I am 54 years old but I have two twenty something daughters who get their periods and an 11 year old granddaughter who is definitely hitting puberty. Oh the attitude on that child!
Nowadays everyone is trying to be as green friendly as they can by using recyclable and sustainable products. I started to fool around with the idea of creating cloth menstrual pads and panty liners and used my daughters as guinea pigs! Let me tell you, they hated the idea and thought it was absolutely gross and disgusting. Some of their initial comments were “I’ll never wear that” and “How do I wash these things?”
Well, one day my younger daughter was out of disposable pads and it was too late to run out to the store. She was is dire need and she asked me if I had anything available. Of course I did!
She reluctantly used the pad and fell asleep. When she work up I asked her how the pad held up and she said and I quote ” That was the best night’s sleep I had while on my period. The pad was super soft and nothing leaked through!”
Since that night she has been a convert and uses nothing else. She takes care of her soiled pads by putting them in a little bucket of cold water next to the potty and just throws them in with her regular laundry. Not only is she keeping disposables out of the landfills she’s having a more comfortable period and saving money too.
So there you have it. My story of how something thought to be nasty and gross turned out to be a positive experience.
By Lisa