Lorraine Jorgenson.'s definitions

cloth diapers

Cloth diapers are diapers that can be laundered and used over and over again, multiple times. Fashioned out of soft absorbent material such as flannel, birdseye cotton, or gauze, cloth diapers are most commonly fastened with safety pins and worn with protective waterproof panties over top. Traditional old-fashioned cloth diapers are rectangle or square in shape, sheet styled in appearance, and require folding in order to be used on a baby or child. Standard traditional cloth diapers are white in colour.

In the dayhome we strictly used cloth diapers on all of the children.

The kids ran around inside the home wearing nothing but rubber pants and cloth diapers.

The child toddled around in loosely pinned cloth diapers.

by Lorraine Jorgenson. December 11, 2006

diaper changing trolley

Nearly identical to a regular standard baby changing table, except a diaper changing trolley is equipped with casters so one can roll it around the house, or from room to room. Diaper changing trollies are often used in baby daycare centres, halfway houses, foster care homes, and institutional settings, where large numbers of children are in diapers.

Diaper changing trollies are used to store all of the babies diaper changing needs, as well as a diaper pail. Diaper changing trollies were popular and widely used in the U.K. throughout the 1960's and 70's.

After supper I rolled the diaper changing trolley down the hall from baby room to baby room, to take care of all the children's diaper changes.

Before starting the diaper changing, I double checked that the diaper changing trolley was well stocked with extra diapers, rubber pants, and a clean diaper pail.

by Lorraine Jorgenson. December 12, 2006

Double diapering

The process of putting two diapers on a baby or child, rather than one. Mothers who use cloth diapers on their children quite often use the option of 'double diapering'.

At the dayhome double diapering was always done for naptime, and night-time.

by Lorraine Jorgenson. September 8, 2006

Diapering

Diapering: The act of changing, taking off, putting on diapers. The process of changing a diaper.

While at the local park, I observed two young mothers diapering their babies.

by Lorraine Jorgenson. August 24, 2006