I was a little hesitant at first but after researching cloth diapering and talking to moms who cloth diaper, I realized that there are so many options and it can be very easy.  And once I actually started doing it, it was easier than I thought it would be.  

There is an initial investment, but it totally pays off and you save lots of money and washing is pretty much as easy as dumping the pail in and pressing a button.  So there's no going down to the river to scrub them with rocks.  It easier than regular laundry, because you don't even have to sort anything.

Gone are the days of wet pails, dunking diapers in the toilet, and fumbling with diaper pins. 

Dry pail is the way to go now.  Just shake off solids in toilet, and throw the diaper in a pail with a lid.  I have a stainless steel garbage can with a foot peddle.  It has a bucket insert that I pull out to dump everything into the machine.  I don't even have to touch the diapers.  You can also use a wet bag (water proof cloth bag available from most diaper retailers) and then you flip it inside out to get the diapers into the wash and throw the bag in to be washed too.

You can get rolls of flushable liners to make cleanup and dumping solids go much more smoothly.  They come in rolls of 100, I buy Kushies brand. 

Many styles of diapers are as easy to put on as disposables.  All-in-ones and pocket diapers are just as easy to put on baby.  They have either aplix (velcro) or snap closure, so there are no pins involved.  I actually find them easier than disposables.  You lay the diaper flat under baby and can do it up in no time, there are no flimsy, papery tabs to try and grab.  If you want to go old-school cloth (flats or prefolds), you can get pin-free Snappi fasteners.  They work like the closure on a tensor bandage.

It is so nice not to ever have to run out and get diapers or worry about running out of diapers.  Especially in the winter with a newborn... or soon to be toddler and newborn.  And there's no stinky diapers hanging around until garbage day, that have to be hauled out to the curb. Again, think of winter here!