
Wiping your child’s bottom shouldn’t be dangerous. Okay, sometimes it can be! My son had a great aim so yes it could be hazardous but it shouldn’t be hazardous to their health.
Most traditional wipes are made with a blend of polyester, polypropylene, cotton, wood pulp or rayon fibers. There are usually chemical additives, synthetic materials and alcohol that irritate babies’ skin. Hmmm, wonder why? The wipes usually aren’t biodegradable and with American’s using 36 millions wipes each year we aren’t doing our babes or environment a favor.
So what are the options? Making your own wipes can help reduce the use of chemicals and nasty chemicals and it’s cheap. Except if you use paper towels they’re probably not biodegradable and will end up in the landfill. You could go with cloth wipes and just use warm water and wash and reuse. Another alternative, Element Naturals ™ a first a only baby wipe that is 100% natural and renewable – made from Ingeo™ fibers.
Why We Like These Alternative Wipes:
- These wipes are available at Whole Foods and Diapers.com.
- They come in packaging that uses 60% less plastic.
- The packaging can be recycled.
- The products are not tested on animals.
- The production of the wipes use less fossil fuels then wipes that are made with poymers.
- Elements Naturals give 1% for the Planet
- The wipe is big and soft so you don’t have to use more than one wipe.
- The company lists all of their ingredients and they use no chemicals or chlorine.
Purified Water, Certified Organic Aloe Vera,
Glycerin (vegetable oil derived), Alkyl
Polyglucoside (corn based), Vitamin E,
Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxymethyl Glycinate
(a preservative based on glycine, a naturally
occurring amino acid)




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how do these compare to seventh generation? or earth’s best? looks like they all have the same ingredients…we buy cases from diapers.com and the 7th gen is def the better value (at least for us and where we live). but if these were safer i’d switch.
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These are unique in that they are renewable. Read more about them at the website. Otherwise, I like how thick they are.
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