Great point Falguni I feel the same way. For me gentle parenting is not just about how you feed your baby, how you birthed your child or how your child sleeps. I had two different situations, I FF my first after ill advice and BF'ing went sour. I never used cloth, and both my children hated co-sleeping, even though I tried and tried to co-sleep. But I realised that me co-sleeping with my children just because I wanted to wasn't gentle parenting at all, it was moreso me being selfish and wanting them to do something a certain way because I thought it was best, not because it was best for them. But I do think those things are great and if they work for you awesome, but I still think you can be a gentle parent with or without those things.

And on the opposite side, I have known people who cloth, bf, co-sleep but don't follow gentle parenting techniques, so for me like you say they aren't mutually exclusive.