I started cloth with DS1 when he was about 11 months, so I went first to prefolds (because of price) then slowly purchased some of each different nappy style until i found what i loved. This turned out to be mostly Pocket nappies OSFM like BumG's. I liked that i could dry them in the winter time fairly easily - moreso than the AIO's. Hey, it's Melbourne remember - it's not always sunny!

Turns out some nappies fit some kids and some nappies fit other kids. DS1 was skinny, so some brands just didn't work well. I even had to buy 2 different swimmer's for him because the first wasn't quite right. Still a LOT cheaper than sposies. For this reason, I'd never recommend buying one of those massive 'all you ever need' offers that some websites do where you can buy 101 nappies all at once. JIC they aren't quite right.

DS2 was easy because i already had lots of prefolds and flats from DS1 for the NB stage.

Wanna look at some? I'm sure you could get a few of us together and we could bring you some to look at and play with.