I love my cloth - I tend to change cloth more than the 'sposies too. I just whack the cloth in the bucket for a couple of days until the bucket is full then put them on a wash. Yes, it's not a full wash, but it is a hot one so I do them alone (and this helps on the air-drying front too, more space on the airer inside during winter). My main gripe is that they're just a bit bulkier than the pampers, so I can't do the poppers of all of the vests up now Liebling has grown a bit... but in dungarees, do we need the poppers done up anyway?

I made sure I tried out all the nappies in the shops before buying them, and practiced on teddy bears at home (very good as we didn't get nappy changing lessons at the hospital). DS is very obliging and will now hold his legs out still for me sometimes!

If you do go cloth, get your OH on board. My DH likes the cost factor, but can't change a cloth nappy to save his life, he will only do the pampers. Not a problem really, just that I could do with a hand sometimes! I also don't use baby wipes, I use warm water and cotton wool balls and that seems to work well for us.