Thanks so much for all your input guys that was a HUGE help! - I'm so glad I didn't go out and buy 20 boxes of NB nappies when they were on special! - To be honest I hadn't even really considered cloth nappies (I know not very enviromentally friendly of me) - but just thought the washing and cleaning of them would be to huge a task when I'd have other things to worry about - is it not as bad as I've always thought?.....