Cloth Diapers

The KINS pants are great and have come a long way over the years. I really like the new 6mm pants along with their printed pants. The plastic is very smooth, comfortable and durable. I have visited their company in British Columbia several times and Jenny has become a good friend over the years. Talk about being in a candy store as this is the ultimate in cloth diapers, plastic pants, onesies and bibs.

A new company is https://www.changingtimesdiaperco.com and they offer adult pull-on waterproof pants from Bumkins Finer Baby Products here in the US. These are made with waterproof polyester and extremely comfortable and secure. They are an exact copy of the infant and toddler pants. The prints are bold and colorful and they also sell them in white. It's about time another manufacturer of infant diapering products began making adult size pants.

I to make my own Nappy's ,out of big fluffy bath towels

I cut of the stiff hems and redo' them with contrasting satin binding this way I can have any colour I want,

Ah, I too enjoyed the times when I could go to TG&Y or Woolworth's and see a large selection of baby pants. I was great to finally discover a baby pant which would fit and this was the Extra Large Super Size from Woolworth's. Unfortunately I discovered it too late and was only able to wear this size for a couple of years. Had I known before hand, I could have worn them for several years.

The department store catalogs were great. I was happy to find the Kleinert plastic pants in the Penney's catalog and the plastic snap-on incontinent pant in the one from Sears, Roebuck & Co. Use to order both types while living in Alaska and South Carolina.

In 1980 I was introduced to the Attends disposable briefs from Proctor & Gamble. At this time they were only available from three stores in the Cincinnati area and I was fortunate enough to be traveling through the city and stopped at one of the stores. How did I know this? I had been in contact with P&G about a larger size disposable diaper and they wrote back about the new Attends. This was the first disposable diaper I wore and even though they were not great, I was happy with them. I did not like the plastic type lining as it was very uncomfortable.

The VIP pants were great and Mary Archer made several special orders for me. We often wrote and spoke to each other. The last time was just before she closed the business. For you who don't know, she was the Plant Manager at Gerber Babywear before they moved the plastic pants manufacturing to Mexico. This is one reason she left Gerber and started VIP with several other former employees.

I asked her about the possibility of Gerber returning to the making of adult plastic pants. Basically, she stated Gerber has no interest in making the adult pants and this is why they discontinued the line in the mid 80's. In addition, Gerber actually does not even make the baby pants on the market today. They are made by a company in China under contract with Gerber. Well this pant is history unless VIP reopens. She maintains the equipment, supplies and the patterns. The business can be purchased if someone has the money.

I have been to the UK and was happy to find a catalog which sold adult nappies and plastic pants. I ordered two nappies and some pants and had them shipped to the US. The nappies are quite comfortable even though I am a big fan of gauze cotton diapers. I actually visited a shop on the outside of London which sold adult plastic pants. How I found them was just luck. They had a good assortment of pants, but non in my size. How unfortunate. There were chemist stores (including Boots) selling adult plastic pants and I purchased several pairs before returning home to the states.

Still remember the first Comco pants and even better, the Disney print pants they sold. Still have a large pant in the Disney print. These are rare.

Lets see how many other pants. The adult waterproof nylon pants from R. Duck in Santa Barbara. Visited their place on two occasions and purchased several pairs. Later mover to Hopkins, MN and changed the name to Top Drawers.

The Pro-Health Company in Lemont, IL sold an adult incontinent care system consisting of a Velcro flannel cloth diaper and plastic pant. The pants were available in 6 colors and resembled the Gerber style from VIP. Had several of these pants and was sorry to seem them close.

JK Personal Products was located in Oregon, then moved to Arizona. They offered many pants from Taiwan and the US. Kind of liked the pants from Taiwan as they were inexpensive.

Ordered many of my cloth diapers from MFB Incorporated in North Carolina. This was a small family company which offered mostly baby products, but expanded into the teen and adult size diapers. They were flannel diapers which were OK at the time.

Can't forget Edley Enterprises, Carolyn's Kids, Designs in Plastic, ABC Clothes, Crissy's Creations, Mainely Baby Bottoms, the original Drylife in the UK and Indisposables/Quality Care in Canada. I still have all these catalogs and many, many more.

Oh, the memories of visiting the manufacturers and buying direct. Have met many great people along the way to include Jenny at KINS in Canada, Karen who owns Unlimited Discount Diapers in Canada, and use to be a friend of Peggy Lu from Lifestyles Emporium in Santa Cruz.

WOW you get around Norcal. I've have allot of items from most of the places you've been to, never been to any though. I've always ordered through the internet.

I recently ordered some plastic pants from Peggy Lu, over two months ago! Emailed her two and a half weeks ago and asked, whats up? She said she was sick, but back on track and it would be a couple more DAYS? As I said, 2 1/2 weeks ago??? What a shame, I love the pants and have bought from there before, but that's not right!

Going shopping as a kid with my mother, was an ordeal. I mean, you have to look at it from a kids perspective. But, I have such vivid memories of going into Woolworth's at about 4 or 5, and I would separate from my mother to walk down the baby isle, so I could look at all the plastic baby pants there. That's like a fantasy I have now. I wish I could go back to that place and time, but as I am now. I'd love to be able to buy all I wanted, and they would all be my size. Adult baby in a candy store (well Woolworth's) I'd stop at the lunch counter too 😉 😄 Remember the lunch counter in Woolworth's? I remember they had balloons hanging up there, and you would choose which one you wanted, they would pop it and some had prises like free ice cream desert, or next lunch free, etc. That was one of the other things that wasn't an ordeal while out shopping with my mother 😁

I understand your concerns with Peggy Lu at Lifestyles Emporium. We were great friends until she burned me on a deal. She has always been inconsistent and not the greatest business owner. She has her own ideas about running an adult diaper products service and on many occasions has fallen behind leaving her customers frustrated. She has moved three times since I first met her and all because of financial trouble. All I can say is keep on her about your order and it will arrive one day. She may be slow, but will come through to fullfill her orders. I enjoy the Lang type plastic pants, but will not even place an order with her out of fear it may never arrive.

Woolworth's was my greatest discovery as a kid for baby pants. In fact, I was so naive I didn't even know what a toddler was. I could have had a great time with plastic pants had I know the toddler was the biggest and their super size and extra large super size would have been a perfect fit. We lived pretty close to the store and I was able to go by myself as I got older and spent a great deal of time going up and down the baby pants isle. Oh how this brings back memories.

I like the Lang pants very much myself, that's why I wanted to try Lifestyles again. That was one of the first places I order stuff from when I found the internet many years ago. I don't think Peggy had the Lang type back then, but I got some Gary pants from her. I know she's had some trouble through the years, that's why I did shy away. But I wanted to get some more Lang pants bad, so I thought I try ordering from her now. I always hear she's a good person, but bad at business ??? Oh well, I will try and keep on her about delivering.

I was trying to remember this one store I liked to go to to look at the baby things there too. I remembered it now, Bradlee's. They've long since when out, but I remember being in there once, and this was when I was older, late teens maybe? I saw these great looking pastel colored plastic pants. I thought about them so much later, I decided to go back and buy some, even though there was no way they would have fit me, I just wanted to have them. He who hesitates is lost When I went back, they were gone. I never saw any like that again :'( I remember going to a store near where my cousin lived, Ames. Didn't have any around where I lived, anyway I did buy a few from there. I even made some makeshift training pants from two pairs of Carters or maybe they were Curity training pants, the kind with the terry cloth on the inside and the plastic cover. I bought the biggest size they had, and cut the fronts off both pairs leaving the crouch, then I sewed them back together to make one bigger pant. That worked pretty good, good enough for me anyway.

I remember the Empire brand plastic pants. I have many in my collection too.

Great memories. I remember walking the streets and looking at the clotheslines and guessing the age of the kids wearing those diapers and plastic pants by the size of them. The bigger the plastic pants were the more thrilled I was. It seems to me the minute I was out of diapers I wanted back in them.

Norcalabdl, you mentionned the name of Jen from Babykins. I buy my plastic pants from them over the telephone and I have talked to this lady and also to Fran. They were always very nice to me and very helpful. But I like Fran better for some reason, Jenny seems to be more in a hurry.

I am planning to go to Vancouver shortly and I thought I should pay them a visit. In you opinion is it worth it? What is there to see for shopping for diapers and plastic pants? Do they normally have the time to take you around for a visit of their place?

Thanks for your help and for the great memories.

It is well worth a visit to Babykins if you are going to be in the area. I have mainly dealt with Jenny over the years as she did customs orders for me. Jenny can be in a hurry at times as I am sure the business keeps her very busy and time might be limited when dealing with customers. I have met Fran and she is a very friendly person as you mentioned.

They have a new location somewhere in town and I don't know the new address. I'm sure it will be posted to their website.

Definitely stop by Unlimited Discount Diapers in Richmond. One of their locations is at #130-3031 Beckman Pt at Bridgeport Road. Karen White owns these stores and is very friendly if you can meet her. She has a great supply of adult products along with all the infant diapering items.

I luvs Babykins too. My list is very long, and I like different diapers and plastic pants at different times, and when in different moods. Babykins, Loving Comfort, Angel Fluff, B4NS, Changing Times, Kosi Kare, and there are more! 😁

Terries are the only nappies I wear,as was brought up as a child in these.the fluffy white diaper under clear plastic pants....nice

[color=#000000]For this BABY girl and her mommy,it is almost always purchses from "The chnging times diaper company".We find that company to ALWAYS very speedy in the delivery,and there products are what we are always looking for for cloth diapering supplies.We do also purchse from other sites and companies,but MOSTLY from the above mentioned company.[/color]

I was buying my plastic panties from Comco Manufactoring LLC, but they now don't deliver outside the U.S anymore because they say the can't track the package. so I am trying Fetware. I hope I don't have problems

I just got a return call from Comco LLC and they said that because I was a good customer that they would make an exception would deliver and order that I would place with them. Such a great company. I really love how thick their plastic pants are and how snug the elastic waist and leg bands are and that they come in all four colors and when you buy big packs of 3 or 6 they come even cheaper and now they have satin covered rumba panties and they also deliver very quickly and discreetly,depending on the size of the order in a plain brown envelope or a plain brown box.

I have always worn cloth diapers and plastic pants/ The only time disposables were used is sometimes if we were out of town and we ran out of my cloth diapers and could not wash them. I did not like the feel of the disposable diapers.

I prefer cloth with plastic panties. I did wear cloth for many years; but, by Monday morning three days of diapers made the laundry room stink. I have since swithced to disposable diapers with water proof panties. Stevie

If I had the room, I would display my diapers and waterproof panties so everyone that entered my bedroom would know that I a real diaper lover/ adult baby! Stevie

Cloth Diapers are Thirsty monsters, if you select the right ones, you have to maintain the laundry cycle a lil more often. However the pay off is great for night time use.

I love to wear 3 cloth nappies and my pretty pink plastic panties

A 48" square terry nappy with another folded to make a booster with a pair of thick plastic pants with tight elastic. Absolute heaven.

I used to have my flannelet diapers sewn my the brother of woman I worked with In an chronic care residence that had a piece sewing company and as long as I provided the material and the size of the diaper I could get as many as 18 flannelet diapers four around $6 a diaper and because the have lasted for years I haven't had any made for about for 5 years. I should give him a call in case some of these diapers wear out and I need a replenish my supply. My biggest fear is that he retires and I don't have anyone to make cloth diapers for me anymore.

Just a vote for cloth snap on Diapers.....Heres a good hint for getting them dried out after washing....Use less energy and therefore less $$$ toss a few clean dry bath towels in with the cloth diapers cuts the drying time down a heck of a lot with the dry towels tumbling in there too try it...Works with regular laundry in the dryer too....Heck pennys saved buys more of what we need eh ?

I enjoy both cloth and disposables I like the cloth for the thick bulky feeling and the cute accessories that come with them. I like disposables for the same reasons and if a quick change is needed. They also can be taped on tight and give a constant reminder that your in it as they are not as lose as cloth.

As a child of the fifties, it was cloth diapers and rubber or plastics pants. what a thrill to ride around town on your bike and check out all the snowy white diapers blowing in the breeze. i had very limited opportunities to wear diapers and never actually got to use diapers till i moved away from home. i did get to indulge in homemade diapers (several thin smooth dish towels) pinned on along with my favorite plastic pants. i just loved plastic pants and would buy mine at area stores. but my favorite were the Empire Plastic Pants which i found at kressge's. armed with a note i wrote with a list of things to pick-up like an extension cord and of course the alluring plastic pants. i was a small boy and could comfortably wear the toddler super large which fit 30 lbs. and over since my diaper was pretty thin. i was able wear these for a number years till my mom found them. i have read somewhere that old toddler plastic pants would fit a child 100 lbs or more and just were labeled for toddler children. i guess it was ok to buy toddler plastic pants, without letting others know that you had an older bedwetter. bewetting was a family secret for many families.

If money was not an object, I would have shelves of disposable and cloth diapers. My waterproof panties would be the colors of the rainbow and range from very frilly to very plain. If my wife would not change my diaper, then I would gladly pay someone to.

I will always be a cloth diaper and plastic pants toddler.I was born in 1948,just after rubber pants were stopped being made, It was because or the WWII and they need rubber for army trucks and jeeps. I,at four or five ,would go to the big department stores like Eaton's And Simpons' and the Hudson's Bay with my mom to look for plastic pants for my younger brother,1&2 and I would look at all the different styles and feel them and smell them and if my mom wasn't looking I'd steal one or two pairs for myself. I also loved, when I got old enough to go uptown by myself to go to the basement of Simpons' or Eaton's and wait for a saleslady to ask if I need help and would say that I was looking for plastic "baby" pants that would fit me because I wet the bed and my mom wanted me to feel and look like a big baby because only babies and sissies pee their beds,or I would just tell them that I wanted to feel like baby. Usually they would help and with a little grin,trying very hard not to laugh, would let me pick out the right size and also some cute colored and baby prints ones. My favorite plastic panties are now from Comco MFG. because youn can order then in bulk(3 or 6 pack) and also mix the colors all for a very reasonable price, They come in basic white,pink,yellow and blue and they have a wide crotch for bulky cloth dapers and they stay soft and pliable for an incredibly long time,I"ve had some for years and though they do get a bit hard and noisey,if you wear the over soggy wet diapers for a couple of hours they come back to bieng soft and plasticy again.

I just wanted to add that just recently I went on UTube and fould some old 60s and 70s Pamper's tv ads that were comparing Pampers diapers over cloth diapers and adding in those ads( sometimes it was male voice and sometimes it was woman's voice over the ad saying that you didn't need plastic pnts anymore because of the plastic backing) and somtimes it was a Mom that was a freind or a neighbor taking about how you didn't need plastic pants. I HATED those Pamper's ads when they first came out,but now I enjoy them just to hear the various women's voices saying "plastic pants" because you just don't hear women talking about the old cloth diapers and plastic panties anymore.

Ok I am a rank newb when it comes to anything diaper so I may be asking something that is 2nd nature to some people here.

#1 I may be incorrect here but I am under the impression that cloth is not as good as disposables. I still like the thought of cloth better especially if I can find cloth pull ups,I guess my question here is what can be done to improve cloth.Maybe liners or plastic pants or both,would that make them work as effective as regular throwaways.

Im sure this is an easy one considering there was a time when they were all that was available

#2 How do you clean cloth diapers,I cant see throwing fully soiled nappies in a washing machine

Well newb your wrong. Cloth is better then disposables for absorbing. The main reason cloth is less popular is because incontinent folks (like me) need to change quickly if at work or out in public. Cloth is allot more detailed as far as fitting and pinning goes . Not to mention the bulk you get from cloth.

I like cloth for night time when nobody can see me and i dont care about thickness as much. But when at work or in public that is not the case. I need something at those times that easy to change and dont have me waddle like a duck. Hope this helped you .

Who offers cloth pull ups and can I have a link.They have to be out there somewhere.I havent really searched all that much but II trust opinion here more than just the looks of some sight I landed on typing things into a search engine