if diapers were not invented....?

Answer 1

I have to laugh at you young ones! One girl says, "We'd have to wash a lot of poopy cloths." Yes, dear, but those cloths were called diapers, too. The question was not "if paper diapers had not been invented," after all. There was a time in the not that ancient past when a new mother (or grandmother, or maid servant) washed dozens of diapers almost every day, simply because owning more than a couple dozen was too expensive. Ah, the land fill we would have saved . . .

Do you know that in California, where ecology got its start, there are STILL people who wash cloth diapers? They are called "diaper services" and they come around in a truck and pick up the dirty ones and deliver clean ones. They used to do that with laundry and dry cleaning, too.

And did you know that milk and bread were once delivered to your home? And have you heard of Fuller Brush Men?

Lord, I'm getting old!

Answer 2

I would still be using cloth! The diapers I use (Fuzzi Bunz) are MUCH cheaper, and MUCH easier than those throw away kinds. Real diapers are the only things I will ever use. :) Forget what you thought about your mother's cloth diapers, the new diapers use no pins, need no rinsing, dunking or bleach!

Answer 3

The Native Americans used soft smoked deer hide stuffed with cattail fluff. The ancient Egyptians used fine linen cloth to swaddle babies and would wash the swaddling once the baby messed.

In countries where disposables are not an option, children are taught to use the toilet areas as soon as they can walk. Washing them is the only option.

Our world has gotten soft with its masses using up resources like they deserve them instead of realizing the world DOES have a future and it will be bleak if we are buried in garbage and human waste.

Answer 4

Have you ever heard of Elimination Communication? It is a way of toilet training starting as early as birth.

But before diapers were "invented", any piece of cloth or absorbent material would have been used...

Answer 5

if diapers not around...we would be using the cloth nappy and the nappy liners.... in fact, there are people using this cloth nappies for children as in asian regions, diapers is expensive and too warm for a baby to wear 24 hours...

Answer 6

You wouldn't ask for a pet atleast for 6 to 7 years!
The newspaper boy would be surprised when u subscribe for the newspapers you hate.
And ya a lot of laundry.
LOL.
:D

Answer 7

i wouldn't want a carpeted floor and i'd still be using cloth diapers for my kids and have tons of laundry to do.

Answer 8

we would still be using cloth diapers and having to do more laundry

Answer 9

I wouldn't have breakfast, lunch or dinner, cause it wouldn't be in neat little packages called diapers.

Answer 10

we'd still have the New York times BS stories