[Ansteorra] Undergarments and stuff

[Chris Zakes]

At 09:44 PM 9/21/2006, you wrote:
>On Sep 21, 2006, at 9:29 PM, Jennifer Jackson wrote:
>
> > Tivar,
> >
> > I hesitate to correct an experienced father, but people all over
> > the world
> > do not diaper their little ones today.  It's the newest thing in
> > "natural
> > parenting." :)  Though it is used traditionally in several cultures
> > outside
> > the U.S.
> >
> >   I use diapers myself and am grateful for them.  Apparently if you
> > ware
> > your baby all the time you are more aware of his signals and
> > schedule.  You
> > then hold the little guy over the toilet or some other suitable spot.
> > Perhaps if diapers cost what fabric did in early times we would all
> > learn to
> > read the signs better.
> >
> > Genevria
>
>It may depend upon the class of the family. Many peasant families
>would have had to haul water a considerable distance. Washing diapers
>takes a fair amount of water. Tivar, would you have used diapers if
>it meant carrying the water to clean those diapers several hundred
>yards in a bucket? Probably in several trips.
>
>I guess the alternative is hauling the dirty diapers to the creek or
>other water source, although that still seems like lot of work
>considering the number of diapers probably needed.

So what's less work? Washing the diapers (which can get dumped into a 
tub and all washed at more-or-less the same time) or washing the 
floor several times a day--i.e. every time Junior has an "accident"?

         -Tivar Moondragon