Wow, thanks for all the info and advice, girls! I'm trying to negotiate a discount with some Tot's Bots nappies through a friend of a friend who works for them. There's also some small ones with velcro covers going cheapish at a local shop so I'll pick up a pack of those and some disposable liners. They have more than one brand, so I may have to buy the other ones too just to suss out which are best - the small packs seem good. I'm just NOT washing poo. Flushable liners it is.

Don't worry about me forgetting to close the velcro pre-wash: I even snap duvet covers together pre-wash so it doesn't all jumble together. DH thought it was mad until I let him do the washing and everything was sopping wet in the corner of the cover instead of spun dried at the end of a cycle.

Do you need to wash the covers every time too? I was thinking not, because in the packs you get 3 nappies and 12 flat terries, or 5 nappies and 25 flats, so I thought it was a case of washing the flats every time and the covers less often. Although I do realise you'd probably was the covers quite a lot too.

I actually may try going cloth right from day 1 and only have disposables around if I run out of cloth or just need something quick: I'm guessing I'll buy more clothies when I realise what's right for me and that may take a week or so, so even washing daily I may run out some days.