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I have about 26 diapers for two kiddos (one who is 2.5 years and one 6 months) I totally have enough! I probably have a little too many. I bought all mine off of jilliansdrawers.com. They offer a cool thing where you can try out cloth diapers for $10 for 21 days. This website also sells used diapers (which is the way to go to save money). I bought from their because of recommendations and I live in TX so no sales tax!!! I think I spent about 400 on all of the diapers (I was able to buy a few used).

You could also try craigslist. I saw some there in my area.

Good luck!

I cloth diaper *because* I am on a budget.
I spent $200 initially, and $200 when he outgrew the NB and small size.
I bought an expensive brand (gDiapers).
Medium: I have 10 covers, 16 plastic liners, 18 cloths, and a couple packs of flushables (disposable inserts) I had 8 but wanted to not have to do daily laundry.
Small: 7 covers, 13 cloths, 12 liners. plenty.
newborn: 12 covers! (fit with small inserts) and you definitely need at least 12.
Now that LO is in the mediums, I only have to do laundry every other day (but usually do daily laundry anyway).

LO is 4 months. I did the math and my NB/smalls ended up costing me more than disposables but my LO turned out surprisingly big and is growing surprisingly fast.
NB/Small cost per diaper: 35-37 cents each (based on average diapers/day)
Medium cost per diaper as of today: 58 cents each
By Nov 4, we will break even with disposables that cost $0.34 each
By Jan 6 we will break even with disposables that cost $0.20 each
And by the time LO is 1 (the mediums should still fit even if he keeps being huge), the diapers will be down to 11 cents each.

**It may have been cheaper to skip cloth in the beginning.

When I finally get pregnant I am going to buy directly from China. I am going to buy alva diapers. Similar to kawaii. From what I have read they are great for the price. For like 100 diapers I think it will cost me $350. I just want a lot, and can't decide on patterns. Anyways there is a website alvababy.com that has cheap alvas.

What is your budget?

I did gdiapers, skipped newborn, bought the 6 pack of medium pants and 24 inserts. I waited until diapers.com had a promo, I want to say it was 20% off?

@anonysquire: The thing with Alvas is you want to buy better inserts. I have a couple chinese-made diapers and the inserts that come with are CRAP. The covers are fine, but you want to buy nice inserts so they don't leak.

I went for convenience, one-size, pocket, but I bought most of mine used. I think I have 29/30 diapers for my 6 month old and 6 of them are new (bought on sale). I do diaper laundry every other day or every 3rd day.

There are tons of FB swap groups. Diaperswappers, ebay, etc. You can find them used all over.

@anonysquire: No idea. I've only every used the microfiber ones from chinese diapers. Hemp is good for long-term absorption like overnights but they aren't as good for catching fast leaks. Microfiber is stay-dry, so it keeps the dampness away from their skin a little better but it doesn't hold as much. It's just kind of trial and error to find out what you like best.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Thirsties Duo Inserts. Double insert basically of microfiber and cotton/hemp.

I didn't want to CD with prefolds and flats. So the biggest way I saved money was buying used to try out diapers. Watch some buy/sell/trade groups on facebook and you can easily get a good idea for prices. Just be sure to be picky because deals do come all the time.

I try to spend about $10 per pocket diaper. I've been pretty lucky to watch sales and be able to do that. I have about 30 diapers though so thats about $300. I use liners instead of a sprayer so that is about $10/month.

I've heard of Econobum cloth diapers but never tried them myself. They are $10 each and includes a prefold.

This is great info - hopefully one day I can use it