Remember when diapers were CLOTH?

My C are now 60 and 55 so proper nappies were all we used but it stood me in good stead once when in an emergency situation with a GS and I had no disposables.
I still had several nappy pins in my sewing box and was able to improvise using Terry tea towels.
I hasten to add we did only use the tea towels for floor cloths afterwards.
My DiL was very impressed at my ingenuity and how successful the idea was.

I remember it well, Pably!

I also remember how bulky my kids bottoms were, them waddling around like penguins, because of how thickly padded their double diapers were!

Also remember the plasticy rustling sound the rubber pants made!

remember the lovely white nappies hanging on the clothes line, blowing in the wind

Oh my, Liaise, I can't imagine such!

My worst vision was tripping down the basement stairs on laundry day with the plastic diaper pail in hand!

Fortunately I got through the entire diapering stage of my kids without such happening, however, the thought visited me often, like every time I washed diapers!

Disposable nappies were hardly ever used when I had my babies (now in their 50s!), so the routine of bucket soak, machine wash and dry was automatic. Nappy liners, which were flushable, dealt with the worst of the mess. The pants were plastic, not rubber.

Never had diapers, only terry nappies. Until recently some of them were still being used as dusters!

Back in 1967 I bought shaped nappies from Mothercare. I never saw anyone else with them though. Living in East Anglia at the time I put the nappy bucket outside the back door one day and the whole thing froze.
I wouldn’t like to have nappy buckets around now.

OMG, yes, the classic kite fold! I folded diapers the same, Witzend!

With a little extra fold at the front of back when diapers were too large, the kite fold allowed me to diaper my kids using the same fold from the newborn stage to toilet training!

Oh my... I never had such happen with my kids, Pably, but do remember helping my mom wash a load of my baby siblings diapers one morning in her old wringer washing machine, and us popping a pair of rubber pants running them through the rollers the wrong way!

Oh, yes, the good old terry nappies, folded into a kite shape! I used them for dd1, but went on to disposables for dd2.

oh yes the old terry towel nappies...I remember being in hospital when my son was only 7 months....my oh washed his nappies in the machine, unaware that one of his wine coloured socks had made it's way into the machine, it was a boil wash...he was the only baby around with pink nappies.

Boy, just reading through your post, DeeDaa, reminded me of how far cloth diapers have come compared to the old days.

My kids did get an occasional diaper rash every now and then, but for the most part they were rash-free aside from a little elastic gather rash from the rubber pants which warm weather and wet diapers brought on.

Grandchildren all wore disposable diapers.

My daughter had reusable ones for both her babies (now 19 and 13) and they were made of towelling, but cut and folded into shapes that had to be put together to fit in the brightly coloured outer covering. When I was baby sitting I used to spend about an hour putting all together ready for the next day. They were easy to wash and dry, and the babies never had a trace of nappy rash. She also got a grant of £30 from the council when she first bought them.