>>51882
I personally love cloth, but the cloth PUL pocket diapers made for kids now is a pain to clean, I hate those pocket diapers. you have to pull wet padding out, and poop is such a mess, even with a toilet sprayer
The old school pvc or rubber pants over cotton diapering makes it easy to separate out what to wash and it's more effective too. What the heck?
I think people like PUL because it's a little more breathable, but it also leaks at the gathers which was a pain. I used disposables for my kids because it was so much easier - I really tried cloth but, no way.
Also, my appreciation of cloth came after they were older and out of diapers and I bought traditional stuff from the era of my childhood only to find it was a million times more effective and easier to clean. If I'd known, I would've looked for retro cloth in their size
Maybe the issue is parents feel multi-piece diapering is harder than an all-in-one pocket diaper, but it's actually so much easier if the elements are separate. For instance, sun and dryers might damage your PUL or PVC, but not the cotton. If they're all in one, you're stuck. Separately, you can sun dry the cotton to eliminate smells while carefully cleaning and towel drying the waterproof aspects out of the sun.