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- I had twin newborns and a 2-year-old in diapers. I was sometimes changing over 25 diapers a day.
- I tested every baby wipe brand in the market and this is the only one that didn't disappoint.
- Coterie is only available to purchase through the brand's website.
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When the ultrasound technician called in my doctor, I feared the worst. They laughed and said "it's twins!" I immediately started to panic. The two first thoughts I had were: we're going to need another car, and we are going to spend all of our money on diapers and wipes. After all, we had an 18-month-old and twins on the way.
I was right about the diapers and wipes. When the twins were born, our son was still in diapers, which meant we were going through over 25 diapers a day – about 12 per twin and then a couple more for our toddler who was skeptical about being potty-trained.
With that next-level amount of diaper changing we were doing, my husband and I decided to optimize our stash. We had no time for leaky diapers, blowouts, or wipes that didn't clean well on the first wipe.
That's when we discovered the brand Coterie. The brand was created by Frank Yu, an investment banker turned entrepreneur, after realizing there hadn't been much innovation in the US diaper market in decades. Yu wanted to create diapers that contained messes, but were also as soft as the cashmere-like diapers he encountered in Japan.
I'm all about the Coterie wipes
The Coterie diapers are excellent. But the wipes that the brand has created are next level. Since trying them for the first time over a year ago, we've never gone back to other brands.
The wipes are significantly larger than most others. That means your hand is fully covered by it (no poopy fingers as you clean up little butts) and that you can cover more surface area with one wipe, reducing the number of wipes you use per diaper change.
The wipes are also thicker than most brands I've tested. This means they don't rip as you are cleaning up your baby. This is especially important to me because I have really long nails and have ripped through a ton of wipes while cleaning the twins. Trust me, it's not fun.
The wipes are compostable. This reduces the amount of trash in our household since we are avid composters.
Our babies are not the only ones who benefit from the Coterie wipes. They are safe to use to clean other body parts, both in kids and adults. So I regularly used them to clean our toddler's hands after meals and to remove my makeup when in a hurry.
The one downside to the Coterie wipes is that they are only available to purchase online. This means you have to keep a close eye on your stash to make sure you don't run out. It has happened to us before and in a pinch, we like to use the Pampers sensitive wipes because they are equally as thick, but not as ecofriendly.