Bappers & Pop-A-Pants!
09-05-2024, 12:09 PM
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09-05-2024, 12:11 PM
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My youngest brother, Bill, who I share MY b-day with..lol Was the first of us 5 siblings to wear Pampers. Mom was overjoyed! She took all the old clean cloth diapers and used them as "batting" on her Crazy Quilt she made 53 years ago. The quilt has long since been sent off to quilt heaven by an over abundance of love and washings.
09-06-2024, 04:27 AM
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Hand up! My kiddos arrived just on the cusp of disposable diapers. I recall them being called paper diapers. I had a few for emergencies but they were in their "infancy" and not terrific. A long way from what is available now. I thought I had died and gone to heaven when my husband said I could use a diaper service for kiddo #3. Guess he was tired of all of those tubs of diapers soaking to remove the stains before I did a final wash and hung then out on the line to do a final bleach in the sun. Line drying also saved $$. The service dented the family budget, but saved this mom of three so much time. My son called diapers, dab-ers,
I recall also the rubber or plastic pants were so soft and nice until you washed them a few times and they would get stiff and discolor. Ahhhh the good old days......or not. Tee-Hee-Hee!
I recall also the rubber or plastic pants were so soft and nice until you washed them a few times and they would get stiff and discolor. Ahhhh the good old days......or not. Tee-Hee-Hee!
09-06-2024, 04:41 AM
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No cloth diaper topic would be a true cloth diaper topic without the mention of old-fashioned soakers (training pants)!
I remember how I used to double these up when my kids were first learning to use the potty. I'd put rubber pants over them, and when extra-added absorbency was needed, I'd fold a diaper into a long narrow pad and line the training pants with the diaper.
No disposable training pants or Pull-ups when my kids were little!
And... these pants served as emergency rubber pants over the diapers when all the rubber pants were in the diaper pail or hanging on the clothesline drying!
I remember how I used to double these up when my kids were first learning to use the potty. I'd put rubber pants over them, and when extra-added absorbency was needed, I'd fold a diaper into a long narrow pad and line the training pants with the diaper.
No disposable training pants or Pull-ups when my kids were little!
And... these pants served as emergency rubber pants over the diapers when all the rubber pants were in the diaper pail or hanging on the clothesline drying!
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09-06-2024, 12:31 PM
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Speaking of bappers and pop-a-pants... how about a show of hands of those who used a changing table.
I never did, always changed my kids in their cribs or on top of the bathroom counter lined with a quilted vinyl changing pad when they were older and toilet training.
I never did, always changed my kids in their cribs or on top of the bathroom counter lined with a quilted vinyl changing pad when they were older and toilet training.
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09-06-2024, 12:45 PM
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good than changing table
09-06-2024, 12:52 PM
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I did. We didn't have a bathroom counter - just a sink. I found it easier to lift up the baby to a good height for me on the changing table. At first the crib would have been high enough but we lowered the mattress as they grew and bending seemed less
good than changing table
good than changing table
Waist height changing sure did beat bathroom floor changing, which I remember doing when I used to babysit!
Do remember how convenient it was having everything right handy in the bins to change the baby/child, though I only ever remember a couple of homes that had baby changing tables.
I remember how I would always stick the open diaper pins into the padded plastic pad when changing diapers, and I remember the tables had a thin chrome bar at the end where you could hang the baby's rubber pants after you pulled them off.
Being able to secure an active little one with the handy strap was an added plus!
Yes, to lowering/raising the crib mattress as my kids grew!
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09-06-2024, 01:13 PM
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I did. We didn't have a bathroom counter - just a sink. I found it easier to lift up the baby to a good height for me on the changing table. At first the crib would have been high enough but we lowered the mattress as they grew and bending seemed less
good than changing table
good than changing table
Stooped over and stretching to reach, I was so young, age 8, when I started changing diapers!
Bappers and pop-a-pants always with my baby siblings!
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09-07-2024, 05:11 AM
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When were your children born?
I think those things seem to be from the 1950s through the 1960s
What did you transition them to when they no longer needed to wear diapers?
How old were they when they no longer needed to wear diapers?
Was it a sad day for you when the diaper phase of their lives was over?
I think those things seem to be from the 1950s through the 1960s
What did you transition them to when they no longer needed to wear diapers?
How old were they when they no longer needed to wear diapers?
Was it a sad day for you when the diaper phase of their lives was over?
