how much money do spend on formula a month?

Question

obviously i'm not interesting in answers from women who breastfeed ....duh

HOW MUCH A MONTH not HOW MUCH A CAN .......COME ON PEOPLE IT'S NOT BRAIN SURGERY

Answer 1

The most was about $50 per month when my son was going through a can a week, but then we used the Parents Choice brand from Walmart and it is a lot cheaper. It is diapers that where and are the killer for me.

Answer 2

It depends on your baby. Standard formulas run you between $10 and $14 dollars a can where I live. However, my daughter was on Enfamil Nutramigin which was $26 a can.

Thank god for WIC. That is the program where I live, maybe it has a different name where you live. They provide you with checks to pay for formula to ease the pain of buying it. It is income based, but not hard to qualify for. After using WIC checks we only had to buy 2 or 3 cans a month on our own.

Some people can't breastfeed. I was in that category. My daughter had some serious digestion problems and had to have specialty formula. So although breastmilk is cheap, some kids simply can't tolerate it.

The reason I did not give a monthly figure is you will go through more cans as your child grows. At first you only go through a few a month, but it increases as your kid eats more.

Answer 3

Hi there. I have five children. The 5th baby was adopted and even tho I wanted to relactate so that I could nurse her, due to medical complications I could not. Since I have had the experience of breastfeeding 4 babies and bottle feeding one I can tell you that there is a HUGE difference both in expense and convenience. Obviously breast milk is free but I was not prepared for how expensive formula was! We did not qualify for any type of assistance but even so the expense was a real problem. The thing that really bothered me though, and the biggest difference was all the bother that bottle feeding is! I cannot imagine why anyone would do it if they did not absolutely have to! When we wanted to go somewhere there was all the bother of making sure that we had all the paraphernalia to make a bottle. When I was nursing all I had to do was take myself and a couple of diapers and I was out the door! The worst thing of all though was at night. With my other babies I just kept them in bed with me and they ate when they wanted to and I was only barely aware of turning over to change sides or to change their diaper. People would ask me how often the baby ate at night and I honestly could not answer them. Boy, I sure knew how often my 5th baby ate! Wow, she cried and cried while I stumbled around a cold house trying to get the bottle ready, (while trying to comfort her with one arm) get it the right temperature, get the nipple on ( again with one arm) and finally feed it to her. By this time she was so worked up that just getting her calmed down enough so that she could eat was a big deal. The difference in just being able to pick her up and cuddle back down in bed was incredible! I finally understood what new mothers were talking about when they mentioned sleep deprivation! It was awful. I can truly say that I hated it. I hated the odor when she spit up. I hated the fact that her dirty diapers had an odor to them (breast fed babies do not) I hated the whole thing! It was a pain in the butt. I know you said you did not want to hear from us die-hard breast feeding mothers but since I have done it both ways I felt like I could give you a good comparison/opinion. Just look at the prices for the formula the next time you are at the store. Oh, and while you are at it, try to read the long list of ingredients, notice that most of them are unpronounceable. Who wants to feed their precious little baby stuff that you cannot even pronounce?And, have you ever smelled that stuff?
If you have a medical condition and have to take medication like I did I feel sorry for you. You will miss one of the most precious experiences that life has to offer you, and your baby!
Good luck and take care.
Lady T~

Answer 4

To start off with not everyone can breast feed for all you women telling us you breast feed. I wanted to as badly as all of you did, but my daughter just could not latch on and suck. So please lay off with the smearky comments, and now to my answer. It depends on what kind of Formula you use. We have used the Enfamil Gentleease for my daughter from birth pretty much, and at first it was around $150 a month. Now that she has started eating solids (she is 9 months) we spend around $75 a month, and this is for the large can of formula that runs $24.99 a can.

Answer 5

six 12 oz cans of formula is about 80 dollars. i go through about nine 12 oz cans and one 24 oz can which is 24 dollars. then i buy baby cereal witch is usually about 15 dollars and then theres the baby food. he eats two- three jars a aday. at 95 cents a jar, thats 2 dollars a day and 60 dollars or so a month. babys are friggin expensive

Answer 6

I spend about a $150 - $200 on the enfamil powder formula.

Answer 7

Well I always have breastfed...but am not here to preach to you about it's benefits.

I just want to make sure you're aware of the WIC program. If you're in the USA you may qualify. It will provide for all the formula free...and milk/eggs/cheese/cereal/peanut butter and such until the child is five years old.

Good luck with your baby!

Answer 8

I had no selection yet to formulation feed my 2 infants (born 3 hundred and sixty 5 days aside) yet choose I had succeeded with breastfeeding. i desperate to purchase the suitable formulation i ought to (S26 Gold) which value me, for one infant, around $70 a month (Australian money). whilst infant selection 2 got here alongside, selection one replaced into having infant formulation besides, so all up closer to $one hundred a month. distinctive money! happy i do no longer ought to spend all that anymore - yet I do choose for to grant them some infant formulation to supplement their food plan and verify they get the nutrients they choose. they are nonetheless in nappies and that's a super fee. As a unmarried earnings better half and young ones it quite is a real war to have sufficient money all the infant stuff. Do they subsidise those issues for persons in usa?

Answer 9

About $13, we buy a can of the walmart brand formula to use as a supplement for breastfeeding.

When my oldest was on the bottle, we probably spent around $160 a month on formula.

Answer 10

my WIC gives me 9 cans a month so ill have to buy maybe 1 or 2 when he gets older around 22$ each