In the '60s I used cloth diapers with my first two sons and they kept a diaper rash. When my third son came along later '60s, I used pampers and he never had diaper rash. And by then I was sick of washing out dirty diapers. I would hate to have to go back to cloth. I don't know how much disposable diapers cost today, but cloth diapers need presoaking, gentle detergent, water (washer) and electricity/gas (dryer), it all adds up. And the boys were potty trained in less than 18 months. Three years is a long time in diapers.