Bricks and Boxes

A majority of the people I know were diapered with cloth!

I had this revelation a couple days ago and called my mother to confirm when she, a mother of 5 diapering kids from the mid sixties to the early eighties, made the switch. She happened to be at her bridge club, so she could consult a roomful of peers to recall when they’d made the switch. Apparently, even as late as the early seventies mothers would still use the cloth as the disposables were expensive, and did not absorb well.

Amazing.

I was recently admiring the baskets, car seats, and carriages that transport all the babies I know. It’s hard to imagine how people handled their kids without these plastic Jetsons pods and the sport-utility spaceships to tow them home. Of course, back when I was watching Hannah Barbara, I was pushed about in what seamed like a hammock made from blue jeans and umbrella parts.