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Whenever something like this comes up, my first question is always: "OK, how did we do this before diapers were invented, and what happened to that?"
by projektir 9y ago
Whenever something like this comes up, my first question is always: "OK, how did we do this before diapers were invented, and what happened to that?"
- rdtsc 9y ago> OK, how did we do this before diapers were invented, and what happened to that?" My Mom always mentions it as well. She used a stack of cloth diapers, then hand washed them, dried them and even ironed them. It was a pretty labor and time intensive process. She says we are lucky to be able to get a box of diapers from Amazon, use them, throw them in a diaper pail and close the lid and not have to worry about it.
- blackn1ght 9y agoShe didn't need to iron them though. Now you just chuck them in the washing machine and then line dry them or put them on a low heat in the dryer. The sheer amount of nappies that were in our outdoor bin kinda made us realise that we needed to change to cloth.
- rdtsc 9y agoShe didn't but she liked everything to be neat, clean and organized. But for practical purposes agree, it's not needed.
- Nition 9y agoCloth diapers are still around, and better and easier than they were then.
- flukus 9y agoIt's a good question, but often the answer is "we had a stay at home mum that had time for all this stuff", which I think could be the answer here (I don't know if cloth diapers are time consuming or not). Older solutions might be perfectly viable but no longer practical because of cultural changes.
- NoGravitas 9y agoThe laundry can be only slightly time consuming. If you didn't have your own washer and dryer, however, it would be very time consuming.
- war1025 9y agoIn addition to cloth diapers, babies got potty trained significantly younger than they do now. We had our daughter ~90% potty trained by her first birthday. From what we've found looking into it, that was extremely common until the past 50 years or so. Its not uncommon now for 3 year-olds to still be in diapers. That's two full years longer in diapers, simply because parents either can't be bothered to potty train their children, or have been told its not possible to do it earlier.
- kaybe 9y agoCan anyone here remember wearing diapers as a baby/toddler?
- hvidgaard 9y agoWhen both our children was in daycare somewhere between the age 1-2, we told them that he (both times) was almost potty trained, but still need a diaper to sleep. They wanted to just give them a diaper and told us "oh, but boys get out of the diaper later". No lady, he is well aware of when he needs to go, and we've trained this. Now work with us, rather than destroy our work. No wonder some of them get our of the diaper so late, when the professionals care takers have so little time that they recommend later potty training.
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