Cheap easy option to get you started would be covers and flats/prefolds/inserts. You can get flour sack towels 5 for $5 at walmart and use as inserts and get some covers. 24 inserts and probably 8 covers would be good to get you started.
I'm not sure what kind to try. I haven't found any disposable I like except for pampers which are so expensive. So I'm considering switching to cloth but there are so many different types
Yes. Yes. And yes. For my starter diapers I'm buying to sets of sunbabies cloth diapers. So I'll have 24 diapers and 48 inserts. It will cost me about $180 and they last from 8lbs-25lbs I believe! And as for diaper creams. I'm going to give coconut oil a shot!