Parents use cloth diapers instead of disposables for reasons such as saving money, because they cannot afford disposable diapers or because they think it's better for the environment.
Some parents don't have the money to buy disposable diapers monthly and have to use cloth diapers instead and some parents use cloth diapers because they think it saves them money or because they think they are doing something good for the environment.
Some babies do get more diaper rashes with cloth diapers than they do with disposable diapers.
The reason some babies get more diaper rash with cloth diapers is because the cloth diapers don't absorb the pee as good or hold the pee away from the skin as good as disposable diapers.
Peeing in a cloth diaper is similar to peeing in underwear or a towel and sitting in it.
While peeing in a disposable diaper is very different as the pee is locked into the diaper through the use of SAP or Super Absorbent Polymer.
So the skin stays drier when the baby is wearing a disposable diaper than it does when the baby is wearing cloth diapers.
Some pediatricians recommend cloth diapers for some babies although other pediatricians don't recommend cloth diapers and recommend disposable diapers such as Pampers Diapers.
When cloth diapering you save some money in the short term but when you add up the cost of the detergent, electricity, water etc and your time you don't really save any money in the long run.
Disposable diapers can be bought pretty cheaply now if you buy the cheaper brands of disposable diapers.
Buying cloth diapers costs around $200.00 to $300.00 for the amount of diapers you'll need.
Then you have to factor in buying the laundry detergent, the cost of the water and electricity to wash and dry the diapers and the cost of your time to wash and clean those diapers.
You also need to change your babies cloth diaper more often with cloth diapers and with cloth diapers babies are more prone to diaper rashes.
It depends on how much per month you spend on diapers and depends on how many kids you have in diapers.
I had one kid in diapers when I tried to switch him over to cloth diapers thinking I would save some money.
I was spending $1.00 per day on average for his disposable diapers so I saved $1.00 per day or around $30.00 per month using cloth diapers instead of disposable diapers.
But I had to work around 2 hours per day cleaning the poop out of his diapers and then soaking them and then washing them and then drying them out.
So although I saved $1.00 per day I had to work 2 hours per day and in those 2 hours I could've worked at my job and earned $20.00 since I make $10.00 per hour at my job.
I decided to switch him back to disposable diapers because I'd rather spend that time playing with my baby instead of slaving away working to clean diapers.
Changing the diapers was bad enough and I decided that it was worse to clean diapers especially poop ones.
Also there's the cost factor of the cloth diapers too and you have to make sure you have plenty of them on hand while the others are being cleaned and drying.