Originally Posted by
Sewnoma
I don't have kids, but I remember my sister being in cloth diapers (she was born in 1980). My mom was in very poor health after my sister was born so we had disposable diapers too, so that I could help (I was 5). The pins scared me too much, I was afraid I'd stab the baby trying to shove it through the diaper, so I used the disposables. But if mom or grandma changed the diaper, they used cloth.
After my nephew was born, I was going to babysit him for the first time and my sister asked me if I knew how to change diapers...I had to laugh and tell her, "I used to change YOURS!". She said, "OK, let's not ever talk about that ever again." LOL
ROFL! I still revel in the moment when I remind (and sometimes even tease) my younger siblings as to how I used to change their diapers. My oldest daughter used to change her baby brothers diapers, but I cut her no slack as far as disposables went, it was cloth diapers and safety pins fulltime in our house. Mind you she was older.
As for your mom and grandma always reaching for a cloth diaper when changing your baby sister, my guess is it's a generation thing, as I, too, would have reached for the diapers ahead of the disposables when changing a bottom.