How much does your newborn cost?

Question

Diapers? Day care? Etc… etc? I'm just curious?

Answer 1

Well, including the cost of bringing a baby into the world I would say: $200,000.00 at most.

Let's see, for twins, it cost, with insurance, $45,000 per baby, then there are the diapers, $200.00+ a month, special formula (22 Cal) for preemies, $839.94 (9 months worth), then regular formula(20 cal) $230 (3 months worth), then there are the baby clothes..and baby well checkups...and photographs...

So, I would say, for twins, about $200,000 a year. And you can probably cut this in half for a singleton..

Here is a link to BabyCenter to calculate the cost of a baby.

Hope this helps you... :-)

Answer 2

I'll do it monthly:

Diapers--$35 (we get 143 from Sam's Club)
I stay home so no day care.
Formula-$30
Food-$20

So it's about $85 a month.

Every once in a while we have to restock on lotion, baby wipes, diaper rash cream, or other little things like that. I'd say every six months we spend about $30 on that.

We haven't had to buy new toys yet. When I was young I only got new toys on special occasions and I plan to do the same with my son so it's not really a consideration of mine.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Lets see here.....
-Diapers (pampers) 10.00 for 40...my son goes through that in 3 days
-formula (similiac advance) 4.19 a can, 1 can in a 24 hour period.
-wipes I pay 2.99 a package, and have gone through 3 in a month
-not to mention little clothes, a crib, swing, etc.
Baby's are pretty expensive...I had no idea until the arrival of my beautiful baby boy last month.

Answer 4

ya know all these people are telling u prices and such, but no one knows how much a baby cost i well tell u like my grandfather told me once, if wait around on the money to have a child u well never have them becuse kids can be expensive but hey ya know u probely have family and friends and theres hand me downs u probely wont have any thing to worry about so dont let the price scare u, best of luck

Answer 5

From birth through college you can expect to spend around $200,000. Some of them are worth it and some are not. The good news is that you will know by the time they are about sixteen. If they aren't turning out as well as you expected, you can save a bunch by not sending them to college.

Answer 6

diapers were about 10 bucks a week, hand me down clothes abound, human milk is free, sleeping next mommy at night as nature intended, free, sling about 65 bucks, car seat about a hundred.

day care is very expensive - NICHD research, ongoing for decades, has found that separation from mommy of more than 10 hours a week in the first year causes social problems, high levels of aggression, higher disapproval from daddy, detachment from mommy, school problems, higher levels of depression and anxiety.

There are also plenty of problems for kids who have to separate from mommy before age 5. More of the stuff above, deeper, longer lasting.

The researchers have found this cost of day care happens to the child whether the subsitute caregiver is daddy, grandma, or mary poppins. The child evolved to need his mommy's milk and arms, and without it, he is stressed. Stress hormones literally flood an infant's brain when she/he is away from mommy. This flooding impairs learning and puts the child at risk for anxiety and depression disorders. Also, when mommy is not reliable - that is, doesn't come every time the baby longs for her - a large percentage of children become detached from their mothers. This is very dangerous. This danger is also heightened in day care because many use many subsittute caregivers through the first 5 years of a baby's life. This is a recipe for creating a sociopath.

Infants and toddlers must attach to one person to develop optimally. We are mammals, primates, and this is simply how we've evolved. The cost of day care is way too high for any child to bear, let alone mommy and daddy.

In the first year of life, babies must have one person who always responds to them. In this way, they learn that life is good and mommy (that one person) is reliable. When this stage is successfully negotiated, the baby can go on to all other emotional tasks with a solid underpinning. Without it, each successive stage is difficult, because the foundation of trust and general well-being is not there.

Answer 7

Newborn Babies.....Are very expensive to take care of I know my little girl is especially with pampers,clothes,shoes,and etc.

Answer 8

my newborn has cost us about 10,000 in doctor bills.and monthly about 60.00 for formula and about 40.00 for clothes and about 50.00 in diapers.

Answer 9

WELL I SHOPPED ON EBAY BEFORE I HAD MY SON .. BUT U R ASKING ABOUT DAIPERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WELL PRICES RANGE FOR DAIPERS DEPENDING ON SIZE AND BRAND IT MAY BE FROM 8.99 AND UP. DAY CARE FOR MY SON IS 130.00 A WEEK. AS FAR AS CLOTHING I WOULD SAY 200.00 AND UP. HAVING A CHILD IS A BLESSING AND I HAVE NO REGRETS BUT ITS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY

Answer 10

Yesterday I spent $13.28 for a pack or 116 Luvs diapers size 1 (for 8 to 12 lbs babies -- my baby was born 8 lbs 11 oz and is now 10 lbs at 3 weeks old) at Wal-Mart which should last me about 2 to 2 1/2 weeks with him going through 6 to 8 diapers a day. I spent $2.84 for 2oz of zinc oxide (diaper rash cream) which will last about 3 weeks. I spent $7.97 on a box of 432 baby wipes which should last me about 2 weeks. You only need to bath your baby a couple times of week, so a $3 bottle of baby wash and/or shampoo is going to go a long way. I bought breast feed, and I got so many free formula samples while I was pregnant that I won't need to pay for the one daily bottle I make for him to give my breasts a break for a very very long time. I'm attempting to work from home so I won't have to pay for day care, but the trade off is that his health care is going to be really expensive.

I bought all of his clothes, bedding and supplies over the entire length of my pregnancy to defray the costs, so I can't give you a good ballpark on that, but you can guestimate what time of the year your baby will be wearing roughly what sizes so that you can buy weather-appropriate clothes on sale before he'll actually need them. Yard sales are also good, and there's a chain of baby consignment stores called "Once Upon a Child" that's good to get used clothes, furnature, toys, etc. from at a reasonable price.

I tried to keep all my baby furnature under $100 to $150 per item, because the time they'll be using them is so limited, there's no point in buying something expensive for them (or even heavy duty, since a baby isn't going to be jumping up and down, wrecking the furniture). For instance, the dresser I bought was $98 from Walmart and doubles as changing table with an attached side cabinet for storage/hanging clothes. The Fischer-Price Ocean Wonders playpen I bought online was under $100, comes with a bassinet and a mobile, is collapsable and on wheels for portability, plus it's colorful and fun for a baby (not a boring grey or brown like the more expensive, less functional ones). I bought a used rocking chair from Once Upon a Child for $55. I bought an Evenflo Aura Travel System (stroller that comes with a car seat and car seat base) at Walmart for $130. My ex-husband's sister has an older baby, so she gave me his toddler clothes for when my 3 week old gets bigger. Don't buy a car seat or a crib used unless you know for sure that it's new enough to comply with current safety regs.

If you can afford do a load of laundry every other day or you're lucky enough that your baby doesn't spit up too much, you'll only need to buy one or two packs of newborn onsies and receiving blankets before he outgrows them. Buy a couple thicker blankets for when when it's colder so you can wrap him up warmly at night and tuck it over him when he's in his stroller and you won't have to buy seperate sleepers, socks, shoes or heavier clothes before he's old enough to walk. Buy a pack of multi-use vinyl pads from Walmart and it will come with one crib pad, one bassinet-sized pad, one pad that's a good size for a changing table and two square pads that are good for use as burp-clothes for about $16. Also, buy a pack or two of cloth diapers for use as burp clothes/rags, fold them in half and put one under your baby's head when he sleeps and you won't have to wash his sheets as often when he spits up at night. Hooded towels are nice for bath time, but your bath towel will work just as well as long as you make sure you keep your baby's head warm if you don't want to buy towels. Since you'll have to sponge-bathe the baby until the umbilical cord stump falls off and the wound heals (between two and three weeks old), and you could continue to sponge-bathe him or wash him in the kitchen sink if you're careful, you don't technically have to buy a baby tub, but Walmart has one for about $15 that has a sling for a newborn, a temp. strip and a rinse bin that makes it a little easier.

Hope that helps.