Physiologically speaking I can't get along with the Mooncup although my friends also rave about it, but I think that cloth pads are topper.
You ought to have seen the other Mums faces when I handed my hubby a bag of them to wash after having to have an overnight stay in hosp after giving birth to my youngest daughter!
I like to believe that it was actually his healthy attitude towards the whole bodily functions issue rather than the fact that I was using cloth pads. (I think I'm deluding myself actually)This is just an aside really, but I also believe that apart from the obvious environmental reasons, my DD1 (3) has also become very accepting as to what happens to Mummys body and is not scared of the 'blood' as she sees me using them and washing them and this has to be a good thing. One particulary funny incident happened before DD2 was born - a friend had popped in for a coffee and a chat, and we were out in the garden and DD1 was helping me to hang a line of washing out she was busily passing me up the clothes when i felt her tucking something into my belt... she had poppered two of them together and was busily wedging them around the gusset of my trousers!lol.
As the friends said at least she knows what to do with them!Kids you gotta love em!
But I think it is good for children to see things, my sister has been open with her daughter too, unlike to how we were brought up, where the whole thing was shrouded in secrecy & something to be ashamed of. My husband seems very accepting of my natural cycle, probably more than I am of myself!