All of my aunts used cloth....I used disposable.....
The only perks I've noticed for cloth diapers is not having yucky chemicals against your baby's bum (BIG ONE), and it may be cheaper once you're established with a good amount of diapers. But the amount of time that goes into washing, laundry detergent, clorox to me makes it maybe not AS cost effective. Plus if there's a poo, you need to rinse it out into the commode; can't put that in the washing machine. You have to get the plastic undies that go over the cloth to prevent a leak....and you have to change much more frequently; b/c most children I've seen wearing cloth can't stand the wet sensation they get and start fussing as soon as there's a wee. But I would say the perk there is earlier potty training.
For me and my lifestyle; disposable was just a choice of ease and convenience. With my oldest I worked and it was easier for her babysitter and me. My second I've stayed at home, but it's just easier for me.....if he pees once he doesn't start fussing for a diaper change bc it gets absorbed. (Although I am not one of those folks that think I should get my "money's worth" out of the disposable and leave it on all day) it is nice to go out shopping and not have to worry about him fussing over a wet diaper, or it leaking. I already have to wash at least 2 loads of clothes a day, and I can't fathom having to wash an extra load or two a day. And it's easier to toss them in a Diaper Genie. Downside...the Diaper Genie can get to smelling pretty foul if you wait to long to switch out the bag.....AND some kids have a more sensitive bottom than others, my son could wear Huggies, but not Pampers as Pampers made him break out really bad.
Hope that helped!! I would say just do what works out best for you, and your family. Good luck!!

exactly, personal preference on what works for each individual family. For some cloth seems to work fine, for others disposable seems to work fine.
I'm just curious if cloth really saves that much money. It's expensive to get set up with enough diapers...and then you have detergent cost, water costs (if you live in town), electricity costs for washer & dryer, PLUS you have the hot water factor, ( hot water heaters are about 70% of your power bill) ...we recently put up a clothesline so that would take away from our dryer costs since prior we were using the dryer for about 2hrs 6 days a week. Then there's the time factor which is technically a cost.
When I had two in disposables we would go through the BIGGG (sold at Sam's or Costcos) box of diapers once a month, and that was with two in diapers....which cost a bit less than $40 a month.....which is probably the same, or less than the cost if I broke down, detergent, electricity, and the cost of having enough cloth diapers to diaper two bums....Now that I have only one in diapers we go through a BIG box approx every 2 months, which breaks down into $20 a month....Although I did just remember the diaper genie refills are $6 a roll and they last about a month.
I guess it would just depend on what the reasoning behind your choice is.

Thanks for all the advice, I think we will go cloth.. I'm a little bit of an environmentalist, so when I read that 1 baby produces 1 ton of diapers a year, and diapers are one of the worst pollutions out there because they do not decompose, I was sold.

One more question though.. i'm confused about size.. are they one size fits all? Do you need newborn diapers? And how many would you need for 1 child?

Thanks!

Thanks! That's awesome to hear! Been trying to do my research For absorbency I was going to get some hemp inserts--is that something that can be laid in a fitted against baby's skin or are those only for pocket diapers? Also what are your thoughts on NB covers, Velcro vs snaps? I like snaps overall but I've heard you can get a better fit on newborns with Velcro?