Adventures in Natural Selection : Begetting Today Easier Than Before

Grammy R explains diaper maintenance, circa 1945:

Step 1: Scrape poop from dirty diaper into toilet.
Step 2: Throw diaper into a pail of water and deoderizer.
Step 3: After pail fills up, scrub diapers in bathtub using washboard.
Step 4: Put scrubbed diapers into large pot on stove.
Step 5: Bring to a boil.
Step 6: Hang diapers on clothes line to dry.


Repeat bi-weekly for approximately 3 years.



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Pfeif93 said…
We did this from 1989 to 1993. It's a trade off. $3000 a year or $80 for cloth diapers. He is now changing his own underwear. Not sure if he's washed it since, he's in college...

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