We have a cloth bum here too.. I wanted to use cloth but DH didnt and we had heaps of disposables given to us as presents so i thought well we will empty those then switch by that time we were having heaps of problems breastfeeding so I had to choose my battle with not being about to do much besides feed, sleep and pump and so we used disposables for about 6 months until i finally convinced DH to try cloth and fitteds at that, i did have flats but couldnt convince him of those. So our nappy stash began and we havent looked back since, Elijah is now 17months old and has been in disposables for a few days here and there in that time due to me having a knee op or plain laziness when we moved houses.
There are so many WAHM's making fantastic cloth nappies and they are so easy to make yourself too. Honestly I do a load every 2-3days of nappies and rarely need to use the drier unless i have been lazy and didnt do a load soon enough. I will say though in winter AIO I wouldnt recommend simply because they take longer to dry as they have more layers.
If anyone is interested in coops for fabrics I have a few resources that I have got fabrics from that are in the states but arent too expensive once you work it out per nappy please dont hestitate to email me laura_johnson@bigpond.com..
Good Luck to those wanting to make a cloth disposable chioce it is a hard one and every body has their own opinions, I didnt have any hassles with cloth except those early BM poos that leaked everywhere but you could get that in cloth too but the thing that switched me was the cost