My boys are in their 20's now....I used cloth nappys and never had a problem with rashes on either of them. Washed in laundry soap with a bi-carb rinse and line-dried. Only used disposables when travelling overseas, but when we settled into a house, went back to cloth (I would soak them in the bath as we had no laundry/utility room in one place). I was a work at home mother so there was no hassle with day-care etc. Times are different now, especially with lots of working parents...but if you can...I think cloth is definitely the way to go.