When we told my mother we were using cloth she just asked why. Most people have the reaction of "ewww" or something along those lines. My mother just thought that disposable were easier but they became affordable after all of her kids were out of diapers so she never actually used disposable.
The other people just don't really think about what's going on with diapers. Even parenting magazines don't really give them a fair shake. One review I read was just insulting, the author didn't try and didn't even try to hide that. Admittedly, I've never seen a cloth diaper ad in a magazine but I've seen reams of disposable ads. That may be changing because the number of people using cloth have come out of the closet but it's still nothing compared to the disposable market.
The critics say that disposable are cheaper. On a per diaper basis then yes the cloth definitely come out the loser on that. But disposables are called that for a reason. Check around online and you'll find a community of cloth diaper users and makers, you'll even find a market for the used diapers. Some people will sell their diapers at a discount just to get rid of them (we found a big stash for $50) and some will sell theirs for 20% off retail. FYI, some diapers like Preston's Pants can go for $35 each. Considering you can use them for a few years and then sell them for 80% of what you bought them for that's not a bad deal.
And they're so cute.When we were looking into cloth the first time we saw an ad for a diaper service. They drop off clean diapers every week and take the used ones. They had a guarantee, if your kid wasn't potty trained by the time they were two then the diapers were free. Does Pampers do that? Our view on that guarantee is pretty simple; our eldest (all disposable) was wetting the bed at 4 whilst our second (all cloth) was potty trained at 16 months. The third is cloth also.
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