Speaking about clothes

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If not maybe you could ask your mother in law, what she did when she had

> small children not yeat able to keep themselves clean(Dont know exactly how

> to express this in english, hope you understand). Maybe they simply go

> without pants because it is so warm in your place?

> I have seen on pictures from China that small children just have a hole in

> their trousers. But that would not be possible here during wintertime.

> How did the American Indians solve that, anyone know? Not to speak of the

> vedic way?

 

 

I am no diaper expert, but what I have heard about the India way is:

 

1. They use nappies (?) that are just thin cotton material squares (easier to

wash and dry than the thick absorbant western cloth diapers I've seen)

2. They are around the kids and develop a sense when they have to go, and then

rush them to the child-friendly potty (hole in the floor system).

3. They start training them earlier.

4. They mostly have tile or marble flooring, so clean up is easier when you

miss the clues.

 

Western diapers are more like a "fire and forget" method. Put in on and check

back in so many hours or when you see they are bulging to bursting point

and/or "riding low".

 

I would imagine that there would be little or no diaper rash in the Indian

system, since with the thin diaper they really are forced to change them right

away. Disposables can conceal the fact that passage has occurred, and allow

the waste to remain in contact with the skin for extended periods of time

causing rash.

 

As with most other things traditional, it is more labor intensive, but there

is also a greater impetus to potty train them earlier, so in the long run you

may even save on diaper changes. More frequent diaper changes for a shorter

period of time VS. less frequent diaper changes over a longer period of time.

It certainly is more cost effective than paying $25 for a case of disposable

landfill-clogging diapers every week or so.

 

Look of all the $$$ savings:

 

High Living - Western Way:

Diaper wipes $75/yr

Diaper Rash Cream $20/yr

Disposable Diapers $350/yr

Talcum powder $5/yr Total Est. $450/yr per kid

 

Simple Living - India Way:

Reusable cloth nappie No expense (recycle old dhotis)

Water No expense

Bar of soap 50 cents

Diaper safety pins 50 cents Total Est. $1

 

 

If we have 1,000 devotee children in diapers, that is nearly half a million

dollars per year we can free up for spreading Krishna consciousness!

 

This is one example of the economic benefits simple living can offer.

Vanrasrama communal living can offer many similar savings. I'll submit my

breakfast savings in a separate post.

 

Your Servant,

Prabhupadacarya Dasa