I need some opinions on diapering from moms… on both the cloth and disposable end of things. I’ve mostly been using disposables, which has been a headache for me. I know most people find disposables easier, however, now in days with the options for cloth available (inserts, liners, all in ones, ect) I’m not so sure disposables are quite simply easier.

I wanted to go cloth before my son was born, but I let my mother push me into disposables. She had her babies in the early 70′s before disposables and when cloth were a lot of work… the liners, the folding, the pins… things you don’t HAVE to do now in days.
I couldn’t really complain at the time since they buy all his diapers (my parents way of feeling they are helping out since they live over 900 miles away from us). However, in Kansas City, we have a trash collection system that’s really odd. The city will pick up two bags of trash free of charge, anything over that you have to buy these little stickers to put on the bags or they slap a big old VIOLATION sticker on your bags (they’ll take two, leave the rest).
I never had to worry before. We only generated about two bags of garbage a week (if not less) until after munchkin came along along then it doubled plus some!
Which all that made me go all earth conscious and start worrying over what I was doing to the environment. I started looking into cloth again. However, they don’t sell those in any of the stores around here.

I did pick up something called a ‘hybrid diaper’ call gDiapers which I’m really happy with, problem is they’re expensive. Basically its a cotton outer pant like cloth, a breathable plastic inner liner that snaps into the outer one and an environmentally friendly insert that’s disposable. So they work much like cloth diapers . I got my parents on board with them, however I can’t go totally over to the gDiapers because of the cost. I can, though, from reading what other mothers have suggested with the gDiapers, use a cloth prefold or insert in the liners (just use that instead of the disposable insert).

So basically… any one have any suggestions as to what cloth diapers they prefer?
I know it means more laundry, but I do laundry so much anyway it doesn’t matter (the liners on the g Diapers have to be washed occasionally anyway, though not often, I never get leaks and the plastic liner only needs washed when he poops because the insert works well to hold in the pee). I know that you need to change more often with cloth, but same with gDiapers, they don’t hold the same amount as disposables. I’m just tired of chasing after the dog running off with a dirty disposable (she eats them… GROSS! And so bad for her!) and though using the gDiapers a couple times a day has reduced my trash out put considerable (the liners are much smaller than a whole disposable, they can be flushed or composted, or thrown out). I’m pretty crazy about changing him often anyhow. If I have any thoughts the diaper may even be a little wet, I change him.

I know, long post, but munchkin is a sleep on my arm which is now trapped on the keyboard, I figured I might as well put my trapped position to good use :p