Remember when diapers were CLOTH?

RosieandherMaw

Oo-er, that’s me tellt!
Yes it is about nappies and I still wonder why anybody should want to reminisce abut them.

To me they are one of the least important or interesting memories of motherhood and hardly warrant the shouty capitals of CLOTH in the thread title.

I don't particularly want to remember either!

I had two in towelling nappies in 1976- remember that hot summer? The standpipes went up in the street and I bought a galvanised bucket so I could boil the nappies on the hob. Happy days.

Lots of the topics on GN are of no interest to some members.

If people want to reminisce about cloth ‘nappies’, not (diapers!), why not?

Don’t read it if you’re not bothered about it, just scroll on by.

3 or 4 pages show that some are interested enough in the subject.

Or still on page 1 for some of us, Calendargirl!

Lord above! Poor Mum dealing with buckets of the disgusting items under the sink soaking for hours on end.

Having read about all your experiences, I'm just very thankful that I never had to deal with cloth nappies. Disposables all the way for me!

I remember when diapers were disposable nappies.

I’m sure terry nappies was the reason my children were out of nappies early. .

Not sure what you mean furret about diapers but agree about cloth ones being the reason my children were out of nappies early.

We never called them diapers. What does the word diaper mean?
Did Dr Spock talk about diapers?

I had a copy of Baby and Child Care but made the mistake of quoting him to my health visitor who told me to throw the Baby books away.

I replied that I had no-one else to ask and she hadn't visited me when I came out of hospital. I had slipped through the net and DM and DMiL lived 500 miles away. I knew no other babies and I was 21 years old living in a top floor flat and was worried that my baby who was projectile vomiting after his feed.

I had cloth nappies for my first child in 1986. When I went back to work, I had to make up eight nappies every day with muslins etc and give them to the child minder who would put the dirty nappies in a nappy bin and hand that to me when I picked up ds. They would be washed and the next morning I would repeat the process. By the time dd was born, disposable nappies were around and I thankfully used those instead. Exh queried the cost until I told him he could take over cleaning the cloth nappies every night. He changed his mind 😂

nieces ask me about clothe diapers disposables were available since 1965 i know because my bro was a premie and the pampers were smaller then doll clothes, my dad brought me one so i could see how tiny he was fit in the palm of my 12old hand
clothe from my twins did them my self,washer then a service came along that was cheap
taught my niece to deal with them
both her babes used clothe 2019

Grammaretto

Because it was part of our lives Rosiesmaw!
After all we talk about illnesses and sadnesses so why not about baby care?

It was good to see Karmalady's reminder that disposables are a scourge on the planet. I even read somewhere that not one disposable nappy had biodegraded since they were first made and sold 60 or more years ago.

My Danish SiL was even more environmentally and health conscious than any of us as she refused to put her babies in plastic pants so knitted soft wool 3 ply pilches for them.
She insisted they neither leaked nor smelled but I am not sure I believed her 😂🤣

Oh my... cloth or wool diaper pants/covers.

I have no experience with fabric/wool diaper covers, but my stance is the same as yours, Grammaretto, I would think odour would be an issue, because it's my understanding that wool covers (in particular) were reused again and again without laundering.

With regular ordinary plastic/rubber pants, when damp on the inside, providing the elastics were dry, I'd take a baby washcloth to the pants, give them a quick wipe, turn the pants inside out and drape them over the end crib post to air-out while I tended to the actual diaper part of things, then when fresh diapers were pin-fastened, rubber pants were ready for another round on baby's bottom.

Never did have enough pairs of rubber pants to change them out for a fresh clean pair at every diaper change. My mom did the same with my baby siblings.

NotSpaghetti

RosieandherMaw - given that this whole thread is really about nappies why are you bothering if you aren't interested?

When nappies (and/or diapers) were part of my everyday life they were the last thing I'd have wanted to discuss!

Now, many years on, it is vaguely interesting!

Also (just as an aside) if you don't want 3 pages of something you can probably alter your posts per page somewhere... (I am still on page 1 as it happens).

NotSpaghetti. Thank you for your support and helping make this an enjoyable place to visit!

Calendargirl

Lots of the topics on GN are of no interest to some members.

If people want to reminisce about cloth ‘nappies’, not (diapers!), why not?

Don’t read it if you’re not bothered about it, just scroll on by.

3 or 4 pages show that some are interested enough in the subject.

Calendargirl. Thank you for your support and helping make this an enjoyable place to visit!

Grammaretto

Because it was part of our lives Rosiesmaw!
After all we talk about illnesses and sadnesses so why not about baby care?

It was good to see Karmalady's reminder that disposables are a scourge on the planet. I even read somewhere that not one disposable nappy had biodegraded since they were first made and sold 60 or more years ago.

My Danish SiL was even more environmentally and health conscious than any of us as she refused to put her babies in plastic pants so knitted soft wool 3 ply pilches for them.
She insisted they neither leaked nor smelled but I am not sure I believed her 😂🤣

Grammaretto. Thank you for your support and helping make this an enjoyable place to visit!