how much does it cost to care for a baby for 1 year???

Question

average cost $$

Answer 1

I believe the technical answer is around $4000 but I can tell you from experience, you can do it for a hell of a lot less if you're smart. Here are some tips:

Breastfeed: It's FREE...formula costs about $25 a week. There are so many other benefits as well.

Make your own babyfood: Do you really need to pay someone to mash up a carrot? What a racket!

Use cloth diapers: They're better than they used to be.

Use coupons: They're everywhere and combining them with store sales can save you tons of money

Buy used: Buy everything from baby gear to clothing used. Babies don't abuse things much and you can save 75% or more off the cost of new. I only buy used but make sure the items are in "like new" condition.

Answer 2

The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from
birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family.
Talk
about sticker shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition. But
$160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into:

* $8,896.66 a year,

* $741.38 a month, or

* $171.08 a week

* That's a mere $24.24 a day!

* Just over a dollar an hour.

Still, you might think the best financial advice is don't have
children
if you want to be "rich." Actually, it is just the opposite.

What do you get for your $160,140?

* Naming rights. First, middle, and last!

* Giggles under the covers every night.

* More love than your heart can hold.

* Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.

* Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.

* A hand to holdâ?| usually covered with jelly or chocolate.

* A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites

* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said
or
how your stocks performed that day.


For $160,140, you never have to grow up. You get to:

* finger-paint,

* carve pumpkins,

* play hide-and-seek,

* catch lightning bugs, and

* Never stop believing in Santa Claus.


You have an excuse to:

* keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,

* watching Saturday morning cartoons,

* going to Disney movies, and

* wishing on stars.

* You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator
magnets and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand
prints set in clay for Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters
for
Father's Day.


For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck. You get to be a
hero just for:

* retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,

* taking the training wheels off a bike,

* removing a splinter,

* filling a wading pool,

* coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and coaching a baseball team
that
never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.


You get a front row seat to history to witness the:

* First step,

* First word,

* First bra,

* First date, and

* First time behind the wheel.


You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family
tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary
called
grandchildren and great grandchildren. You get an education in
psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications, and human
sexuality that no college can match. In the eyes of a child, you rank
right up there under God. You have all the power to heal a boo-boo,
scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a
slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits,
Soâ?|
One day they will, like you, love without counting the cost. That is
quite a deal for the price!!!!!!!

Answer 3

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