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I'm here and willing to share info, pinkpickles. 
Might even have some diapers to lend!
Diaper services tend to offer prefold diapers. These are great workhorses, nice and simple and absorbent. You can fold them any way you like to get a good fit for your kiddo, and you can customize absorbency by adding a liner/doubler or even by using two diapers at once.
However, there's a bit of a learning curve. If they're not fastened and folded carefully, you'd better hope you have a cover that fits well (most good covers will hold in almost any poo-plosion, so this isn't much of a worry!)
Doing your own wash opens you to the glorious wide world of modern cloth diapers.
Michele gave a great run-down. I might choose a hemp fitted with a wool cover or wrap cover in one situation; a pocket diaper in another. Very importantly the diapers are CUTE. DH almost always reaches for the bicycle diaper and matching cover when he does changes.
We started with the first diaper coming home from the hospital. It was a Kissaluvs fitted with a Proraps cover. My newborn stash had about 7 Kissaluvs size 0 (DH preferred these, the snaps were very straightforward and they fit well and were so fluffy and soft on his tiny baby bum), 12 preemie sized prefolds (great for the first few weeks and then as doublers in the Kissaluvs), 30 infant prefolds, and a handful of bumGenius one-size pockets (these didn't fit for several weeks). Oh, and about 4 newborn covers and 3 or so size small covers, which wasn't enough covers. A few hand-knitted wool covers.
Our stash has evolved over time. Right now I have about six fitteds, 11 one-size pockets, one all-in-one, three or so wrap covers and three or so wool covers, and a dozen premium sized prefolds. I go through 8-12 diapers a day (I'm not sure) and I do a load of diaper wash every day or two so they don't build up -- small loads are easier to get completely clean.
EDIT: Oh, and the question about how long you use them? I've heard that it makes potty learning MUCH easier because the baby KNOWS when they're wet. (Not that they're sitting in a puddle, but the sensation of dampness is more obvious than in a disposable with those weird gel things sucking up all moisture.) If you're like me, YOU also learn a lot about your baby's toilet habits and can time potty trips better because of that.
There are cloth diapers available for the largest child (actually, even up to adult incontinence products) and cloth training pull-ups, etc.
Might even have some diapers to lend!Diaper services tend to offer prefold diapers. These are great workhorses, nice and simple and absorbent. You can fold them any way you like to get a good fit for your kiddo, and you can customize absorbency by adding a liner/doubler or even by using two diapers at once.
However, there's a bit of a learning curve. If they're not fastened and folded carefully, you'd better hope you have a cover that fits well (most good covers will hold in almost any poo-plosion, so this isn't much of a worry!)
Doing your own wash opens you to the glorious wide world of modern cloth diapers.
Michele gave a great run-down. I might choose a hemp fitted with a wool cover or wrap cover in one situation; a pocket diaper in another. Very importantly the diapers are CUTE. DH almost always reaches for the bicycle diaper and matching cover when he does changes. We started with the first diaper coming home from the hospital. It was a Kissaluvs fitted with a Proraps cover. My newborn stash had about 7 Kissaluvs size 0 (DH preferred these, the snaps were very straightforward and they fit well and were so fluffy and soft on his tiny baby bum), 12 preemie sized prefolds (great for the first few weeks and then as doublers in the Kissaluvs), 30 infant prefolds, and a handful of bumGenius one-size pockets (these didn't fit for several weeks). Oh, and about 4 newborn covers and 3 or so size small covers, which wasn't enough covers. A few hand-knitted wool covers.
Our stash has evolved over time. Right now I have about six fitteds, 11 one-size pockets, one all-in-one, three or so wrap covers and three or so wool covers, and a dozen premium sized prefolds. I go through 8-12 diapers a day (I'm not sure) and I do a load of diaper wash every day or two so they don't build up -- small loads are easier to get completely clean.
EDIT: Oh, and the question about how long you use them? I've heard that it makes potty learning MUCH easier because the baby KNOWS when they're wet. (Not that they're sitting in a puddle, but the sensation of dampness is more obvious than in a disposable with those weird gel things sucking up all moisture.) If you're like me, YOU also learn a lot about your baby's toilet habits and can time potty trips better because of that.
There are cloth diapers available for the largest child (actually, even up to adult incontinence products) and cloth training pull-ups, etc.
and we never had a reason to cause we had no issues with the prefold being too loose.
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