The author of this Wired Mag blog post is right: cloth diapering has come a long way since the early days. Just look at that photo! That rainbow of scrunchy, fuzzy-lined nappies just about makes me want to go out and have a baby just so he or she can sport some of these stylish duds. Or these, even more stylish.
Of course, I remember when my brother was born, back in the 80's, because I was six years old at the time. And my mom, being the green, crunchy mommy that she was, subscribed to a cloth diapering laundry service. I think it was called "Didey-Dee" or something like that. Anyway, we had the special covered plastic stinky bin for all the used diapies, and every week, the truck would come by to pick up the soiled naps and deliver stacks of cleaned, folded diapers.
I am even sure that I changed some of these diapers, helpful six-year-old that I was. My mom showed me the special way to fold them, and then pin them in the front (I think she did the pins). We had those big safety pins with the plastic, colored heads. Some of them even had bunnies and chicks on them. And then she'd put the big, plastic outer shield on. In all, it was a pretty bulky affair, but that's what we did.
I also remember the day my brother peed on the wall. But that's another story...
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My mum/mom had these as well, but she didn't have the laundry service. One day my sister swallowed one of those pins, and it was open - my mum/mom only found out when she opened the nappy after the fact!
LOL! Big plastic outer shield! In our house big plastic outer diaper shields were known as rubber pants!
I was 13 when my baby sister was born, and 15 when my baby brother came along, and I changed lots of diapers!
We used two pins to fasten, doubled the diapers for night, and used rubber pants over top.
Barb.
Dude! I use cloth diapers! And they look just like the ones in your photos! And yes, cloth diapering has come a long way...
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