Millions of Americans are about to get hit with diaper sticker shock

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44. I am kind of a cusp baby

My parents used cloth diapers for me and my siblings born in the 60’s but the 70’s siblings were cloth diapers at home and pampers on the road. The transition was funny, I remember my parents saving bread bags to put cloth diapers in when not at home. We were a big family and lived by the hand me down, although I actually called them handeedowns and thought it was pretty cool to get my cousins clothes and used sporting goods, until I realized it was not as cool as I thought.

My daughter and son in law live in a small apartment, there is no drying line and cloth diapers don’t dry fast. My daughter was pregnant with our second grand child, working (teaching elementary school from home) son in law was able to change his work schedule to 4-12 so they could keep their almost 2 year old safe while both working and expecting their second child during a pandemic.

The are in a 750 Squ foot apartment with now 4 of them. Would it be possible to wash diapers for 2, an infant and toddler, yes, easy though, nope not really. Growing up in a 3 family house in the north east, every house had a clothesline attached to the back porch. It created a little space in the house. There were always diapers on the line and on radiators drying. They have neither.

My wife and I are both still working and financially helping, and in a few weeks, my wife will have her second vaccine and will move into their little apartment to help.