"I'll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash you got."
Posted on 09/24/2019 9:55:53 AM PDT by bgill
I can’t believe that disposable diapers are any less polluting to the environment than plastic straws. Like many so-called biodegradable wipes, they don’t actually disintegrate over a period of time. I used cloth diapers for both my sons, one born in 1966, and the other in 1971.
Don’t forget the 20 Mule Team Borax!
And don’t forget the rubber cover-up pants!
Hmm...we used cloth diapers on both of our girls in the late ‘80s - early ‘90s. They last forever - I’m still using one as a polishing cloth! And they’re MUCH cheaper than disposables. I’d be willing to donate 20 cloth diapers to any diaper bank.
Colonel, USAF (ret)
Ha! That’s what we all should do....offer to donate CLOTH diapers to these lazy @$$ losers.
I remember when my first child was born in the late 80’s.
A box of disposable diapers in my area could not be had for anything less than ten bucks. I was only making around 19 grand per year.
It really irritated me. I bit the bullet and bought them. She was my child and it was my responsibility.
Austin Diaper Bank Board of Directors
Board Chair
Kirsten Voinis
Owner, K. Voinis Communications
Board Vice Chair
David Campbell
Attorney, O’Hanlon, McCollom & Demerath
Board Treasurer
Ryan Suneson
Vice President, Finance, Alegion
Board Secretary
Jed Miracle
CPA, Common Threads
Board Members
Susie Martinez
Chief Strategy Officer & National Network Director, Latin American Youth Center
Chris Napierkowski
Owner, Snapology Austin
Nicole LeFave
Attorney, Littler Mendelson PC
Nyre Spitzer
Freelance Graphic Designer
Allison Steinberg
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, 3M Electrical Markets
Megan Gray
General Pediatrician, University of Texas Dell Medical School and CommUnity Care
Tricia Moose
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Beth Yehaskel
Chief Customer Officer, Ceresa
Laura Lee Daigle
Freelance Graphic Designer, LLB Designs
Funny, they don’t list a phone #, so we can call and ask them if they take donations of CLOTH diapers.
A list of their ‘sponsers’ says it all.
I don’t remember exactly what she did use. There was always a clean stack of soft white cloth diapers ready.
True story: I was working in a city when I was approached by a woman who asked me for money to buy diapers for her kid. I thought that if she really needed them then I would be more than happy to provide the money. But if she was using the money for drugs or booze I wouldn’t want to help.
So, I figured we could enter a nearby store and purchase the diapers. She agreed to follow me into the store. I purchase them and I handed her the diapers. I was very pleased with myself while walking away until about a block away I looked back. I saw her re-enter the store with the diapers. I waited and watched and saw her exit the store without the diapers.
Talk about feeling stupid.
"I'll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash you got."
How about this? If you can’t afford diapers, don’t have kids!
I tried to teach our children about doing for others. We contacted the local nursing home to bring Christmas cheer to one of their clients who wouldn’t have a Christmas. They were all excited and gave us the lady’s size and what she needed.
Before we were even out of the room, the staff was dividing the stuff between themselves. I was so angry. Never again.
Biden and Pelosi might have extra supplies.
It depends...
Almost two generations have gone by since the beginning of the use of disposable diapers, and people have forgotten about cloth diapers apparently.
My wife, and I used cloth when our kids were born in the early seventies. Wife thought they were better, more comfortable for the babies. I didn’t mind changing them all that much, and she of course didn’t either.
NOT having shopped for such items in almost fifty years now I’m wondering if cloth diapers are still available. They work fine.
I clearly recall when my children were babies and toddlers, we didn’t use disposable diapers, we couldn’t afford them, we used good old fashioned(well not so old fashioned then)cloth diapers. I am so sick and tired of these bullshit made up crisis that can only be solved with someone else’s money........always the taxpayers and almost always for illegals.
There is no end of stuff people want for free. How about free tires for their car? That should be a human right. How about kitchen appliances? Shouldn’t they be free also?
Why would people who give away something g of value believe that demand wouldn’t increase? It will keep increasing...
Washed them every weekend and used them again. For many years, we didn't have a dryer so we hung them on the clothesline to dry.
We never thought anything about it. Disposables were too expensive for our budget.
We still have some of those diapers in our "rag bag" on the farm to this day.
Dittos. People were amazed that I, as a dad, could change regular diapers. The disposable ones are crazy expensive. Daughters are easier than sons, less chance to get squirted.
All the lefties wanted mom to leave the home, abandon chlldcare and go out to work. Landfills teeming with dirty diapers is only one of the terrible results of their social engineering. Not very “green.” And yet, we’re supposed to go without plastic straws, airplanes and cars.
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