Tanya
Your Dh will never be happy with the initial cost of them
Remind him how many nappies you go through in a week and the cost of them
If you get on special MCN then you can get about 2 mcn to 1 pack of sposies ($30 approx).
yo uwill need about 18 to be safe to start out .

Look on buy4 baby for some preloved you can get great specials or have a baby beehinds party.

I am keeping it simple now and only have fitteds and covers (baby beehinds) and a few AIO/pockets (Itti bitti and Bumgenius) for when we are out and about (less bulky).

I think i had about 60 nappies at one stage and a lot preloved - a lot new and prob spent close to $700. this will do my 2 children for 3 years each (so thinking if you use 1 pak nappies every 2 weeks that is 28 packs a year x 6 years (2 children) a@ $30 a pack = $5040. So obviously $700 is a hind sight smaller amount.

But i agree it is hard to see this when you see the inital set up costs.

Anyhow Mayas weight is going well! she is putting on weight and that is the most important thing!