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Kirkland's premium unscented baby wipes (Costco Item #29309) is one product you will probably never buy until you have a baby, but then you might just keep buying as the kids get older and leave the house.

This Kirkland product is also available at other retailers. For instance Diapers.com, sells these right along side the wipes from Huggies and Pampers. How do the prices compare? A case of Costco's Kirkland brand wipes (8 packages of 88 wipes each) costs $23.99 at diapers.com (it's about $15 at my local Costco Warehouse), while a case of Huggies Natural Care Fragrance Free Wipes (384 wipes) costs $15.99 at diapers.com. Even using diapers.com prices, the Kirkland wipes cost about 20% less per wipe than the Huggies brand.

So what else can you use these for besides cleaning the baby? You can keep a pack in your office and car for general cleaning. They wipe up spilled coffee, or soda very well. The US soldiers, marines, and airmen in the field inIraq seem to have found baby wipes to be indispensible according to a number of newspaper articles. They use the wipes for cleaning sand and grime out of everything, and as a substitute for showering.

Finally, if you really want to save money you can try making your own baby wipes. You just cut a roll of paper towels in half, pull out the cardboard tube, soak the paper towels in some water mixed with baby shampoo, wait until the paper towels are saturated with liquid, then store the home made baby wipes in a sealed container. More detailed information is available on this web page about making your own baby wipes.