I just shared a memory with my friends that sounds unbelievable now, and they were totally shocked. It really shows how much parenting has changed.
Before disposable diapers and all the modern gear, raising a baby was a totally different game. My mom had this routine that seems wild today: she would rinse dirty cloth diapers right in the toilet. She’d swish them, wring them out with her hands, and toss them in a pail for laundry day. To me, it was just a normal part of life.
Thinking about it now, it really highlights how resourceful that generation was. There were no shortcuts—just pure practicality, doing whatever needed to be done to make it work.
Nowadays, it's easy to take modern conveniences for granted. It makes me appreciate the resilience of parents back then. They were the true toilet-bowl warriors.
So, did anyone else’s mom or grandma do this? Am I the only one with this vivid, rent-free memory?
