what is the cost of caring for a baby the frist year?

Answer 1

It costs roughly $12,000 a year to care for a child depending on whether or not you have no health insurance.

Answer 2

My baby is going to be seven months on Sunday. So far we have added about an extra $50.00 to our grocery bill every other week. That is for formula, diapers, wipes, and baby food.

You do have to factor in insurance and well baby care visits. to add the baby to our insurance was an extra $75.00 per week out of my husband's paychecks. We pay a $30.00 co pay and the doctor will probably want to see the baby during week one, at two months, four months, six months, nine months, and one year.

And don't forget the hospital bill. Before insurance, $20,000. However, after insurance we owed aprox. $2500.00, but we make payments.

It will always feel like there is not enough money, but you will work through it and find a way to make ends meet. I had to take on a second job, and even though I'm tired most of the time, it is worth it to see that smile light up when you come home from work!

Answer 3

That depends. If you are going to go to work again, you have to take into consideration daycare costs and if you are formula feeding it's going to also cost more than breast feeding. On average for my daughter, who is a year old as of March 3rd, over the last year we have spent about 500 a month, that includes, diapers, formula, daycare, wipes, and clothes. I have DES childcare assistance so I don't pay the full rate for day care but it still is 75 a week, diapers I buy in bulk, same with wipes, and formula when she was on it but it adds up really quickly. I suggest getting a sams club membership beforehand and stocking up on a few things before giving birth, Before my daughter was born I had about 5 cans of formula and a couple of boxes of diapers and wipes, it made it a lot easier on us because we have never run out and it avoided a lot of emergency trips to the store. Hope that answered your question.


And even though a lot of people rave about luvs diapers, I don't recommend them, they don't fit properly and have no stretch or give so if you're baby is a mover, there will be a lot of leaks... go to pampers.com and huggies.com and join and you will get coupons in the mail all the time and in all of the pampers in newborn and size 1, they give coupons also so you end up paying the same price for a better quality diaper.

Answer 4

most of the real cost is in sleepless nights and putting up with puking crying sick baby.
The person who is saying it costs 10-20K to "properly" care for a baby is a nut.
How do you define "properly"?
According to those numbers I should not have been able to pay my rent for several years now with 3 kids.
yes, the doctor bills, diapers, medicine and maybe formula will add up, but I know a whole lot of people who spent ten times less than those numbers and believe me, their babies were properly cared for.
My kids (ages 6,4,2) are healthy, intelligent, well cared for kids, but we didn't spend anywhere close to that much on either one of them.
Some people make it sound like only rich people can afford to have kids.
Breastmilk is free and by far the healthiest thing for the baby, why do people refuse to use it and go spend thousands of dollars on formula which is expensive, tastes like crap and doesn't have all the nutrients that breastmilk has?
People are such idiots.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Who can say.

Think daily formula (very expensive), then baby food. Think 5 to 7 diapers a day, on average.

Think 'mandatory' doc visits, plus non mandatory, works out to probably 6 or 7 for the year, maybe more.

Plus clothing, which could be free from friends or cheap from yard sales, or expensive from Baby Gap.

Plus meds, lotions, soaps

Childcare can be from free to God only knows how much

Furniture can be the same, free to GOKHM

Wow, no wonder I'm always broke!

Answer 7

Hi! It costs anywhere between 10 - 20 thousand dollars to properly take care of a baby the first year.

Answer 8

depends. We qualified for Wic so it was just the cost of clothing and diapers and a few bottles for us. Clothing we got mostly from relatives at showers, and bottles also, so mostly diapers and even those we got at dollar general BUY LUVS i'm not even kidding they cost bundles less and work way better. and if you are worrying about the cost, good for you, though you should know that if you are waiting till you can afford a baby you will never have one.

so in review, Kids can sleep in carseats and playpens, so skip the crib. She/He will be in a toddler bed before you know. Also kids go through clothing fast, so get stuff from family (hand-me-downs) and buy from used clothing shops. Buy Luvs. even diaper bags can be found at used clothing shops (so can strollers). Buy good used stuff alot. Only new bottles/nipples though.

Answer 9

There is truly no amount anyone can give you. Know that you'll buy lots of diapers, wipes, food, milk (or breastfeed for free), clothes, misc. stuff, car seat, rocker, crib or bassinet, sheets, socks, shoes, blankets, toys, daycare, doctor's co-pay for visits and probably some Advil/Tylenol for yourself.

Answer 10

You know years ago before I had children they said something like the 15,000 quote someone said above. However in reality it can be much much more. Doctors, food, clothes, formula, diaper, etc etc etc it adds up FAST!