poops and pees

Those who have met Eddie IV are acquainted, some more intimately than others, with his bodily functions. He doesn't spit up much, but he did on Hilary - sorry Hilary. But he poops and pees a lot, and he often makes it a public affair. His BMs can be heard across the room, and are quite juicy, leaving his Dad to proclaim, "ah, too much fruit" (I think it's a quote from "Look Who's Talking.") And his farts are quite adult-like and reminiscent of "Nacho Libre." It is true what the books say - breastfed babies' poops look like mustard, like straight up yellow hot dog mustard, and they actually smell quite nice, at least I think so. The smell is an earthy sort of caramel corn-like scent. Anyway, the liquidy mustard poops have already leaked through various diapers - yesterday Belle, Aunt Evie and Uncle Mike's dog, visited (see slide show) and Belle was very excited to discover one of these blow-outs on Eddie's leg. Mmmmm...
As for pees, Eddie is quite well hydrated because his diaper is often wet...and his clothes...and his blanket or sheet...and often the shirt of whomever is holding him - yesterday, Uncle Mike was his victim - sorry Mike. And the changing table is still a battleground for us. Hilary gave us some pee-pee tepees (they cover the wee wee) and they have worked a few times, but often Eddie's stream of urine beats us to the covering - the other day he squirted himself in the face, poor guy!
So, my question to parents everywhere is, what's the deal? Don't you think that in 2008 there would be a diaper to contain an infants' excrement? As most of you know, I have intended to use cloth diapers, mostly for environmental reasons but also economic, and I have used the old-fashioned pre-folds several times. Each time though, Eddie has created a poop that has leaked out one of the legs, and the diaper itself - those Snappi adhering things (used now instead of pins) hardly stay in place and the diaper would completely fall off if not for the cover you put over it. So we mostly use chlorine-free disposables (Seventh Generation and Nature's Babycare) for now because the all-in-one style cloth diapers (I have Swaddlebees) are too big for him. Even the Pampers Swaddlers that they give you at the hospital leaked. And even if they didn't I wouldn't use them because they contain this weird absorbent gel that ends up on your baby's skin and has some uncontested side effects that freak me out. So for now I am trying to change Eddie more frequently to try to avoid the leakage, and I may try another brand of cloth diapers that fits him now even though he will grow out of them soon. But any advice is welcomed in this arena because the laundry loads are piling up.