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Discussion starter · #21 · (Edited)
Rubber crib sheets!

Even though crib mattresses were vinyl/plastic coated, protecting the crib mattress with a rubber sheet was all part of making up a baby's crib.

These are the ones I used with my kids! Rubber crib sheets and rubber pants... two of the greatest inventions I could have ever asked for as a mom!

Do they even make/sell rubber crib sheets anymore?

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Discussion starter · #22 · (Edited)
Gerber rubber pants!

1980's/90's in our house! All 6 of my kids wore these, and I remember Gerber rubber pants from babysitting!

These were some of the best, if not the best rubber pants back in the day!

Gerber rubber pants stood up to being laundered in the washing machine with the diapers without ripping/tearing, and the vinyl stayed soft wash-after-wash, and the elastics stretchy!

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Discussion starter · #27 · (Edited)
Baby Scott Disposable Diapers with Baby Scott T-Tab Waterproof Snap-on Diaper Panties!

Forget Pampers... these diapers were a classic two-piece system were the equivalent of old-fashioned cloth diapers with rubber pants, except no pins were needed, and no sticky diaper tapes to contend with!

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lol my mom found vintage toddler pants w sponge in the bottom for toiler training. my mil and dh aunt thought my mom was la di da for using diaper service but she said if dad can go though scotch she could have that. way back there was even a service in first apt they lived in for sawdust litterbox pan replacement. could get behind that lol but guess that is like having people clean your yard of dog poop.

they banned walkers here cus of that but some still use them esp if you have a flat house no stairs. but exercisers replaced them.
 
Discussion starter · #31 ·
marthamfi said:
lol my mom found vintage toddler pants w sponge in the bottom for toiler training. my mil and dh aunt thought my mom was la di da for using diaper service but she said if dad can go though scotch she could have that. way back there was even a service in first apt they lived in for sawdust litterbox pan replacement. could get behind that lol but guess that is like having people clean your yard of dog poop.

they banned walkers here cus of that but some still use them esp if you have a flat house no stairs. but exercisers replaced them.
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Oh, I remember those thick-padded training pants well! And here, too, those old baby walkers have been banned for forever and a day.

Love your moms reasoning!
 
Discussion starter · #34 · (Edited)
marthamfi said:
those are the ones lol never used them really but they were from back in the day.
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From back in the day is right.

Those padded little numbers occasionally pulled double-duty as diaper pants when all the rubber pants were in the diaper pail or hanging on the clothesline!

Also remember folding a flannelette diaper (or two) into a long pad and padding the pants down the centre when extra absorbency was needed! No pins meant my kids could pull their own pants down and up at potty time.
 
Discussion starter · #35 · (Edited)
Pampers Disposable Diapers! No folding, pins, or rubber pants needed!

Wasn't until the late 70's, that I encountered these for the first time babysitting, and even then, I only ever remember dealing with these in one home. Old-fashioned cloth diapers and rubber pants were in vogue and in service in all the households where I babysat.

These were terrible! The sticky tapes tore the plastic waterproof cover when/if you tried lifting a tape to check for a wet diaper, the padding shifted, bunched, sagged, and they leaked something awful (no elastic gathers), and... they were super expensive!

No wonder why regular old-fashioned traditional cloth diapers remained so popular throughout the 70's/80's. Even into the early 90's, I knew of other moms (aside from myself) who were still diapering the old-fashioned way.

Always felt a sense of self-satisfaction at change-time... reaching for a fresh cloth diaper... pulling rubber pants off... and unlatching the diaper pins. Cloth diapers always allowed for a nice custom fit (better than disposables), and were far more comfortable for baby/child, and being able to double, even triple diaper when needed, made old-fashioned cloth diapers uber-versatile, and with diapers and rubber pants I always knew the instant when my kids were wet and needed to be changed. Babies were checked and changed more often when cloth diapers and rubber pants were used.

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Discussion starter · #37 ·
Old-fashioned diaper liners!

These were a blessing for the first few weeks after baby was born to help keep diapers cleaner... i.e., those early meconium poops that stuck to the diapers like glue!

I used both these brands with my kids! Diaper liners helped reduce diaper rash and were great for nighttime!

Was so nice to be able to unpin baby's diaper, roll up the diaper liner, flush it down the toilet, and put the diaper in the diaper pail sans rinsing!

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