Baby 2Million finally arrived last week and both mother and baby are doing well!! Suddenly we are a family. Everything has been a blur since her arrival as we are adjusting to family life and getting used to not sleeping much. While we continue to get settled in I thought I would share some of our expenses for having a baby.
Pre-Birth Baby Expenses
Forget all those people talking about saving for college education, etc - even before the baby arrives we have made a significant investment. We could even argue that at least part of our recent home purchase and car purchase were due to us expanding our family, but we will ignore that for now.
Here is a sample of the baby expenses we had before the baby even arrived. We had so many small expenses they aren’t all included, but ones I could identify I have included:
| Pre-Birth Expenses | Cost |
| $ 312.32 | |
| $ 400.00 | |
| Clothes/Storage Baskets for Changing Table | $ 57.61 |
| Lamp for Baby’s Room, Curtains, Nightlights, Decorations | $ 85.66 |
| Stroller/Car Seat Travel System | $ 224.16 |
| Baby monitor, End table, DHA supplements | $ 146.73 |
| Painting Supplies for Baby’s Room | $ 118.71 |
| Lots of Small Purchases of Baby Clothes (est) | $ 30.00 |
| Yard Sale Baby Items Purchase (clothes, books, toys, etc) | $ 97.48 |
| Boppy Bouncy Seat | $ 29.88 |
| Diapers | $ 56.15 |
| Bulk Baby Wipes | $ 6.37 |
| Dr/Lab Co-pays | $ 394.84 |
| Maternity Clothes | $ 84.57 |
| 529 Plan Contributions | $ 150.00 |
| Total | $2,194.48 |
Ofcourse a lot of these expenses are personal decisions my wife and I made about how we wanted to prepare for our baby. Everyone’s mileage will vary, but in the beginning I didn’t even realize what we would be purchasing in preparation for our baby.
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