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It's easier than you think! If it's newborn poop, just toss it in the pail. It'll all come out in the wash. If it's solid enough to roll/scrape off the diaper, put it in the toilet. There are many products that will help clean diapers - Mini Shower, Diaper Duck, and assorted liners.

Rice or other paper liners lay in the diaper. You can take them out and flush most of them. It makes cleanup VERY easy. I have used rice paper liners, and if it's not messy i'll just throw it in the pail with the diaper. It goes through the wash and I use it again. Be sure to check the instructions with the liners you buy, some are not ok to use with septic systems.

You can also cut fleece liners to lay in the diapers. Any kind of thinner fleece will work for this, and it's quite reasonable by cost. Fleece wicks moisture away from baby's bottom, keeping it dry. Poop also rolls off fleece easily. These types of liners keep the messes and the stains away from your diapers, but hey, isn't a diaper meant for that anyway? Fleece liners are great for when you need to use ointments and rash creams that are not cloth diaper friendly.

Mini showers are also known as Diaper sprayers, or handheld bidets. They are very popular for spraying messes off of the diaper. Most will attach to the toilet, though some attach to your sink or shower for warm water. You can find many types online. Most likely one of your favorite online diaper stores sells a version of this item. You can also find them on ebay. If you don't mind a walk through the home improvement store, you can easily make your own for a bit less than you could buy one. Here's some links to some online ones and some homemade instructions that have been passed along the internet.

#1 Make your own Mini Shower!

Parts List:
(1) standard kitchen sink sprayer
(1) 3way angle valve [1/2" copper (compression or sweat) or 1/2" FIP x 3/8" OD x 3/8" OD (both 3/8" are compression type)]
(1) 12" length of 1/4" L (3/8" OD) copper tubing
(1) 3/8" x 1/4" Tube to MIP connector w/ insert
(1) teflon tape

Tools List:
crescent wrenches or open end wrenches
propane torch and solder kit (optional see steps 1 and 2)

Installation Steps:
1. Determine the type of valve used for your toilet supply. It will most likely be a compression fitting or a sweat fitting. If it is a sweat fitting skip to step 7. If it is a compression fitting see step 2.
2. Turn off water to the whole house. Either at the city water meter or the gate valve where your water line enters your house. Flush the toilet and remove the exisiting compression nuts on the toilet supply tube (top and bottom); be careful not to bend the tube out of shape if it is the rigid style. Have a shallow tray underneath to catch the water. Set aside.
3. Loosen the compression nut on the copper tube coming out of the wall and remove the old valve body. (Leave the nut and compression ring in place). Install the new 3way valve body using the old nut, hand tighten only. Re-install the toilet supply line and hand tighten all the nuts. Once you have everything lined up and fitted properly tighten everything with the wrenches.
4. Assemble the sprayer threaded end (female threads) to the Tube to MIP connector. (use teflon tape on threads). Slide on nut and compression ring and then insert end of tubing into other end of connector and tighten nut. Carefully bend copper tubing (avoiding kinks) into a 90 degree sweep.
5. Slide on the nut and compression ring onto the open end of the tubing (opposite the sprayer). Insert tubing into the remaining compression stem of the 3way valve. Tighten the compression nuts.
6. Turn off supply valve at toilet prior to turning on the house water. Open the supply valve and check for leaks. The sprayer may leak slightley until the gaskets fully seat, but this will stop in a couple of days.
7. Drain down system by opening a nearby faucet and letteing the water run out of the valve. Have a shallow bucket ready. Remove old valve and install new valve using the torch. Align the valve body so the old supply tube will fit properly. Proceed to step 4.

#2 Make your own Mini Shower!

Supplies needed- you can get them at any hardware store

3/8"x3/8"x3/8" tee
barb splicer
sink sprayer
hose clamps 2
toilet supply line

1. Shut off water at the valve behind the toilet
2. Remove supply line to toilet from the valve
3. Install 3/8"x3/8"x3/8" tee to valve (One end should be horizontal- the other two are up and down)
4. Take the removed supply line and install it to the tee-the top of the tee
5. Cut off large end of new toilet supply line
6. Insert the barb splicer (this will connect the toilet supply line and the sprayer)
7. Put hose clamp on the new toilet supply line
8. Cut off very end of the sink sprayer
9. Install on the other end of the barb splicer
10. Add all of this to the other end of the 3/8"x3/8"x3/8" tee-which is horizontal
11. You are finished. You can buy a hook to hang the sprayer on the wall.

#3 Make your own Mini Shower!

This sprayer attachment is not made from the above instructions, but rather someone's own idea. As you can see, it looks very simple to make your own diaper sprayer! All that was used is a T and 3 hose clamps, attached to a vegetable sprayer. Thanks to Rita for the picture.