Baby Wipes: What You Need to Know

You want the best baby wipes for your kiddo, but how do you figure out what's important? Do you need hypoallergenic baby wipes? Natural baby wipes? Let’s break it all down

Why Use Baby Wipes?

Properly formulated (aka pH-balanced) baby wipes help keep
tiny tushies healthy. See why wipe pH matters:

Protect that skin:

Healthy infant skin is slightly acidic, and it’s important to keep it that way—otherwise, the skin forms tiny tears that can lead to diaper rash. Water’s pH doesn’t match baby skin, so water alone isn’t the best cleaner. Learn why pH-balanced baby wipes are ideal.

Gentle does it:
Baby wipes are designed to glide over skin. Cloth wipes and paper towels are more abrasive, which can irritate your baby’s skin and open the door to rash-causing bacteria.
Keep out the nasties:
Mold and bacteria thrive in water, which is why store-bought baby wipes contain skin-safe preservatives to keep them safe and fresh. A spray bottle of water and a cloth can’t offer that protection.
Squeaky clean:
Poop and pee contain irritants that damage skin, so it’s important to get every bit off—even the bits you can’t see. Baby wipes contain gentle cleansers to whisk away irritating residues that water leaves behind.

How do you change and wipe a baby?

We got you! Here's the setup:

Huggies® Natural Care® Sensitive Wipes are thicker and more absorbent for an unbeatable clean,* and they’re specially designed to be gentle on sensitive skin. These fragrance-free, hypoallergenic wipes are dermatologist-tested, so they’ll keep baby’s delicate skin healthy and comfortable. *compared to Pampers Baby Clean Fresh
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Huggies® Calm™ Wipes

Huggies® Calm™ Wipes offer 4-in-1 Sensitive Skincare, so they clean, hydrate, soothe, and replenish your baby’s delicate skin. Indulge your baby’s skin with thick, absorbent, hypoallergenic wipes enriched with oat extract, aloe and vitamin E.
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Skin health

100%. Baby wipes are a key part of ensuring baby skin stays healthy, and you can use Huggies® wipes on butts, faces, fingers—any part of their messy little body!

Keeping skin clean and maintaining the right pH is key to preventing diaper rash, and Huggies® Wipes are designed to do just that. If you’re having any problems with our wipes, give us a call at 1-877-648-2484. We’ll help any way we can.

Wipes that are approved by dermatologists are always the best! All Huggies® Wipes are dermatologist-tested, so you can rest easy using them on baby’s sensitive skin.

Hypoallergenic wipes are specially designed to only include ingredients that are gentle and safe for sensitive skin, so they won’t cause irritation. This helps keeps baby’s skin healthy, comfy, and squishable.

Huggies® Wipes questions

While all Huggies® Wipes are thick and absorbent, two of them (Calm Wipes and Nourish Wipes) are a whopping 20% thicker.* Perfect for when their #2 turns into a poo-pocalypse.



*20% thicker than Huggies® Natural Care® Wipes

All Huggies® wipes are hypoallergenic and dermatologist-tested, so you can feel confident using them on your baby’s skin.

Absolutely. All Huggies® wipes are 100% safe for babies of all ages and stages.

It means the product has met strict standards set by leading skin and allergy experts, including tests for sensitivity, irritation, and toxicity, and that its ingredients are free of known allergens and irritants. All that to say, if The National Eczema Association Seal of Acceptance™ is on it, you can feel confident using it on even the most delicate skin.

How to wipe a baby girl and boy

First, shield yourself from unexpected splashes by placing a wipe over your baby’s penis. (You never know when they’re gonna go!) Next, wipe gently front to back, wiping away from the testicles to clean off any clinging bits of poop. Once he’s completely clean, remove the wipe from his penis before putting on a new diaper.

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Huggies® Natural Care® Sensitive Wipes are thicker and more absorbent for an unbeatable clean,* and they’re specially designed to be gentle on sensitive skin. These fragrance-free, hypoallergenic wipes are dermatologist-tested, so they’ll keep baby’s delicate skin healthy and comfortable. *compared to Pampers Baby Clean Fresh
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