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Changing diapers

I guess I could have called it changing times but it would not have sounded as sexy. Here are some interesting changes that I can remember (mind you use of words like I can remember are indicative of either - A. Acute or onset of Alzheimer's B. Generation gap or proof of its existence) 1. Poop Entrapment and Disposal in physically challenged - this device in its earliest incarnation involved no device. It was left to the will of the crapee (usually an infant or invalid or geriatric) to conduct this natural phenomenon anytime the need arose and anywhere it arose. Then came the advanced thinking around disease control and hygiene which resulted in cloth strips to contain the exodus. These could be and were recycled until the garment physically failed to perform its function. Then came the dawn of disposable products to aid the super busy families. This involved strapping chemically harmful substances wrapped in a paper like pouch around the belt region of crapee and allowin...