Diapers Then and Now

I was lucky to have the type we have now as a kid.

Disposable diapers were better in the 80s. But I still used cloth at home

My daughters only used cloth diapers. I had to wash them by hand.

I had no children, my mother only used cloth diapers.

I had cloth diapers for all my kids. They came out with disposable when I had my first child, but they needed pins. As much as I preferred disposable diapers, cloth was better.

Yes, my mother was constantly washing diapers. She would change my brother about every 5 seconds. :-( Have a good day.

I recall them. I had a son born in 1970, and they were sort of new. The price was affordable compared to today. Lol.

I remember WEARING cloth diapers when I was a toddler and trying to tell my mother that I didn't need them anymore.

I remember both the cloth and the disposable.

I remember diapers in 1969 when my son was born. They were not as good as they are now.

I remember the disposables. My daughter was the kind of baby that would wet a little bit in the diaper and then throw a fit until I changed her. Disposables were way too expensive a luxury to even consider for her. I was well stocked with cloth diapers (I had about 6 or 8 dozen of them) and was thrilled to be able to wash them out and reuse them. Of course my husband wasn't much help, he changed he once and rinsed the diaper in the toilet, flushed the toilet to get the rest of the mess off, and then I heard him exclaim "OH MY GOD IT ATE IT!!!" I went racing into the bathroom and he was standing there with his fingers pinched together, looking down the toilet. I asked what ate what. He looked at me and informed me that the toilet ate the diaper when he flushed it. What I miss now days is diaper pins. I've been searching for them for months. They were so handy for my crafting. I would buy 5 or 6 dozen to use for my crocheting, knitting, and so many other crafts. I have been looking for them now for using on my teddy bears and pinning the ears to the neck of the bears and the head to the back so that they wouldn't get lost. No such luck. Regular safety pins don't work quite as well as they aren't built as sturdy and as large as diaper pins. I also will add that I remember saving a LOT of money using regular cloth diapers while my daughter was growing up, people thought I was odd, but it was a nice little nest egg that I accumulated from not using disposables.