Way back when in the days of Home Ec, one favorite class was ‘how to diaper baby’. Turning a flat piece of absorbent cotton into a comfortable, well-fitting nappy was a trick that seemed to require the dexterity and legerdemain of a trained magician. Worse, diapering the baby clumsily came with the very real fear of jabbing a squirming infant with a diaper pin. Generations of mommies suffered pinpricked fingers rather than risk a scratch to baby’s delicate skin.
All that changed with the advent of disposable diapers. Even the unfitted, flat, uncomfortable first generation disposables were worlds above typical cloth diapers for convenience and ease of use. Just unfold the back, pull the plastic up between the baby’s legs and smooth it against his belly, and tape the back to the front. Voila! Instant diaper. Even better – no need for washing. No dirty diapers soaking in a pail of borax. No smell, no fuss, no laundry service – just un-tape, wrap the diaper up and toss it in the trash.
For mothers of my generation, Pampers was the dividing line between ‘back then’ and now. I can’t count the number of mothers,...
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