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Blowouts with disposables is a myth, sorry. I've done both cloth and disposable and we've not had the issue more than twice and it was because we were newbie parents and didn't grasp the concept of the ruffles.

eta: but since we're celebrating cloth, the number one reason for me was not having chemicals near my son's private area.

@scg00387: yeah, I apologize for that. Please see my edit!

- Cost savings
- Never running out or forgetting to go to the store to pick up a new pack (which I totally would do)
- No worrying about when to move up to a bigger size
- No scary chemicals
- Cotton is much cuter and comfort than plastic

@Mrsbells: I think we'll have to agree to disagree then. IME, blowouts weren't an issue either way.

I never run out of diapers! I'm the queen of not checking to see how much we have left of something... Which is why we're often wiping ourselves with Kleenex or paper towels...

I love cloth mostly for the reusable factor. We had to use disposables for about 2.5 months (b/c of washing machine issues), so we've gotten both sides of the coin. I hated buying disposable diapers over and over and over again. Also, I found it beyond gross that we had a pail of poop inside our house each week. Gah - I'm much happier cleaning off the diaper right away and then washing them after a few days.

Also, our months in disposables showed far more poop-on-the-clothes incidents. Not blow-outs per say, but definitely up the back action

Cost. I spent about $250, and I'll never have to buy diapers or wipes again. Even for my next child.

No chemicals. I wasn't comfortable with having chemicals near my child 24/7.

Cuteness. I love how they look!

Ease-of-use. No blowouts, no leaks.

I never will run out! No late night emergency trips to the store.

We use both (sposies at night) but I love cloth for the cuteness, comfort for LO, and the fact that you'll never have that panicked feeling when you've run out of diapers. I also love that there are so many options when it comes to your comfort level with cloth. We use gDiapers and I love that depending on our activity that day we can choose and flushable liner, flushable sheet over cloth, or cloth liner on it's own.

@Mrsbells: I also had blowouts with disposables, and i don't think it's because of newbie parenting. It wasn't through the legs (which the ruffles would prevent) but up the back, even when i had it tight across the belly/back. Sometimes you just can't fight the force of a baby's poop.

Cost and cuteness. I never went crazy with cute patterns but loved seeing tush covered in bright coloured diapers. We use disposables at daycare to make things easier, but they go through so many that i balk at how much we spend on diapers.

Sposies smell!! The one time we used them when we flew across the country I kept thinking he has pooped, but he hadn't! And I wasn't crazy, DH noticed it too. Since then we've flown 2 more times and we continued to use cloth while we traveled.

Cost. We COULD afford to use sposies, but it would seriously hurt our budget.

Chemicals. The idea of rubbing my son's boy bits with chemicals 24/7 doesn't sit well with me.

Not planning to CD, but mad support for those who do! I'm glad that it's becoming easier for women to make this choice, since it IS the right choice for some babies/families.

@swurlygurl: @scg00387: I don't really think they're cute, either. And I hate how they fit under clothes! LO has a few pieces of clothing that he's never worn because they're not cut wide enough to fit over CDs. So sad.

I love my cloth diapers for many, many reasons, but a big, BIG one for me is that we have no garbage pick-up. We burn all our trash on a big pile out back. And sposies do. not. burn. They melt a little, they smolder, but they don't burn into ash. Then the dogs get into the pile and drag blackened sposies all over the place. No thank you. For me cloth, diapering is nearly a necessity.
Plus, I think they're cute and hanging them out to dry gives me a very wholesome and satisfied feeling.

For me, the #1 reason is environment. It actually stresses me out to think about the number of disposables in landfills. That said, I did contribute quite a bit to the landfill since we didn't start LO in CDs until she was 9 months old. I had everything ready to go from before her birth, but with apartment living and PPD and just general difficulty coming to terms with the demands of parenthood, I kept putting it off.

Well, I'm so glad I got over that because I love them now. I don't want to go all evangelical, but if/when people ask about them, I do try to emphasize how easy the whole process really is, compared to how people fear it might be.

I love our gDiapers. They give us the best of cloth and the convienance of 100% biodegradable disposables. If energy costs weren't so high here, I would consider going with just cloth.

My baby isn't here yet, but I am stocking up on all my CD supplies and am really excited! My biggest motivator right now is the environmental aspect. Something clicked a few years ago when I read/heard somewhere, "Every disposable diaper that has ever been used is currently sitting in a landfill somewhere." That's an obvious statement, but just the simple phrasing/idea hit home with me.

Since I plan on having more than one child, I'm also excited about the money we'll save in the long run.