Homemade Baby Wipes

   For 15 months my daughter has struggled with sensitive skin, and diaper rash. Using the "best" wipes available, and trying every type of cream known to man the final verdict from all has been, " It will get better when she is out of diapers." Easy for them to say! They aren't the ones struggling with diaper changes as she wiggles away and cries in pain.
   Fed up with not being able to fix this wrong being done to my baby girl I happened to stumble across a recipe for home made baby wipes on one of my favorite sites.www.hillbillyhousewife.com. Today I jumped to it and in less than two minutes made an entire container full of homemade baby wipes. These wipes are economical ( costs around $1 per "batch" ), more green ( no packaging, shipping, driving to buy), and actually clean the bum ( or any other body part that is dirty) with out leaving a sticky after feeling, and best of all my baby girls first diaper change with her new momma made wipes was, wiggle, tear, and pain free. Here is the magic recipe for what I like to call Momma Made Wipes:

MOMMA MADE WIPES

1 Empty wipe container

1 roll plain paper towel ( no prints) cut in half

2 cups Water

1/4 cup Light Olive Oil

1/4 cup Gentle Baby Wash

With a sharp knife cut roll of paper towel in half and remove the cardboard from the center. Save other half of paper towel roll for the next batch or double recipe and make two at once if you have to containers. Place cut paper towel in wipe container. In a small bowl mix together water, olive oil, and baby wash. Pour mixture into container and close. Turn container a few times to gently distribute liquid onto paper towel. You may need to open container and  turn roll a few times. Pull towel from center of roll through the top of container for distribution.

Blogs Galore

This morning I spent nap time looking for blogs to follow that are similar to Rural by heart, Suburban by Location. I have found a handful of blogs that I absolutely loved and a few new sites as well. Being an avid baby and toddler food Chef in my home I am happy to announce that wholesomebabyfoods.com has a blog with tons of information and tips. Check it out! View my profile and see what blogs I found this morning. Hope you like them.

Everyday Simplicity

    In the hustle and bustle of our modern world it is easy for us to lose sight of what is important to us. Many years back families worked to support their families needs. Today many work to support not only their needs, but their wants, not basic human wants or wants for a few nice things, but wants to have more than we can imagine, more than our family before, and more than our neighbor or the stranger we pass in Wal-Mart. While wanting many things isn't necessarily bad or good, it does seem to mask what we really need. We as humans need, sustenance, shelter, rest, love, and satisfaction. Constantly driving forward for more things makes less time together reducing our rest, love, and satisfaction.
  While I am by no means a truly simplistic person, nor do I have experience of lose due to the desire for more, I do see that I need to find ways to bring myself and my loved ones back to the everyday simplicity of life before we all get sucked into this modern way of living.
  Staying at home with my daughter has grounded my daily activities, and opened an array of new interests to me that I may not have found without her. Spending my days teaching her and loving her is not all peaches and cream as the rushing thoughts of needing more, and finding ways to get it in a one income family still manage to creep into my head. Finding ways to re- purpose household items, reducing our costs for food while eating wholesome home cooked meals, and cutting out "convenience" items by making better versions at home help to eliminate those want more need more thoughts that can put a damper on any day.
   I decided to start this blog Rural by Heart, Suburban by Location as way to spread ideas to others who are located in the suburbs or the city who want to move passed the thoughts of needing more and want to live more like our families in decades passed who worked to survive and made use of the resources they had.