So much depends if the mother is going to stay home or not. I had a diaper service for 90 days - the baby sitter would not use cloth diapers for my girls, so I used them only at home. You have to have a lot of them - and a very good diaper pail! My niece had twins - she works full time and no way she would be able to keep up with the diapers. So she used paper diapers. All you can do is ask the new parents what they want to do. It saved a lot of money - but it does take a lot of time.