Who remembers PLASTIC pants being called RUBBER pants?

I was out of diapers by 1951.

Posted on this earlier but this came to mind. We also called rubber pants "rubber baby buggy bumpers". I remember it being infinitely less humiliating than the term

"rubber pants". Whenever mom said "rubber pants" while diapering us kids I always felt like I was struck by lightning. Mom had to see my reaction (EEK). Can't figure that one out......

It used to be possible in the late 1970s / early 1980s to buy adult-sized REAL rubber pants. One of the early ABDL suppliers (had to have been either Amber E. or Carolyn's Kids) had them. I once bought a pair. They were very much as described by Nick, below. I didn't realize how fragile they were, put them on, sat on a metal folding chair, slid my butt over to get comfortable, and this caused them to rip. And that was the end of my rubber pants! Still, an interesting experience just to try them.

Yeah, Tried em too. I bought two pairs. The thing I really liked about them was the tight and I mean Tight fit. They were like a girdle pushing my diapers in. It was awesome.

The biggest problem was they tore really easy. The slightest snag and they blow out. I really like the feel of plastic pants way better so when the "rubbers" blew that was the end of them for me. Either way, waterproof baby pants will always be "rubber pants" for me. Nice history lesson though heehee......

I don't think I've ever had rubber pants - just the old plastic diaper pants we wore in the "olden days" (1960's) From the sound of it, I'm not sure real rubber pants are worth it - must be hot, and they sound fragile. Am wrong in this opinion?

I don't think rubber pants are any hotter than plastic pants but they are more fragile. That's not to say they are useless though. If you're careful with them they would probably last as long as plastic. Just don't snag them or get a hole. They're actually pretty tough if you don't get a tear like at the leg opening. But once you do the tear runs sort of like cellophane.

We had rubber pants in the late 40's when I was a baby. Mom had a wringer washer she used. You had to be careful around the wringer it was an unforgiving price of machinery. Thus the phrase. "Don't get your tits in a wringer."

I wore plastic pants and cloth nappies in the late fifties and early sixties, and for a good few years after that too, because I wet the bed virtually every night. I can remember my mum referring to them as "rubbers", "rubber pants" and even occasionally "rubber knickers". God knows how they ever found out ('cos I certainly didn't tell them!) but some kids in our neighbourhood found out that I still wet the bed and wore nappies for it, and I can remember one kid telling others at school that I still wore "rubbers and nappies".

And yes, my mum had a wringer too, but she called it (as I think most people in the UK called them) a mangle.

I was born in the sixties and my mom always said nappy and rubber pants. There is just something about hearing that term that takes me back to being little. When my children where little we still called them rubber pants or "rubber".

I can remember my mum said go get your nappies and rubbers l get you ready for bedtime in the morning got red rings round both legs were the elastic had been my was but on the washing line to dry

My mom always called them rubber pants when growing up. Today I have both plastic and rubber pants that go over my diapers. Disposables during the day and cloth at night. Today my wife wife refers to them as my plastics or rubbers...

Yes I remember my mother calling them rubber pants when I was growing up in the fifty's but they were plastic just quite a bit thicker and nosier than todays ones. I wish I could find somewhere to buy some as I liked the crinkly sound they made

Yes I remember my mother calling them rubber pants when I was growing up in the fifty's but they were plastic just quite a bit thicker and nosier than todays ones. I wish I could find somewhere to buy some as I liked the crinkly sound they made

I fondly remember the same thing as a child and loved the way the crinkled. My wife now always refers to them as my plastic pants or even baby pants!

Mom always called them rubber pants.

I don't remember much about my nappies and "rubber" pants as a child but do recall that when mum took them out of the airing cupboard they were always stuck together and she would spend a lot of time fiddling with them to separate all the rubber out so she could get over my feet and cover the soft cotton napppies (bliss !)

My parents only ever called them "plastic pants" and I believe that they always were made of plastic rather than rubber.

My grandparents aways referred to them as "pilchers" for some reason and I've never worked out the derivation of that term.

My parents only ever called them "plastic pants" and I believe that they always were made of plastic rather than rubber.

My grandparents aways referred to them as "pilchers" for some reason and I've never worked out the derivation of that term.

It took 5 seconds on google to find this:

PLURAL NOUN --- PILCHERS

A waterproof cover worn over a baby's nappy.

‘pilchers don't have to be the old-style hard plastic pull-ons’

More example sentences

Origin

Late 19th century: from the obsolete pilch ‘a triangular wrapper of flannel or wool worn over a baby's napkin’.

I've seen the term "pilchers" used now and then - I suspect it's British in origin based on where I've seen it.

My wife calls my plastic pants "Rubbers"

It's "Rubber Pants" for me. When I was a kid, there were times when my brother and sisters and I were threatened with being put back in "diapers and rubber pants". The threat was absolutely terrifying to me. Just the mention of rubber pants sent a chill thru me.

For some reason "rubber pants" were far more disturbing than "diapers". Even though rubber pants were always going to be used with diapers. Maybe it was the fact that when I got to where I was put in training pants I was still condemned to the dread "RUBBER PANTS"!!! over them. With the fore drawn conclusion that I was a wetter and rubber pants are what wetters wear.

Sinde i actually use both plastic pantscand rubber blomers , so my use depends what I am wearinf

Rubber pants. Although they weren't rubber. Once in a while. For the most part they were called "baby pants".

My Mom always used Gerber grey frosted plastic pants. Mostly pull-on; but as I got older and toilet training was in progress, she had snap-ons in her purse or my supply bag (what she called my diaper bag as I got older). She would drop my pants and snap on the plastic pants over my training pants whenever she thought I might have an accident.

The plastic pants, however, were always called rubber pants. I was always confused growing up about the difference between plastic, vinyl and rubber. I could never tell the difference. For example, I always thought shower curtains were made of rubber because they were made out of the same material as my "rubber pants."

My dad seldom referred to me wearing diapers. If I wet my pants, he would say that I needed to be put into rubber pants. I think this was because he seldom participated in diapering me and wasn't always sure when he saw me in rubber pants whether I was diapered underneath or had on my thick training pants. All he knew was that if I wet my pants, the solution was putting me in rubber pants and did not necessarily require him to put me in a diaper. He could just put me in rubber pants or have my mom or the nanny do that. If we were going some where, he would always inquire whether I need rubber pants.

I remember once being at someone's house and my mom was changing my diaper. She did not have a dry pair of rubber pants for me. So she borrowed a pair from her friend who had a boy who was like a year younger than me. The only pair that would fit me were white plastic with nursery prints on them, blocks and clowns. Her friend called them "baby pants." From then on nursery print pants were "baby pants" and the frosted grey pants that I usually wore were "rubber pants." Thus as I got older, I was comforted that while I still had to wear rubber pants, at lest I was not in baby pants.

I was born in 1972 and my Mom and Grandma always referred to any type of waterproof cover I wore over my diapers as "rubber pants". Most were plastic or vinyl, but I actually can remember having some grey colored gum rubber pants. they were very stretchy and comfortable. Same thing with my "rubber sheet". It was actually a vinyl one, but was always referred to as a "rubber sheet'. Very old school.

I'm such an old fart I don't remember my days in diapers. IIRC, I was potty trained by 2 - 3 years old and out of diapers.

I was born in the early sixties, and while I'm sure what I wore were plastic pants, my mom always referred to them as "Rubber pants". When getting ready to change me or one of my younger brothers or sisters, she'd tell one of us to get "...the powder can, a washcloth, 2 (or 3) diapers, and a pair of rubber pants.

I was born in the late 50s ,and I can always remember them as being called "Rubbers " , Today my wife calls them "washing " on account when new ones arrive in the post to save my face going red as i knew what what was in the package ,I always say "Washing " weird I know .

I'm 70 now, born in 47.

i don't actually remember wearing plastic or rubber pants but when i was about 4 and living with my aunt and uncle my cousin who was maybe 2 was always in baby pants of some kind. i "borrowed" a pair, of course. i have been fascinated by rubber and plastic pants ever since.

re actual rubber pants made from latex or vulcanized rubber.

these have been around in one style or another since as early as the 1890's.

until the latter 40's they were loose-fitting tho snug at waist and thigh. Platex came a long in the late 30's as well as many other similar brands and these were fashionable for a maybe 10 years or so. in the late 40's plastic pants started to become common and in a few years replaced rubber. I think playtex stopped making latex pants about 1953 - sigh....

personally, i like both plastic and rubber. if you are willing to spend the money, (like 150 can. dolllars) you can get a phenomenally good pair of latex rubber pants and if you wish have the legs and waist made to measure. I can't recommend these more. they are really the ultimate in leak protection. they are also very sturdy if treated reasonably. probably outlast plastic in fact.

just google either kinky diapers or inkoswiss - it is in fact the same company. the woman who runs it and makes the pants with her small staff of skilled workers is very helpful. you will not be disappointed.

enjoy, sunsoul

I think like most of you , I was born in the very early 60s ,and I still remember Mum calling them Rubber Pants , Its a phrase I still get turned on too . Ive enjoyed all the memories that you guys have shared .Thank-You

They were always "rubbers" in my childhood days and only became "plastic" pants when my children were babies.

I remember my mum "unsticking" the rubber after drying before putting them on my younger sibling.

I think she used to use a lot of Johnson and Johnson talc on them to prevent more sticking, which would explain my liking of baby powder without the AB bit.