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erazmus
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   Posted 4/20/2008 8:55 AM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
What weirdness said.
I had to laugh at your question. Before there were diapers, we lived in caves and under the eves of fallen trees and seldom wore even so much as a squirrel hide. Its almost the first piece of clothing invented.

Mike


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"Psyched Up" in _Turn the other Chick_-ed. E. Friesner-Baen books
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"Dutchman Rescue"in Continuum SF #6
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"An Incident at Black Tongue Tavern" in _Bash Down the Door and Slice Open the Badguy_ from Fantasist Enterprises:

www.fantasistent.com/books/anthologies/BASH.php
"Pink Plastic Flamingos" in Big Pulp
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"Stains" in Tales of the Talisman 3-1 www.zianet.com/hadrosaur/index.html
"Morning Coffee" in Every Day Fiction
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"The Jewel Below" in Flashing Swords
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"Happy Landings" in Every Day Fiction
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"Teller of Tales" in Every day Fiction
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Read "Silver Shells" In Every Day Fiction
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   Posted 4/19/2008 4:06 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Here's a link: http://www.octavia.net/9thclife/Clothing.htm -- I'm not sure how reliable this source is, but it has the basic information you are looking for.

An excerpt:

"Newborns were closely swaddled and diapered in surprisingly modern appearing cloths (the square of cloth that forms the folded diaper must surely be the most unchanging article of human apparel, being thousands of years old, and the classic nappy still has not been totally supplanted by its machine-shaped disposable substitute)."

Hope this helps!


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   Posted 4/19/2008 1:04 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I'm writing a fantasy story set in a world that is basically comparable to medieval Europe. There are some societal differences, but the technology level is almost identical. My two protagonists are having a baby(and yes, it's a girl).

This makes a little question that has always bothered me particularly pertinent: Before there were diapers, how did people deal with the fact that infants will do their business anytime, anywhere?

Any info you medieval experts can give on that, or any other important matters of baby care, would be much appreciated.

Robert Orme


Out now:
"Time in a Capsule" in Unparalleled Journeys II (www.journeybookspublishing.com/)
"On the Tree Top" in Ultraverse vol.3 #5 (www.ultraverse.us)
"The Scab, the Man, and the I.V." in Mount Zion Speculative Fiction Review #3 (www.mountzionpress.com)

Coming soon:
"Replacing Someone" in Aoife's Kiss #26, September 2008 (http://samsdotpublishing.com/aoife/main.htm)
"More Than One Way to Protect" in Lords of Justice (www.carnifexpress.net/blogs/)

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