Baby Wipes - Tried and Tested

Like Nappies - I guess every mum or dad will have their favourites in Baby Wipes too. We get loads of free samples etc, but it isn't until you actually have to wipe a sticky poo covered bum and back that your wipe preference comes into play.

For me from baby wipes you need these things...

• They need to be sensitive, there is no point wiping a bum with a floral fragranced perfume covered baby wipe, unless you want to see an angry red rash or irritation.
• They need to be useable, with one hand, i.e you don't want to pull for one wipe and extract a mile long strip of every wipe ever created and then have to try and separate them while holding a wriggling foot, while trying to save the bedding and clothes!
• They need to be moist, not wet! If they are too wet the offending poop just drops off the wipe onto said clothing, bedding or child....
• You don't want to push your finger through as your wiping your childs bum, or have the wipe tear into a million pieces as you try and pull one out of the tangle inside the packet (Huggies Wipes literally disintegrated on me).

More importantly though they need to be affordable! £10 for 10 packs of wipes is a lot of money... especially when you go through 2 boxes a month.

For me the winner is and always has been (since birth)

Johnson and Johnson Extra Sensitive Baby Wipes. They come in a box of 12 for £10 usually, but you can normally find them cheaper during baby events (This box of 12 is currently £6.50 in Asda's baby event.

My close second that I really really liked but I can't find anymore, where the Asda Extra Protection Baby Wipes. I loved these - they did two versions Extra Protection (with added barrier protection) and extra sensitive. The wipes were thick and durable and a lot better than the original little angels.

Avoid (unless they improve the quality)

• Pampers - pulls out every wipe in the packet when you try to dispense 1).
• Huggies - literally rip and fall apart in your hands).
• Waterwipes - I know this is a premium brand and you pay a lot more for them, but they literally drip with water ( I accidentally left one on the bed and it soaked through the duvet).