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From: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: diapers
Message-ID: <1413@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Oct-84 14:53:47 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 26 14:53:47 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 28-Oct-84 06:32:00 EST
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Reply-To: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall)
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Summary: 

In article <458@aluxe.UUCP> david1@aluxe.UUCP (nelson) writes:
> My wife and I tried cloth diapers when our son was born 3 years ago.  We
> used 1 once and quit.

Large statistical sample...

> When he wet it was like he was wearing a sopping wet rag.  It was
> disgusting.

Not quite as disgusting as peeling off the stuff you get when the disposable
has sucked all the moisture out of a dirty diaper.

> With disposables, much of the wet is better absorbed.  Unless one changes
> a cloth diaper IMMEDIATELY, I would recommend disposables.

You mean you let the poor kid sit in it?  Just because the "wet" is not
directly against their skin doesn't mean it's producing any less ammonia.
I realize that when one has made a big investment in a disposable diaper
one is reluctant to put it into the "loss" column, but that's like driving
around a 250K mile "beater" with the excuse that it was a expensive car
in '61.  And now that disposables are refastenable...

Look, a kid yells when uncomfortable.  I'd rather have my kid yelling
*now* because he's uncomfortably wet than *2 hours from now* because he's
uncomfortably ammoniated.

Besides, it's nice to be able to grab a normal diaper when you have an
emergency need for a "burp" rag.

Larry Wall, "Committee for the Straight Poop on Diapers"
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