I'm not sure if there is much difference between cloth & sposies either, but I do know that DS will rarely wee in cloth anymore. He'd rather take them off & wee on the floor Even over night he doesn't wee in a nappy very often. Where as in sposies, while he doesn't wee over night much, he does more & will leave in on in the morning til he does a wee.

But I'm just using terry flats with no liner. So as soon as he wee's he feels it. But I think he needs to get it off before the wee coz he gets a.... 'big doodle'... & the cloth nappy presses on it where the snappy is & makes it uncomfortable... iykwim

So I really don't know which is better, but I have to say, with little boys, when there is nothing on you can see when they need a wee & you can let them know. If I tell him, while he won't attempt to wee in the potty, he will run outside & pretend to try to wee on the dog & then at least its outside, lol!