My mom did. Disposables were not available in Korea. I can't imagine how much work it was to wash all those diapers every day!
What about you?
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Yep. Disposables were not economical then. She cloth diapered is until my dad was able to start trading for disposable diapers at his trade shows.
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Yep! Cloth was the more economical choice for them at that time. Out of the three of us, only my youngest sibling had disposables.
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Nope - she thought I was nuts when we considered it.
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Yep, both our parents-- safety pins and all!
We followed our parents' lead and cloth diapered our first, but with the CA drought, we're considering disposables for #2.
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Yes, they didn't have the money for disposables. It was extra bad because I was so sensitive to wet diapers...they were constantly changing my diapers!
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Nope! She thought we were nutty for not doing disposables
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My mum used cloth for me until 6-8 weeks. After her gifted service was up she switched to disposables.
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Good question! I'm going to ask tomorrow.
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She cloth diapered for a short time- gifted diaper service.
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for around 4 months while I was in Korea.
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I don't think so.
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1983 - yep she cloth diapered us, and I had bad eczema and nappy rash too. poor thing had laundry coming out of her ears.
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Yep! And my mom helped me figure out cloth diapering for DS. I was totally over thinking it. My MIL also cloth diapered and thought we were crazy till she saw the modern diapers
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Yep!
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Yep! They were fairly "hippy-ish" at that point in their lives anyway
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Yup! She didn't know how to put on a disposable one when my first daughter was born - she put it on backwards the first time!
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My mom did. I think she used a diaper service? That's actually a lot of the reason why I wanted to cloth diaper as well.
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Nope. My mom is one of three sisters. Oldest sister cloth diapered both her kids, middle sister cloth diapered her oldest and did disposables with the younger one, my mom did disposables with both kids.
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Yes but she thinks disposable diapers are awesome now, ha!
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My three older sisters used cloth diapers since money was tight and disposables were a luxury. By the time I was born, my parents were better off and able to afford disposables.
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Nope. I cloth my kids though.
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Yup. Disposable diapers were not available in the USSR in 1983. Plus they didn't have a washing machine. I can't even imagine. She thinks anyone who does it by choice now is insane!
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No, my parents used disposables. My MIL cloth diapered all 3 of her kids.
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Lol no. My mom was not down with that. She was anti crunchy
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both my parents and my in laws did
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Yes—my grandparents gifted them a service and they kept doing it. We cloth too, but we wash our own.
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Yes! My mom said she had to use those diaper safety pins! I was shocked. She said disposables weren't very common and had only just become available so it was not an obvious option for her. I'm so glad for the choice though I feel bad for the environment.
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No, my mom used disposable diapers on both kids (born in 1981 and 1984 in the US)-- she said it was totally worth the money. She hates laundry!
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They did for the first few months, but I had bad diaper rash and they found them to be a hassle, so they switched to disposables.
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Me and my 2 brothers were all cloth diapered. Early 80's, I don't think disposables were very common. Could be wrong though. I know they used a diaper service as well.
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Yes of course! #old
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Nope! My mom's not thrilled about using cloth for her grandchild, either, but I'm hoping she'll come around.
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@JoJoGirl: ditto!
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Yup. Safety pins and all.
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She cloth diapered her first 2 kids - she used a diaper service
Disposables for me and my brother
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Yes (with safety pins!) but not exclusively.
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Yes! I was more economical. They did use disposables while out in public, etc. though. I'm thinking about cloth diapering, and she's very supportive.
It's funny, when I was talking to my mom about the cloth diaper options that are available today, she was floored! Back then, it was just a thick piece of cloth with safety pins lol.
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She did with me (using a service) but not with my younger brother.
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Nope; I was a Pampers baby!
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