An interesting little article.

Here's something I just stumbled across about nappy/diaper practices pre 1950. (aprox) I suppose it's slightly hard for most of us... born around the end of the period covered in this article, or much later in my case, to comment about this. However I do wonder if things were quite the way the author makes out. I'm told for instance that Playtex made a great success of its pants before the war, and that they even had a following afterwards. Seen a few people here who remember wearing them I believe. Of course I have also heard that doctors frowned upon them, thinking them responsible for rash which apparently we now know they weren't?

And once more it makes me wonder... well what about the poor people who needed nappies after babyhood because of a deformity or injury or bed wetting? Then of course the whole 'get rid quick' philosophy and method goes out of the window. All the priorities get turned on their head because such people would need good protection from leaks and to minimize inconvenient changes. Strangely sad that there's such a veil over incontinence management pretty much into the modern era. In those days I would also imagine that correction would have been nearly impossible.

I hope my musings give food for thought.

https://dirtydiaperlaundry.com/why-the-loose-diapers-an-explanation-of-vintage-diapering-techniques/