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diaper changing table

A diaper changing table is a special table that allows easy diaper changing of babies. A table of counter top height, baby changing tables are equipped with shelving to hold supplies such as diapers, rubber pants, pins, ointment, training pants, baby wash cloths, change pads, etc. Baby diaper changing tables are most often equipped with vinyl changing pads on top of them, and a safety strap to secure active babies in place while changing diapers.
The daycare where I worked had 2 diaper changing tables in the nursery room.

I laid the baby down on top of the diaper changing table before bedtime, to change his diapers.

I noticed that the top shelf of the baby diaper changing table had two neatly folded stacks of cloth diapers on it, along with several pairs of rubber pants and some diaper pins.
by Lorraine Jorgenson. November 1, 2006
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Towelling squares

Towelling squares or (towelling nappies) as they are also known by and referred to as, are diapers made out of soft and fluffy 100% cotton terry towelling. Towelling squares are standard diapers in the U.K., and are traditionally used with pins and rubber pants just as our cloth diapers are here in Canada and the United States.
Mrs Johnson gathered up all three corners of her daughters towelling squares by pulling them snug and tight. She then swiftly pushed a nappy pin through the overlapped layers right at the very top centre front, and finished up by pulling on a pair of rubber pants over top.

While walking through the alleyway, I spotted a sagging clothesline with towelling squares and rubber pants hung up drying on it.
by Lorraine Jorgenson. August 23, 2006
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Diaper liner

A soft paper like, or fabric sheet used to line the inside of a baby's diaper with. Diaper liners are mainly used with cloth diapers, but can be used with disposable diapers as well. Diaper liners help prevent excessive soiling of diapers, particularly cloth diapers, eliminating the need for thorough rinsing and soaking after changing, while at the same time helping to provide a protective barrier between babies tender skin and the wet or soiled diapers, reducing the incidence of diaper rash.
Before putting the clean cloth diaper on my son, I placed a diaper liner inside the cloth diaper.

All of the babies in the dayhome wore cloth diapers with diaper liners and rubber pants.

My friend uses diaper liners on her children.
by Lorraine Jorgenson. August 28, 2006
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diaper scald

Diaper scald, severe skin irritation and rash caused by the build-up of excessive heat inside a baby's diapers. Diaper scald, the formation of skin eruptions in the form of pimple like, and red rash like areas, on a baby's diaper covered bottom. Diaper scald, (diaper rash).
All of the children wearing diapers at the halfway house, were suffering from severe diaper scald.

Mothers who use traditional cloth diapers on their children often forego the use of rubber pants during extremely hot, dry, or humid days, to avoid inevitable diaper scald.
by Lorraine Jorgenson. September 26, 2006
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Nappies

Nappies is another term that is used in many other countries to describe diapers. Nappies just like diapers, come in both disposable and cloth versions, and are used the exact same way as diapers are used here in Canada and the United States.
When naptime came, Mrs Smith put both the baby and toddler into their baby cots, and changed their nappies and rubber pants.
by Lorraine Jorgenson. August 23, 2006
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diaper stacker

A soft plastic or cloth bag shaped nursery item equipped with a clothes hanger, used for storing babies diapers in. Diaper stackers are most often gingham in design and colour.
Two large diaper stackers were hung up inside the closet of the baby's room.

In our house I used two diaper stackers, one for cloth diapers, and the other for rubber pants.

The mother I used to babysit for kept all of her children's cloth diapers neatly folded, and in a yellow vinyl diaper stacker.
by Lorraine Jorgenson. December 12, 2006
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rubber diaper

Anyone familiar with cloth diapering has most likely heard the term "rubber diaper", or "rubber diapers" before. It's slang for rubber pants. Children are famous for calling rubber pants "rubber diapers", as one of my daughters did.
Mrs. Smith was in changing diapers on the baby and called out to Mrs. Jones to bring her in two diapers, and a rubber diaper.
by Lorraine Jorgenson. August 6, 2006
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