Wipe Out

One thing that amazes me about my wife is how many wipes she uses to clean up our 2 year old. I swear she can do the job in one, maybe two wipes.  I tend to do the job in eight  to ten.  I don’t know how she does it. She uses every square inch of that thing, and I go through them like they’re candy.  In fact I go through so many baby wipes I should get them dropped off on my driveway the way people do topsoil or mulch.

I use baby wipes for everything.  They are one of the world’s great inventions.  In fact, when it comes to the importance of inventions, I put it somewhere behind fire and radio but ahead of the wheel and wifi. I don’t know what I would do without baby wipes.  I love them so much I was bummed (no pun intended) when my eldest boy became potty trained.  I’ll take it even one step further, I use them for stuff that have nothing to do with their original purpose.

Sure they are great for cleaning up sticky hands and faces but…I also use them for

-cleaning the interior of the car
-wiping the kitchen floors
-wiping shopping carts
-getting crayon off the walls
-getting small stains off clothing
-cleaning the computer tablet
-cleaning off the cat’s paws

I know there are other proper tools to help with cleaning stuff around the house but pulling out a pre-moistened towelette  is about as good as it gets.  I know this baby wipe thing sounds pathetic, but I don’t get out much.  I’ve got two kids and I wake up at 3am.

As I write this I can’t believe where it’s heading. Yep, this entire blog is about baby wipes.  Heck, I’ll take it even further; we even use an old plastic baby wipe container and use it for storing the kids medicine.  I feel like Ed Begley Jr over here, minus the whole baby wipe instead of reusable cloth thing.

I’ll wrap this up by going back to where it all started;  how is it possible for my wife to use one wipe to clean our lil’ guy, yet uses 3 towels getting out of the shower?…how does that work?