Baby Wipes

My Saturday Suggestion is widely known by all experienced moms.  Once your babies are older, even if they are toilet-trained and no longer use diapers, baby wipes must remain a part of the arsenal.  

I’m honestly a little sad I had to wait to have babies to find out how useful baby wipes are.  I keep some in the car and we use them if we go to the drive through or if we pack snacks on road trips.  They are excellent at removing Cheeto dust from fingers! LOL

I have baby wipes in every go bag: the beach, the aquarium, the zoo, the playground…we have them with us and we use them. Because, hand sanitizer may get the germs, but baby wipes get the actual gunk (dirt, sand, etc.) off your kids’ hands.  Once, they even saved us when Mikey sat down at a picnic table and accidentally put his hand in wet bird poop!  AAAAHHH!

Lastly, I keep baby wipes in my closet. I use them for a quick clean-up if there is no time to shower and I need to run out in an emergency. Most recently, Mikey was sick and I needed to pick him up at school. His school is about 45 minutes from our house and when I got the call, I had just gotten off the treadmill, and my workout clothes were soaked with sweat. No time to shower, but I had a quick minute to wipe down and change into dry clothes. Then I got a chance to shower once we got home and Mikey was resting.

Not a perfect scenario, but when is it ever the perfect scenario in our lives as special needs parents? Once you’ve had a baby, baby wipes should be a part of your life forever. They have come in very handy for us!