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It's long since been done. My kids (now in their 30s) went through babyhood with cloth diapers and the weekly diaper service. Dirty diapers were simply dumped i
by mikro2nd 8y ago
It's long since been done. My kids (now in their 30s) went through babyhood with cloth diapers and the weekly diaper service. Dirty diapers were simply dumped in a (airtight!) sealed bin which got left outside the door on pickup day to be replaced by a fresh bin full of clean (sterilised) diapers for the coming week.
- votepaunchy 8y ago> cloth diapers and the weekly diaper service These days we have washing machines!
- ykevinator 8y agoDiaper service was a massive industry at one time despite people having washing machines. Babies produce a lot of soiled diapers and having fresh sanitized diapers was a godsend. It was an early subscription model.
- dwighttk 8y ago[Anecdote] I’ve had multiple friends who started out with a reusable diaper subscription for their first baby and none of them lasted even a year or tried again with their second child.
- specialist 8y agoMaybe because of logistics. We had to switch from cloth to disposable once kid started preschool.
- mikro2nd 8y agoOh, we had washing machines, despite it being the Dark Ages. Steam-powered, they were, as I recall... But: do you really want those shitty nappies in the washing machine? No! the diaper service was a godsend. (Actually a Mother-in-Law-send.) Now get the hell off my lawn, you snarky youngster! ;)