Osthagen
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In Scotland, Pampers Baby Dry nappies still had a plastic backing in early 2000.
I wore what I think were those for bed wetting then as an 11 year old, and those were indeed plastic.
My sister was born in April 2000. I was put on nappy-duty right from the start, so I knew first-hand that the transition between plastic- and cloth-backed was by no means complete at that point.
Her very nappies at the hospital were plastic-backed. Although I can't comment on which brand, they were devoid of any designs at all. In that case they were perhaps a medical brand for infants. As I recall, most of the ones she wore at home during her first few months of life were plastic-backed, and perhaps a few "hybrids" - we bought a mixture of Pampers, Huggies and supermarket types for her then. All of the Huggies were cloth-backs, but I think the Baby-Dry and supermarket were plastic, and still relatively crinkly and even bulky.
By the time of that Christmas, I think the Baby Dry had gone fully cloth-backed.
Supermarket nappies generally stayed plastic-backed at that time, their shift came more in the following years -- roughly 2001-2003, but it still wasn't unusual to see plastic-backed brands up to and including 2006.
I remember my sister had some “Tesco Value” nappies c. early 2003, which were plastic-backed.
The "cloth-backed" of back then was still half-the-world away from the cloth-backed of today.
I wore what I think were those for bed wetting then as an 11 year old, and those were indeed plastic.
My sister was born in April 2000. I was put on nappy-duty right from the start, so I knew first-hand that the transition between plastic- and cloth-backed was by no means complete at that point.
Her very nappies at the hospital were plastic-backed. Although I can't comment on which brand, they were devoid of any designs at all. In that case they were perhaps a medical brand for infants. As I recall, most of the ones she wore at home during her first few months of life were plastic-backed, and perhaps a few "hybrids" - we bought a mixture of Pampers, Huggies and supermarket types for her then. All of the Huggies were cloth-backs, but I think the Baby-Dry and supermarket were plastic, and still relatively crinkly and even bulky.
By the time of that Christmas, I think the Baby Dry had gone fully cloth-backed.
Supermarket nappies generally stayed plastic-backed at that time, their shift came more in the following years -- roughly 2001-2003, but it still wasn't unusual to see plastic-backed brands up to and including 2006.
I remember my sister had some “Tesco Value” nappies c. early 2003, which were plastic-backed.
The "cloth-backed" of back then was still half-the-world away from the cloth-backed of today.
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