Real Diaper Association

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How did our mothers learn to cloth diaper their new babies in the past? They didn't reinvent diapers with each child and every generation. They passed on the knowledge from Grandmother to Mother to Daughter. We in the era of broad internet support reinvent cloth diapers with every new parent and every baby, but we did not invent cloth diapers or the need they address. As the era of throwaway diapers passes, we can look to see how parents cloth diapered before us. The knowledge of cloth diapers was not lost. There have been women among us all along who know about cloth diapers. Your grandmother should know. Real Diaper Association is sponsoring a year-long project called Your Grandmother Should Know, collecting interviews and oral histories from our grandmothers, mothers, and any older friend who remembers how cloth diapering used to be done. We encourage our members to participate by recording interviews, which we will then collect into one archive.