This is the final email in our 3-month partnership with our resident essential oils expert and sponsor, Laura of Gluten-Free Panty and Green Living Ladies! Today, Laura is educating us on a subject near and dear to my heart-- essential oils for cloth diapering!

Don't miss out on her homemade baby wipes recipe below!

Enjoy! ~Erin :)

If you have ever used cloth diapers, you know it can be hard to keep them smelling fresh.

I cloth diapered both of my children, but didn't start incorporating doTerra essential oils into the mix until my second child was born. What a huge difference and much more pleasant of an experience it was!

Both of my kids have sensitive skin and that is why I love doTerra. I have to be very careful about what I put on my kids' skin, and I use the oils on them daily and have never had a bad reaction. I always make sure to dilute any of the hotter oils with doTerra's fractionated coconut oil, a wonderful carrier oil.

First off, why use cloth diapers?

From birth through toilet training, your baby will go through as many as 9,000 diapers, and it takes 20 trees to make a two-year diaper supply for one baby!

Cloth diapers can be reused hundreds of times. In 1995 just in Sunnyvale, California, they found that its residents threw away 840 tons of diapers per year and that is in one city.

It takes centuries for disposable diapers to decompose in the landfill.

Laundering diapers can have an impact on the environment as well but you can take measures to make laundering more efficient.
Try to wash only full loads and and sprinkle baking soda in your diaper pail with a cotton ball that has several drops of lemon essential oil on it to control odors.

Line dry your diapers which helps freshen them even more.

Tips and recipes to make your diapering experience more pleasant and easy:

In the wash, add 3 -4 drops of melalueca, Purify blend or lemon oil to the rinse to disinfect your diapers.

Melaleuca oil helps to disinfect dirty diapers as they soak. Lemon gives the diapers a subtle, fresh aroma as they rinse. I add in a 1 Tbsp. of vinegar to the rinse water to give some additional cleaning support.

To clean and freshen the diaper pail, you can make a spray with any mix or single oil by mixing 10 drops of essential oil with 1 part vinegar to 2 parts water.

I liked to use Purify blend the best but also use melaleuca, lemon, lime, On Guard blend, grapefruit and white fir. Then put a couple drops of any of the above or one of your favorites on a cotton ball and place in the bottom of the pail to keep it smelling fresh.

To make your own baby wipes follow this easy recipe from www.doterrablog.com.

Homemade Baby Wipes:

1 roll premium paper towels
2 cups warm water
2 tablespoons Fractionated Coconut Oil
3 drops Lavender essential oil
3 drops Melaleuca essential oil
an airtight storage container/empty wipe container/wet bag

Use cloth for reusable wipes. I love the bamboo wash clothes for babies!

Directions:

1- Cut paper towel roll in half with a serrated or electric knife. Use half the roll now, and half later.

2- Combine water, Fractionated Coconut Oil, and essential oils in a small bowl.

3- Pour the mixture over the paper towels and then cover with the airtight lid letting the mixture absorb for 10 minutes.

4- Turn the container over and let sit for another 10 minutes.

5- Remove and discard the cardboard middle. Just pull the wipes from the center when you are ready to use. Store in container of your choice. I always just used a glass tupperware.

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