Other ideas include making your own. I make most of my son's covers - knitted and crocheted and I swear by wool.  I also participated in swaps so I could get nappies made for bub.

I used prefolds and AIOs for J as a newborn and I found the AIOs easy to onsell as they weren't used much.

We now use fitteds and wool covers mostly. I also have pockets that I bought as MIL prefers to use these - very easy. I found AIOs (or Ai2s) fantastic for the TT stage.

I had so many nappies for Av so I haven't bought any M or L for J. Now we have really started to save money!

 In my experience, fitteds and covers tend to be more expensive than pockets/AIOs.

Terrific advice! I wrote one similar awhile ago and I thought it was quite difficult to outline all the different sorts and costs and all the rest!

I did pretty much the same as you, one nappy at a time or a few at a time, I used cloth flats and just added to my stash as I could afford it and like you I did the ebay selling to buy more haha! My son is now 23 months old and my nappies are still being used that I bought him as a bub and I will keep them or pass them on to a friend who will use them.

As parents I feel our responsibility lies in the environment as well as our children seeing as we brought them into the world we should be the ones looking after it until they can also. I do not understand why people refuse to give cloth a real go as I would honestly rather spend my money on other things then disposables lol plus it really is not hard to wash! I wash everyday with kids anyway so it makes no difference if I throw a few nappies in too.

The person below me mentioned skin sensitivities.... if your child has sensitive skin all his or her clothing and bedding should be washed in sensitive products including the nappies and it shouldn't make a difference. I use ecofriendly sensitive products on everything i use and strip wash with bicarb and vinegar (I also have an advice article on strip washing )

Terrific advice again! Keep up the good work!

Great stuff, takes effort to build up a stash of cloth nappies on a tough budget. But that goes to show, that if you want something badly enough.....a lot of effort and clever budgeting, you can get the stuff you want.

Personally I like the convenience of not needing to wash poop or urine filled cloth nappies.....oh I had to use good quality disposables, because my little one reacted really badly to the cloth nappies, even when he made a mess and it the nappy changed almost immediately.  So once swapping to the disposable ones, his troubles were over, and my really smelly nappy washing days were over!

The one thing I find tough to deal with is when people calculate what their baby will cost them.....kinda takes the romance and joy out of having children. Oh, did you know that the average child will cost the parent around the $100,000 mark by the time they turn 18 (More if you take them to private school)......