I was reminded today that when my first child was born, 43 years ago, disposable diapers were a fairly new invention. Fort Wayne was a test city for one brand - I think it was Johnson & Johnson - and I really liked them. We couldn't afford to use disposables all of the time so I bleached and washed a lot of diapers and used the disposables only at night and when we were traveling. We drove a VW bus camper conversion back then, and when the kids were still in diapers we would load the little closets at the back of the bus with as many disposable diapers as we could squeeze in. As the closets emptied out we knew we were coming to the end of another vacation.
Now, of course, disposables are everywhere, but a "new" trend is evolving. A friend of mine is pregnant and planning to use cloth diapers. I was really surprised to hear this, and even more surprised, when I explored the bumgenius web site, to find out what cloth diapers look like these days. They aren't flat white rectangles of soft cloth that can be folded to different sizes. They are a system with absorbent washable inserts that fit into colorful pants that close with velcro. Very cute, and apparently easy to use, but I have a feeling that the diaper pail will still be a big part of the process.
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