The Cloth Diaper Diaries: An Incredible Trip Down Memory Lane

My friends don’t believe me when I tell them this.

They laugh.

They shake their heads.

Some of them even say, “There’s no way that actually happened.”

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But I remember it clearly.

My mom used to rinse dirty cloth diapers in the toilet, squeeze out the water, and then place them into a diaper pail like it was just another normal part of the day. Babies& Toddlers

To me as a child, it didn’t seem unusual.

It was just life.

But looking back now, I realize something important:

We don’t talk enough about how different parenting used to be.

And how much work went into raising children before disposable diapers became the norm.