[Ansteorra] Undergarments and stuff

[Jennifer Jackson]

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

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Zakes" <dontivar at gmail.com>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Undergarments and stuff


> At 11:33 PM 9/20/2006, you wrote:
>>On Sep 20, 2006, at 2:47 PM, Claude Anthony Penny wrote:
>>
>> > I know that Victorian panties were split in the crotch, so that one
>> > didn't have to rearrange all of the layers, when one went to the
>> > necessary.  I keep wondering if any underpants were used, for
>> > ladies and
>> > small children, in much of period.
>>
>>Not for small children. Both sexes appear to be dressed in simple
>>tunics.  The kid needs to go, put him outside the door of the cottage
>>in the cabbage patch ( I think that was the plant). No diapers, no
>>underclothes to get messy during toilet training. I still don't
>>understand how that fits in with swaddling the babies, though.
>
>
> <chuckle> I guess you've never raised kids. That technique might work
> for a child who has been toilet-trained, but for an infant? They go
> when they need to go, and there's little or no warning beforehand. A
> diaper (or something that serves the same purpose) would be necessary
> or you'd be cleaning the floor an *awful* lot.
>
>         -Tivar Moondragon
>
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