The wide market of various kinds of baby wipes already explains how much mess a little one can create. And above that if you are parenting a #refluxingbaby then your shoulder is always going to be smelly and wet or moist most of the time as the baby will wet burp almost all the time
The burp clothes available in the market won't suffice the outpour even for once. So I took a large pair of scissors and 3 old soft cotton sarees and cut out small pieces of wash clothes from the sarees. I cut each saree into 24 small pieces of wash clothes.
I also made swaddles out of soft cotton sarees. I folded the saree 2 folds, ironed it to stretch the fabric as much ass possible and hemmed the edges together. These swaddles were much bigger than those available in the market and served the purpose better by giving the warmth and comfort of a dohar to the baby.
You need a lot of tie up bibs. I made sure that the bibs had a soft waterproof layer below the soft microfiber cloth. They saved my day from multiple times changing of clothes. This is important as wetness around the baby’s neck and chest can cause cough cold and even pneumonia.
Now I even use his old small clothes as burp clothes or wash clothes. While the swaddles that I had bought lost the shape and my baby didn't fit into them after a month or so. They are now serving the purpose of burp clothes. I put them on my shoulder and burp him or even when somebody else holds the baby I place it on their shoulder too.
The cotton dohar type swaddles by Mom’s home available on amazon are the best and perfect size. They retain shape and size. They are very soft comfortable as well as the prints are traditional yet trendy. The edges are nicely hemmed too. The stitch is high quality too.