Great play on words! As a 67 year old woman … LORDY, how well I remember! Even in the 60’s and 70’s so much of this was still considered taboo/hush-hush! So glad things have changed for the positive in that regard! I am a woman who always asks … why are pads and tampons not provided FREE in every public restrooms - just like toilet paper? Could it be because it’s “women’s’ needs”? Of course! It’s just ridiculous! I guarantee, if men had periods, public restrooms would be well stocked with free tampons and pads … no questions asked. Thanks for the video! Kathleen

I went off to Grammar School at age 11 in 1959. A few months later Aunt Flo put in her first appearance. We might as well have had neon lights over our heads during our 'monthlies' as we seemed to be excused everything.... swimming, showers after sports, etc. And yet in the new 'modern' way we were told that period pains were just in our heads. That they were a normal part of life for we girls and we shouldn't be complaining of pain, even though I was often doubled over. And the fear that a male pupil might discover our shameful secret was extreme. Disposing of those horrible pads was awful. The girls' facilities were equipped with a monstrous burning thing which emitted a dreadful smell of smoke and ash and terrified me. Not a wing in sight, and there was nothing to prevent the pads from soaking through in no time flat, so they needed frequent changes and the fear of leakage loomed large. Oh how things have changed..... thank goodness. Thanks for addressing this in miniature form. It almost made periods seem like fun!

Oh my! Thank you for a trip down memory lane. If only I could have smiled and giggled so much back then, when this subject was new and bewildering. The doll hospital scene is adorable!

Oh Dot you think of everything. How clever to think of these. But you did a Fantastic job on them. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. So until next time God Bless you and your husband and have a Blessed day and stay safe my dear and Special Friend. ❤❤❤

Cute & clever!!! When I got my period in 1969, I used a belt & pads just like those! I was so tiny and the pads were so bulky, I felt like I was wearing a diaper!! Now, 17 years after menopause, I'm totally spoiled and have forgotten what it's like to have a period! ❤

We used to call the old Kotex "mattresses". When I started there were only Kotex, Modess pads and Tampax tampons. Now there are aisles full of choices.

Lol so funny Dot the best equipped dolls ever lol 😂😂our code was “painters and decorators are in “ ! 😮😂😂❤

This is so hilarious. Thank you for sharing.

Hello Dot, oh boy did that bring back some memories 😱😳😬 me being just 11 years old, first term of highschool and having to go to the dragon that was the school nurse, because the unmentionable happened for the first time at school, and being given one of those belts and an inch thick pad about 8 inch long with loops at the ends, I think the brand was Dr White's, she had to tell me how to use it, because I had no idea 😢 my mum hadn't talked to me about things like that, and it wasn't taught in the school at that age. I did make sure my daughter was well prepared when she got to around the same age I was. I'm so glad they modernised women's products, those things were truly awful. My older married cousin used to keep her tampons in the fridge, my mum would never have allowed that though lol. I always used to call it "flag week" then as I got a lot older it was "shark week" thankfully I finished with all of that monthly drama well over a decade ago 😊 Best wishes from Yorkshire, England 🇬🇧 😊

Dot I love your point of view . Too funny ,my code word was my’ evil twin. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is brilliant!! I was lucky not to get my period until I was almost 13, and it happened in the summer--not in school! Though I was on vacation with my family. Luckily mom was there to give information. My own daughter, in these more enlightened times, actually came to me with a friend of hers and asked to see all of the "equipment" long before "Mary Jane" visited them.

I clicked on the video thinking it was about 30's period dollhouses. Wasn't I surprised! Still, it was a good video and I'll visit again, just like our friend visited once a month! 😀

Ohh, this video was so much fun!!! I started with pads & the belts in the 60s, but changed to tampons after a year or two. My mother was of no help in that department (we didn’t speak of “those things” in my house) - so I brought a box of tampons in the bathroom & spent an hour (or more) with those paper instructions (remember the diagrams!) & finally figured it out!

I love your videos and your dolls and dolls house,there is always unexpected stuff going on.Love the boxes and the tampons and pads ,what a great idea,also apiece of history.Thank you so much for sharing you ideas and information it was great.

Brought back some old memories, for sure. LOL So old, in fact, that I don't even remember what I referred to it as.

😂 loved this video. So practical..

Wow Dot everything is so cute, love your attention to detail, very interesting subject but necessary even for dolls lol, and ladies sanitary wear certainly has come a long way, some people call menstruation Eve’s curse, maybe because she was the first woman, there’s many names for it , tfs x Julie 🇬🇧

Those straps are perfect

Oh! This really brings back the horror of my periods! I refused to go to school because I always burned through them. A hysterectomy at 38 stopped all that.

How funny by the time i needed these times had changed thank god lol 🎉

This was a brilliant idea, we used to call it the lergy! 😂

All of the girls in my elementary school just had the talk about how are bodies are going through changes and what to expect. I was sick the day after and stayed home from school. I was nine years old just playing with my Barbies and I started. My mom took me to the drugstore to get a huge box of pads and a belt. I was so upset I made my Barbies start their periods too lol. Spent a lot of my youth with a sweater or jacket tied around my waste just in case of leaks. So glad to be finished with all of that!

I can’t remember if I had a code word but I do remember hating those belts and pads.❤️🇨🇦

BTW-I only recently heard about menstruation cups-and I learned it from my daughters, lol.😊

You ae incredibly talented!

It wasn't until you showed the pads with the long tails on either end that I remember the pokey metal pieces on the front and back of the belt that you fed the tails through. Yikes!🤪

Aunt Fanny came to visit😊

Ok so no one else seems to have mentioned this- My step-grandmother was named Dorothy, and she had us call her Aunt Dot. When I was in my very late 20s and early 30s, I would tell my now husband that I had to go visit Aunt Dot, and he would say “Doesn’t she visit you?” and I would be perplexed….apparently some people around here call their periods “Aunt Dot” because period is a Dot. Did you ever hear that being named Dot?

I hear the word kotex and I had forgotten about that word, it's been so long. I guess once I started calling them maxipads, I forgot the word kotex. Love your creations!

*remembered

Part of my life I wish to forget,I don't really know what to say about these in two minds🤷