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> cloth diapers and the weekly diaper service These days we have washing machines!

• ykevinator 8y ago
  Diaper 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 ago
      Maybe because of logistics. We had to switch from cloth to disposable once kid started preschool.
• mikro2nd 8y ago
  Oh, 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! ;)