It's a great choice! My little guy is 20 months now and we're still going strong with the same set of nappies I bought at the beginning. However, I got a bit addicted and bought a variety of brands, mostly second-hand, to try them out. Here's what worked for us:
- Mother-Ease are the BEST but a bit hard to get ahold of in the UK. They seem to last forever, so worth looking on EBay for gently used ones. Everything they do is good - we use a lot of the Air-flow wraps as I don't like Velcro very much (gets tangled in the wash) so sold all my Rikki (Velcro) wraps. We have some all-in-twos (Wizard Duo) which were £££ but incredibly reliable and still going strong.
- When he was a newborn, we used disposables some days and terry squares folded with a nappy nipper (Nappy nippa? - a sort of patent fastener so you don't need pins) under a Mother-Ease wrap some days. Don't feel like you can't use the odd disposable at first while you get used to the nappy routine. We switched to birth-to-potty nappies when he got big enough.
- Baba and Boo are great pocket nappies if you like those - the double gusset kept even the slimiest poo contained. We got a set of these new and still using them. Cute too! However, they are expensive second-hand (suspect because of cute patterns that are kind of collectable)
- For nights, an Easy Peasy Bumble (using a nappy nipper, not Velcro - as above, I don't like it) stuffed with a hemp booster and a cotton booster with a Mother-Ease Airflow wrap over top was BOMBPROOF and literally no leaks ever, even when EBF and peeing constantly. Tuck the elastic well up into the leg - not sitting on the thigh, and make sure nothing is peeking outside the wrap or moisture will wick out. The Bumbles are great terry nappies that also allow extra absorbancy to be stuffed in, and this combo has been incredible.
- Little Lambs work fine and are cheap (I've only tried the two-piece ones that you need a wrap with though - not the pockets). The size 1s were in use a lot when he was smaller and I've since lent them out to lots of other mums to try them.
I've never tried TotsBots (too much Velcro) or Bambino Mio (have heard really bad things about their reliability). Had a second-hand Charlie Banana that leaked and was really narrow, and a Rumparooz that didn't fit our chunky baby well - too narrow and didn't like the microfibre booster. Petit Lulu is good but not outstanding (absorbs well but containment is less great) - but really cute with the coloured binding so have kept it. Have a set of used Blueberry Simplexes that work well on on a older baby (not sure how they'd be at the wetting constantly stage) and are great for nursery.
If you want to know any other specific brands I might have tried them! Spent my mat leave experimenting.