Originally Posted by
riutzelj
7 in cloth diapers, prefolds and the Birdseye ones that got folded, all the way through to the last kid in 1991. We used Luvs for the youngest two when they were at day care other than that cloth all the way. our kids then used cloth as well for the most part. Now the youngest grandchild, "can't do cloth, because he gets a rash" according to daughter in law. I suspect soap and how often that bum got changed were more an issues than the cloth but didn't know she wasn't using the custom made diapers and "rubber pants" i made her until they ended up being on the cousin who is only 3 months younger.
Okay, cloth diapers weren't an option in your home, they were a necessity!
As far as I'm concerned, old-fashioned flat sheet diapers have modern-day cloth diapers beat to the nth. They washed-up cleanly, dried rapidly, and were as versatile as any mother could ask for, whereas the new are overly bulky, made of all sorts of fancy fabrics - so there's fussing, and there's no way they dry-up in the same amount of time as an old-fashioned diaper, and with pins, the diaper stayed on.