Been giving a lot of thought to the whole Covid-19 situation, and how so many shelves in isles at grocery stores are bare, even entirely empty. Toilet paper, paper towels, even diapers...

Cloth Diapers Plastic Pants Story

Back in the 50s,60s and early 70s,the cloth pin on diapers and toddler or super size baby rubberpants were all that was available for older kids to wear for bedwetting.It was especially hard on girls going thru puberty who became bedwetters because of it.Alot of girls started puberty around 11 and 12 and it lasted until around 14 and even sometimes 15!The girls who became. 'OK, sweetie, lift your butt so I can put your diaper on you.' She had me arch my back so she could slide the thick diaper under my bottom, I could felt the thick soft cloth on my butt. In no time she had my diapers pulled up between my legs. She double pinned me up with yellow duckie pins. She then pulled out a pair of blue plastic pants.

gone, entirely sold out most days, and when stores do restock the shelves with these paper products, nothing lasts more than a few hours before shelves are empty again.

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When my kids were little I used cloth diapers, and no, not today's fancy-schmancy, newfangled Velcro closing cloth diapers, ugh-uh... I'm talking good old-fashioned cloth diapers, the kind that needed to be folded, fastened with pins, and topped with rubber pants. Not only did I survive as a mom, my children survived, and aside from the exponential savings I enjoyed, how nice it was not to be inconvenienced with having to run to the store to buy Pampers or Huggies, and with cloth, not once did I ever run out of fresh clean diapers.
Wet and dirty diapers were kept in a plastic diaper pail until laundry day, then when laundry day arrived (every 2-3 days for diapers), diaper pail was emptied into the washing machine, a wash-cycle was started, bleach and detergent was added, and when the washing machine finished doing it's thing, into a laundry basket all was transferred, and with trusty laundry basket in tow, out the back porch door I'd go to hang all on the clothesline to dry.
On a typical sunshiny, summer day, diapers were dry in an hour, so back outside with my trusty ole laundry basket in-hand I'd go, clothespins were released, the washing pulled down, then back into the house I'd go. Diapers were folded according to requirement and use... single-fold diapers for daytime, double-fold diapers for naptime, nighttime, and outings, and/or, for the older ones wearing diapers (older baby/toddler stage). Freshly folded diapers were then walked down to the baby room, diapers stacked on top of the dresser, and the process of changing and washing began it's perpetual cycle again.
Rubber pants off, unlatch and pluck pins from diaper, diaper into pail, refasten fresh clean diaper using pins (one pin on each side of the diaper), rubber pants back on. Having grown up helping my mom with the care of baby siblings, I changed lots of diapers, and as to be expected for the day, my mom used cloth diapers and rubber pants. Same when I started babysitting for neighbourhood moms... old-fashioned cloth diapers, diaper pins, and rubber pants, and all for .25¢ an hour!

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• Who else remembers the days of old-fashioned cloth diapers?
• How about as a mom, did you diaper the old-fashioned way back in the day?
• What about babysitting... anyone else babysit growing up and had to change old-fashioned cloth diapers with rubber pants?
• Is there anyone else here that grew up in a home with baby siblings? Did you mom use cloth diapers and rubber pants? Did you have to help change diapers?
• Remember running the diaper pins through your hair to help lubricate them before pinning a diaper?
• Hands-up if you remember the plastic-rustling sound the rubber pants made when changing a diaper?
• Remember dunking poopy diapers up and down in the toilet to rinse them before putting them in the diaper pail?