cloth and leaks...

I am a little bit of a cloth diaper fanatic.  I hate the smell of Pampers... although I used them when we were in the hospital.  I am totally grossed out by those gel balls in disposables - super absorbent polymer gel.

I have many reasons to love cloth dipes and I don't think people really get it until they try them on their own children.

One main concern I have read and heard...

Do they leak?  well, not usually.  but, I think I have had way more diaper leaks with disposables.  Plus, I don't let my child sit very long in a cloth diaper (except at night).  I think it is easier to let a child sit in a disposable that absorbs a shed load of water than it is a cloth diaper.  But, eeewww I wouldn't want to sit in my own waste, so why would I want to let my child sit in it?

*and at night, I let her go all night in a wet diaper.  If I smell poop she gets changed.  It has been so nice to get sleep... mistakes learned from first child.  If they don't need to be changed at night, don't.

OH!  And sitting in waste, it can be a tad bit more difficult to 'smell' poop's arrival in a disposable diaper than a cloth.  And seriously, the diaper rash that can be associated with sitting in poop for an infant is nasty.  It can be red and blistery.  And then after that rash trying to wipe that kids tush?  NO THANK YOU!