Terry cloth diapers

I was wondering if anyone here in the US, or Canada ever wore terry cloth diapers as a child? Or, have you ever used them on your children? I know terry "nappies" were pretty much a standard type in the UK. I never remember seeing them used here, except in some training pants. Carter, and Spencer's were two I know of, that used terry cloth in training pants. Not sure why this was, no one using terry diapers, that is?

I do have adult sized terry diapers I wear now. Some are from the UK, and some I special ordered here in the US, ( very thick diapers! )

I was just wondering if anyone here did have them as a child, or used them on the kids?

Doesn't that type of fabric make it very hard to clean?

White cloth nappies (secured by safety pins either side) is all a mother had to rely upon when i was an infant. Washing them would have been a very time consuming task as they were usually soaked in a twin concrete tub prior to placing in the washing machine. Disposables did not exist

Just prior to that time most household laundries had what was called a copper,constructed of either brick or concrete & a large heavy gauge copper tub insert with domed copper lid. Underneath this construction was provision for a coke (or timber) fired furnace to heat the water in the tub. Items placed within were then stirred frequently using a large wooden pole & thereafter passed through a hand operated / crank handled twin roller wringer

So basically the cleaning process was initiated by manual labour. .Those same tubs are now sought after

Stories from "Downunder"

I don't do messes, and don't have experience with that in terry diapers/nappies, but I would think it would be a bit more difficult to clean.

It was cloth of some kind. As a young child there was no such thing is disposable, and we didn't use disposables in the 60's for our own children either. To this day I only use cloth though I've given disposables a try - most of the original package remains in the cupboard somewhere in the house. But then life more me began in the early 30's

I had them as a child, although I don't remember them. I don't have kids. I do wear terry cloth diapers myself, under certain circumstances.

Not from the Us but here in the UK when I was a kid there was little else. I was in terries and plastic pants until I was about five during the day and until about 8 or 9 at night.

I was born in the early 1950’s and due to chronic bedwetting, mom put me back in cloth diapers when I was 10/11. I seem to remember they were terry cloth and I wore them nightly until I was almost 16. They were nice and thick and mom pinned them on me very snugly. I felt safe, secure, protected.

Terry cloth diapers seem to be more of a British experience. Growing up and into my 30's I wore flat 40"x21" cloth diapers pinned together and Gerber like plastic pants. When I discovered cloth prefolds with multiple layers in the center, I quickly switched and been using them since.

I'm in Canada and grew up here. I was always in cloth diapers and just assumed they were terry? I honestly don't know exactly what the difference is? I know they were soft.

They were folded to fit me with a 'pocket' between my legs for whatever reason and then pinned on. My mom put the very typical vinyl baby pants on over those and then I was free to get up. Like someone mentioned I think they were difficult to clean when soiled. I remember my aunt cursing at doing it when I stayed at her house LOL

I was born in the early 1950’s and due to chronic bedwetting, mom put me back in cloth diapers when I was 10/11. I seem to remember they were terry cloth and I wore them nightly until I was almost 16. They were nice and thick and mom pinned them on me very snugly. I felt safe, secure, protected.

Same here! Mine were pinned on snugly at the waist and when they were and the baby pants were put on me, I felt that I had no worries or responsibility. And didn't have to get anxious about having accidents day or night. A real mix of emotions. On one hand - felt like a toddler. On the other, felt safe.

I am from the U K born in 1950 as there was no disposables then all I knew was terry nappies and plastic baby pants right through my bedwetting years until I was 9 to10. When I rediscovered my love of nappies I went straight back to terries and plastic baby pants as i love the bulk and feel of the terries and plastic pants

Several weeks in hospital at 5 made me apparently constipated and the nurse would massage my rectum with vaseline, which I liked but I could never get to the toilet in time. Nappies were heavy cotton without a pile, and a stripe on the selvedge, pinned with safety pins that the nurse kept on her uniform pocket. I hated the nappies and they eventually stopped trying to solve constipation, but I did miss the nurse with the vaseline.

I bought a dozen terry nappies from a flee market. They were wonderful for absorbing but did not feel great on. I have been spoiled for years with good heavy diaper flannel.

Usually when being put in Terry nappies a gauze or cheese cloth liner would be placed in the nappy . This caught a lot of the solids and prevented them from being mashed into the Terry toweling . It made them easier to clean and the liner could be disposed of or rinsed and later boiled clean .

I remember my aunt washing my nappies in the old twin tub set to boil and my white nappies all on the washing line like surrender flags .#

Talking of Terry nappies . Here in the UK Tesco sell bath squares . These make fantastic terry nappies and i have seen people by them for that reason .

Once i saw a woman hold one up against her teenage daughter and say perfect . Now just have to get some pins .