Yep, I totally agree, SOT. Rural vs big city made all the difference.
Back in the 80's, safety pins and rubber pants were the standard. In fact it was all that was available, and I was perfectly at home with it, but wow, those fancy new modern cloth diapers are pretty nifty. A part of me still loves the old-fashioned way of cloth diapering, but I could definitely see myself trying the modern out if I was doing the baby thing today. No more folding. LOL!
I don't remember disposables, but I do remember Zellers, carrying rubber pants with nursery prints on them. I was never big on diapering my kids in anything fancy. In my world, diapers shouldn't be fancy or cute. Diapers should be utilitarian, even ugly in fact, but I have to admit I bought a few pairs of those cute little printed pants just for a change. A change from using plain white rubber pants all the time.
Well, Lil, I do remember Fitti diapers from the early 90's. They had balloons on the them that turned a different colour when the diaper was wet. Gosh, whatever happened to the days of checking diapers? With my kids I used to pull-back the waistband of their rubber pants or stick a finger inside one of the leg elastics to check. When babysitting I'd do the same or if it was disposable diapers that were being used, I'd open up a tape on one side of the diaper to check. Also used to be able to check for a wet diaper (cloth or disposable) by holding your hand against the kids diapered butt and pushing up a few times. A wet diaper was heavy and the padding (if disposable) would clump.
I sort of miss the baby days, not all the time, but sometimes... however, as for the diapers, no thank you. Don't miss the terrible-twos either!
This is what I remember, too. Plain white diapers, no colours, no designs, no nothing.
I agree, cute little outfits were the best! Loved it when I'd bath the kids just prior to bedtime, slick back their damp/wet hair, and stuff them into cute pyjamas, their cheeks all shinny and clean.As you can imagine, not me lol. My kids did fine with the sleep absorbancy diapers. Diapers we're not anything I fussed over. My kids did fine, no diaper rash, no fuss, no mess. I spent more time dressing them up cute. That was my interest. Cute clothes on my kids
AppleCori. Was it you that mentioned that you used those pink and blue coloured disposable diapers back in the day?
I never realized until I found the ad and read it, that the padding was thicker in the front (for boys), and thicker in the middle (for girls). I thought they were just coloured.
