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Remember being given full-permission to spank when you babysat? I applied a few spankings as a sitter.
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I babysat in the 60's and had my own three children in the 70's and 80's.
When I babysat, I never did infants. I did just about age 3 and up.
When my first was born in 1978 I so abhored the thought of cloth diapers that I had a diaper service the first few weeks. Then I took the plunge and used disposables. They did have gathering around the legs then though. I did try cloth and pins and rubber pants (ugh) but then I just decided to use the disposables.
I won't watch daycare infants if they want cloth diapers.
We did dunk them up and down in the toilet to rinse. What do they do now? I can't think of any other way to get the sticky poop out.
LaurelComment
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How about excer-saucers? Anyone remember them?
They were large cumbersome plastic units with wheels/casters under the legs. Babies sat down inside and used their feet/legs to power the saucer around. They were eventually banned due to babies going down stairs in them.Comment
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I remember diaper services! Each year for New Years, the first baby of the year would get a month or two (or three) of free diaper service. I remember the neighbours would set out the plastic diaper pail (outside) on diaper service day for pick-up. In exchange for the wet and dirties, fresh diapers would be dropped off.
One thing I remember about babysitting and changing diapers, is I always felt so mature and grown up when I babysat at homes where diapers were being used. Even if a baby/child didn't need changing before bedtime (evening babysitting), I changed the kid anyway.Comment
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That's a good question. I know with my own kids (kids I babysat, too), I just dunked them up and down in the toilet, but the cloth diapers of old were thin like a sheet, so they rinsed quickly and easily. The new modern cloth diapers are so bulky and thick. Drying times must be atrocious with them...Originally posted by Laurel
We did dunk them up and down in the toilet to rinse. What do they do now?
Don't know if the plumbing pipes were bigger (round) back in the day, but I know several moms who accidentally flushed diapers down their toilets while rinsing. I guess it was your lucky day when the diaper went straight down without plugging!Comment
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Remember baby changing tables in the 70's? I don't. Diapers were changed in the baby's crib, on the floor, or on top of the sink-counter in the bathroom.Comment
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Remember dipping baby soothers into honey to help get babies to stop crying? No worries over bacteria in the old days...Comment
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Remember sharing a quick cigarette in the girls bathroom in school?Comment
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Back to diapers again for a second... I remember few kids that wore diapers past age 2-1/2 (in my day), unlike today.
Remember pad-a-pant disposable diapers? (Don't remember the exact name of them). Nonetheless, they were some of the earliest disposables that came out. The diapers looked like thick Kotex pads and had to be used with special pad-a-pant rubber pants that snapped up. No pins!Comment
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Remember when EVERYONE had (and used) a clothesline?Comment
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Oh, and how about drop-sided cribs? Remember those? Where the railings could be raised and lowered. Can't imagine using a fixed-side crib. Moms poor backs...Comment
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Remember wringer washing machines?Comment
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everyone I knew used a changing table thought they were rather flimsy the popular one was plastic wicker and kinda folded to make a smaller thing when not in use. most of us were told to take a chest and put a pad on it to make our own changing table to save money.
We did have bumpers in the crib and blankets.It:
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I used crib bumpers for my first two.Originally posted by itlw8
We did have bumpers in the crib and blankets.Comment
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I do! Granny panties were a necessity back then.Originally posted by momofsix
Ugh, do you remember how awful the sanitary pads used to be!!!!???Comment
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