Whoopsie Wipes as dry wipes and as wet wipes

Every other wipe on the shelf has made a decision for you: it is wet, with a particular liquid, at room temperature, for as long as the seal holds. A Whoopsie Wipes square has made none of those decisions. Dry, it is the better tool for half of what a day throws at you: milk on a shoulder, drool on a chin, a runny nose in a cold park, hands after a sink with no towel, all of which want lifting rather than wetting. Dry cotton lifts. A wet wipe spreads a small mess into a large damp one.

For the other half, you add water, and that is where the square is better than a wet pack rather than merely equal to it. You choose the temperature, which on a January morning matters to a newborn more than any ingredient. You choose the amount, from damp for a face to dripping for a bad change. And the water is yours, with nothing in it to keep it from going off, because it was standing in your tap thirty seconds ago. Keep a spray bottle of warm water at the changing table and wetting a square becomes two pumps. That is the whole trick, and it is why the pack never dries out and never leaks: there is nothing in it to do either.