinking, hey, essential oils and stuff. And you know? I've never had mildew. I don't change the water every couple of days - just put the freshly-washed ones on the bottom to rotate, run in more water, put in a new squirt of lotion, et voila'.

It smells good diluted that much, is possibly even good for my daughter's skin, keeps mold/mildew away, and best of all, keeps me from wasting a perfectly good (expensive) bottle of lotion.

Also, that bottle has now lasted more than a year and I'm nowhere near the
bottom of it, so it's quite economical when measured per use. I love making do with what I have.

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