thanks for all the great replies from cloth users - much appreciated! would still love to hear the OTHER side of the story too please!

can you help me out with some of the acconyms some of you have used.....what is EC in regards to wipes? And what is MCN?

Christy - to be fair to those mums who use disposables, I think 400 years to break down in landfill may not be correct, and nappies only make up a very small amount of this on landfill - we should be looking at other ways as individuals to reduce landfill - although I do agree nappies take a LONG time, but not 400 years!

And as far as toliet training goes, my first born child has Autism, so TT early was never going to be early anyway!

What do you recommend to be the best, time effective cloth fitted/pocket nappy to use?? Time effective in terms of not leaking, not needing liners, and washing well. NOt really interested in going back to folding and using all kinds of clips on traditional nappies.......

things have changed a fair bit since i had my first (nearly 6 years ago).......so please get me up to date and convert me if you can!!