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Approximately or to the nearest $100 or £100...how much have you spent specifically on this bub (not counting donation or hand-me-down values)?
I don't think I've done too bad - probably around £300-£350, which includes a rocker, play gym, cot mobile, travel system incorporating car seat and pram/buggy, bottles, a microwave steriliser, clothes, Moses basket, and a few odd bits of bedding, toys and accessories.
Mind as a BTDT mom I already had Daniel's old cot, Shaun's mum has bought us loads of diapers and given us loads of hand-me-down toys and blankets, my mum bought us quite a few bits including hats, a changing mat, bibs and pacis for my birthday, AND a few of the above were second-hand from baby sales. So for a first-timer I'd expect the spend to be possibly more.
I still need to get a changing bag which can double as a handbag and a sling/carrier and an initial tin of formula - as well as maternity pads for me. But that's it now unless I just happen to "see" something.
I would say with all the clothes and diapers I bought I've spent maybe $100 at the most. Her car seat will be about $280 though. Add in Dr and Lab bills and that's a whole other story.
Nursery furniture $1000 plus $150 delivery/installation
Nursery artwork $400
Nursery rug $79
Bedding, Mattress, Changing Table Mattress and Cover $650
Clothing $400-500
Glider $1850 (although this is a very modern leather piece that will last long after nursery phase and is actually in our living room
Still need to do monitor, car seat and bases (3 - DH, Me, our Nanny), double stroller, and small things....probably $750 to go!
Will probably be around 6k. Good grief! Thanks a lot for making me add it up, haha!
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Not much at all. Got a ton of hand me down clothes, and bought a few more at the thrift stores. We'll buy some newer clothes in a couple of weeks. $60 for the rock n play, $15 for his dresser, $30 for the rocking chair, probably about $30 for some decorations, the car seat and my nursing cover were from a gift card. We still have some stuff to get in the next few weeks, small stuff like diapers and blankets and I need some nursing bras. Oh and at some point we'll have to buy a new baby bathtub because according to my friend my old one is shot. So in the end probably a little over $200. Depending on if I decide he needs more clothes or not maybe closer to $300 because what us more fun that clothes shopping for a baby.
I am using a good amount of my DS old clothes for this baby to save money (sleepers and onesies). With that being said, I would have to guess that I am close to the 1k range at this point. I still need a few things I need to get so....
I've probably spent around $250-$300. That's mainly cloth diaper covers, diaper bag, flower headbands, little bit of clothes, wet bag, crib sheet, & car seat cover. I'm holding off on buying anything more until after my shower because I have a feeling we will be buying cloth diapers. Thankfully between the stuff we have been given so far and the stuff we kept from our DS there really isn't a ton of stuff that we actually "need".
right now i think we are on the 600 euro mark - with another 400 euro to go (money from selling the puppies). I know its alot but this is our first baby and we dont have any hand me downs. I have managed to save us alot by getting second hand furniture and most of Noah's clothes are from second hand shops. Ireland is just a very expensive country to live in!
Umm, this number hurts to think about. Hopefully my number will be much lower on baby #2.
Furniture - $1000
New clothes - $600
Thrift clothes/bumbo/misc - $100
Curtains - $100
Changing pad/accessories - $70
All the misc stuff I just totaled on Amazon - $750
Room decor - $100 (wall mural supplies, small vases to put the cherry blossom decorations from my shower in, the love birds, shelves, etc)
Disposable diaper/wipe stash - $200 (and whats sad is its not even THAT many diapers and wipes. ugh, they're expensive and all coupon bargains!!)
I'd say well over $3000 since I'm sure there's stuff I'm forgetting about.
At least with that number, she has enough clothes (I hope), to last her through a year old, and even quite a few things for beyond that. As well as a dresser that will transition with her through at least her teenage years, though we plan to replace the clearance crib with a bed since they're not usually in good enough shape to actually use as a full size bed after baby years.
Here's to hoping and praying BFing works out, I can't afford formula after everything else!
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[QUOTE=afwifey09;26201308]Umm, this number hurts to think about. Hopefully my number will be much lower on baby #2.
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I was hoping #2 would be cheaper too, but it was about 10x more expensive! We were given EVERYTHING for DS in 4 or 5 baby showers.........all we did was buy $599 crib & dresser set. No showers with #2 and now I see how fortunate we really were the first time around.
Plus now that it's a girl and not a boy, a lot of stuff (ie all the clothes) is worthless. Going to try to consign it this week to see what I can get!!
I also think having two in nurseries is hurting me...........I wouldn't have had to buy another set of nursery furniture if we'd waited another year but I am about to be 34 and DH is 41........so couldn't really wait either!
We haven't bought furniture yet. But clothes and other random things like blankets, toys, stroller, car seat, etc. probably totals over $1000 :O. I'm a shopaholic, what can I say!
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Furniture's a huge expense for sure. Even Daniel's cot cost £400+ when I bought it (it's a solid pine one which converts to a junior bed so worth the money) - I sold all my music/concert merchandise from my teen/young adult days to pay for it. So glad to get second use out of it! So I definitely spent more with him because of that.
Not sure but I know it's well over $3000 by now. It would have been close to $5000 had we not been given so much and the nursery furniture was bought for us by family. But we've bought a lot of clothes, diapers, paint, room decor, rug, clothes for me (I count because I wouldn't have bought them had it not been for Elias) and all the little things. Way more than we wanted to but since it's our first, it's to be expected.
I think we're doing pretty good. I've spent roughly $80 on cloth diapers. About $30 on clothes from Mom2Mom/garage sales. About $180 on her 9 piece crib bedding set. $25 on a jumper. A stuffed animal that was $15. I'm sure there's a few things I'm forgetting but that puts us at $330.
I guess if you figure in her carpet and paint and blinds it would be more, but those things were necessities wether baby was coming or not so I didn't add them in.
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So for a first-timer I'd expect the spend to be possibly more.
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