Adult Diapers

The problem of clothing infants not yet potty trained is as old as human history. In some nonaligned nations with warmer climates, babies were kept naked and mothers tried to anticipate their Adult Diapers bowel movements so as to avoid mess near their living areas. This method is common as elimination communication and is still used today in some cultures.

Over the closest few decades, the disposable diaper industry boomed and the competition between Procter & Gamble's Pampers and Kimberly Clark's Huggies resulted in lower prices and drastic changes to diaper design. Several improvements were made, such as the introduction of refastenable tapes, the "hourglass shape" so as to reduce bulk at the crotch area, and the invention of super-absorbent material from polymers acknowledged as sodium polyacrylate.