There's some ridiculous figure out there about how much it costs to
raise a baby to adulthood. Of course, that seems to assume that you buy
everything new, for yourself (no showers or hand me downs or
whatever), disposable diaper and bottle feed, have your little darlings
in every activity known to humanity and so forth.
Still, even
with generous friends and families and an eye for resale, it can be
breathtaking how much it actually costs to have a little baby around.
We've been out of babyland for a couple years and now are horrified at
how much money goes out of this house on a weekly basis, and we mostly
cloth diaper and only supplement with formula here and there (he's four
months old and we're still on the free cans from the hospital). And
he's not even eating solids yet.
Consumer Reports, a.k.a bible of the thrifty dork, is on the case.
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