sposies leak like billyo for b/fed newborn poos - definitely go the cloth for the first few months if you don't want to have to leap up in horror every time you hear a poo for fear of it going on your clothes!

try terry flats with great covers for the first few weeks - you must tuck in the legs adn this adds extra poo catching ability. the reason I say try these is you will go through so many during n/born stage and these dry quickly so you don't have to buy quite so many. AIO's may not contain projectile poos quite so well as there aren't two lines of defence.

also, have a read about EC, it makes cloth nappying so much easier - and fun! (and no, you don't need to have them naked all day, or even at all, or allow accidents, or be there 24/7, or do it all the time, or co-sleep, or any of the other silly myths you migth hear about it at first.)

I only own 30 nappies and I haven't washed since saturday. I still have 16 nappies left clean in my stacker and I only used 5 sposies since the last wash. I will only need to wash nappies once this week - all due to pottying!

I keep her cloth nappied full time but I just hold her over the potty when I change her. marvellous for future toilet training as she already has a reason to try to hold on a little longer each day and so her muscles are strengthening. she now pees much less often than the average 1 year old that wears nappies - and she's only 4 months! she will also never find the feeling of wetness/dirtiness acceptable and so she will avoid the psychological problesm later on that some kids have where they don't care if they're dirty or not.

some days one nappy lasts me about 25 hours. (clean and dry the whole time.) she has been dry overnight even - 8 hours!

do a search for elimination communication online for more info - especiallky pictures as the position you hold them in is important.