Roll-call... cloth diapers
07-16-2017, 12:02 PM
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Two in cloth diapers in early 80's. One new one and one getting out of diapers, luckily. Disposables gave mine rashes too. Rubbed the side of the pin across my scalp if it would not easily go thru. lol Ahhh, the good ol' days!
07-16-2017, 12:39 PM
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Cloth diapers for all three of mine - 1976-1984. Did get to test Huggies, and some Pampers, with the 1st and 3rd. Had to return the USED disposable diapers in a plastic garbage bag at the end of the week, and fill in a chart indicating where the diaper leaked. Glad I wasn't the employee who had to sort through the used diapers!
Disposable diapers are much improved since 1976!
I preferred the unfolded diapers. I could fold them to best fit the baby, it was easier to get out stains, and they dried much faster. There were many times we didn't have time to fold the diapers after they were laundered, and folded from the laundry basket as we used them.
I also remember rubber pants - I thought they were the worst part of cloth diapering. And the safety pins with the click top. I did have a crying baby when I was babysitting once, and it was an open diaper pin. (And NOT a diaper pin I put in)
Disposable diapers are much improved since 1976!
I preferred the unfolded diapers. I could fold them to best fit the baby, it was easier to get out stains, and they dried much faster. There were many times we didn't have time to fold the diapers after they were laundered, and folded from the laundry basket as we used them.
I also remember rubber pants - I thought they were the worst part of cloth diapering. And the safety pins with the click top. I did have a crying baby when I was babysitting once, and it was an open diaper pin. (And NOT a diaper pin I put in)
07-16-2017, 12:50 PM
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There was a stretch of about 6 months that I used cloth diapers on my child in 1995. There were all manner of disposable diapers available. I was in a situation that I really needed to count pennies and save money. To my delight, I was not ostracized because the battle cry of the time anyway was "go green" and the notion of Earth Day was just getting started. Even the well-off mommies were hiring diaper services.
I was glad, however, to go back to disposable diapers when my finances improved.
I was glad, however, to go back to disposable diapers when my finances improved.
07-16-2017, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Stitchnripper
My oldest is turning 50 this year so yes, I used cloth diapers and washed them in a portable sears washer I hooked up to the kitchen sink and had a maytag "porta dryer" that didn't need venting for the times I couldn't hang them outside on the line, which I much preferred and did most of the time except when we had a stretch of bad weather. Didn't have access to a basement to hang them in the apartment we were living in. I remember the pins and I kept them in a bar of soap to make them easier to go on. And the rubber pants. By the time the second one was an infant there were the early Pampers, that we needed pins for and of course everything seeped out. I only used them on a rare occasion since we were poor and they were expensive. I had the kind that were rectangle and I folded them to fit the baby, first a lot of times and then less times and then when they got older double diapered them. Ah yes, the good old days.
07-16-2017, 01:30 PM
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I preferred the rectangle Curity gauze diapers that had to be folded - and have been trying to find them - or a close copy - for years.
They make awesome dish towels.
Used them on kids born in 1961, 1962, 1964, and 1966.
I think "disposable" ones were just starting to come out then.
I used the plastic "rubber" pants on the kids.
They make awesome dish towels.
Used them on kids born in 1961, 1962, 1964, and 1966.
I think "disposable" ones were just starting to come out then.
I used the plastic "rubber" pants on the kids.
07-16-2017, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by yngldy
Two in cloth diapers in early 80's. One new one and one getting out of diapers, luckily. Disposables gave mine rashes too. Rubbed the side of the pin across my scalp if it would not easily go thru. lol Ahhh, the good ol' days!
07-16-2017, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Faintly Artistic
Used the cloth diapers in the 90's for one of mine.
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