Baby Cost Calculator

How expensive will it be to raise your child?

The cost of raising a baby: Baby cost calculator

This calculator shows the costs of having a baby in the first year. Prices are split into necessary, common and luxury. Select your preferences to see how much you will need.

Baby cost until first year:

Per month:

I'm giving birth to
1 baby 2 babies 3 babies 4 babies

Luxury level:
I will buy second hand products where possible.
I will buy low priced new products for my darling.
I will buy/rent averaged priced products for my darling.
I will buy the most expensive products for my darling.

NECESSARY OBJECTS

Car seat
Crib
Crib bedding
Bottles (3 for starters, 1 new one every other month)
Disposable diapers (1 regular size pack/week)
Reusable cloth diapers (20/year, plus cleaning)
Baby wipes (1 pack/week)
Blankets (5)
Baby shampoo (1/month)
Baby lotion (1/month)

Breast or bottle?
I will breastfeed for months.

Baby food (after 5th month, 10 meals/week)
baby eats what I eat.
baby eats what I eat AND ready made baby food.
baby eats ready made baby food.

Childcare
I'll make use of childcare days a week,
starting from when baby is months old.

LUXURY OBJECTS

extra 2D Ultrasound, e.g. Gender Determination
3D/4D Ultrasound
I'll buy my own 2D/3D/4D ultrasound machine on Ebay
Fetal Doppler Monitor
Breast pump
Nursing pillow
Wipes warmer
Bottle warmer
Bottle sterilizer
Humidifier
Baby monitor
Baby movement sensor (under-the-mattress Sensor Pad)
Baby Blues Massage Oil (for mum after delivery)
Maternity bed/pillows (for at night)

COMMON OBJECTS

Clothes and Shoes
Diaper bag
Diaper Pail
Baby wahcloths (10 pcs)
Baby towels (5 pcs)
Changing table
High Chair
Bassinet
Stroller
Baby Bathtub
Bibs (10 pcs)
Tylenol pain relief (0.5 Oz)

TOYS

Various toys
Swing
Bouncy seat
Activity saucer
Activity gym
Pack and Play
Glider Rocker

I will buy baby gates.

RESULTS

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Comments: Baby Cost Calculator

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lilacs - 7 days ago.
$465.00 Thats not bad! I believe it too... because they don't add in medical care and such. But thats not to bad if you ask me.

jas1987 - 13 days ago.
With my first now 12 months old, i spent over $10 000... I like to shop, i shopped every week and more Buying baby stuff when i was pregnant... Now i'm trying to conceive my second baby, and def will not spend no where near that much! I have saved all my sons clothes, toys and swings, bouncers ect... I now buy him toys once a year at the Australia's biggest toy sale and then i store them in his wardrobe until his birthday and christmas... I spent $1500 on toys this year, and every season, i spend $450-900 on clothes every fortnight nappies and wipes cost $100, and every week we buy formula and baby food comes to $60, then every month i buy lotions creams and baby wash $50... They def are not cheap... Prices are different here in Aus to UK and US...

vamama - 14 days ago.
This calculator is fasle becuz being a single mom I have spent more than 1,227.00 on baby items with my mom and stepdad we alone have spent over 1,227 dollars on baby items.

biffabouf - 24 days ago.
Wow, only 680! Teenagers cost wayyyyyyy more lol!

justinaezez - 38 days ago.
Hi, I am stay home mom and I make some extra cash from home answering to surveys online. I made 273$ just last month. http://www.cashcrate.com/1381620/1

tabathan - 48 days ago.
$7538 And I am reusing a ton of stuf from my oldest! WOW. I am sure my oldest cost more than that so I guess it's good that the cost decreases but I was hoping for a 200-300 answer like many other ladys here got!

smm18 - 53 days ago.
$495.00 baby costs for the first year, but even then I know there are things I didn't spend that much money on. I didn't realize how blessed I am, because everything I have for my baby was given to me by random people, the car-seat, stroller, toys, baby bath, 95% of her clothes, blankets, bedding...etc were all given by family and extended family.

mom2be2010 - 59 days ago.
1,882.00 baby cost until first year that's cheap.

evencorey - 64 days ago.
lol nappies are the most expensive but thats ok

tylersmommie08 - 75 days ago.
everything is lot less since this is my 2nd one and i have bunch of stuff i can re-use...it was lot for my first one.

4thtimearoundat36 - 85 days ago.
reckons $690 (about Â£425). I have spent Â£480 so far for everything I wanted on the tick list but that amount also includes all my maternity bras and breast pads, disposables knickers and pads, my washbag items, 3 packs of newborn disposables for hospital use and a total of 40 re-useable nappies, and a second car seat for DH's car. So it can be done cheaply...good luck if you are having baby on a budget too!

silentdance - 98 days ago.
Whoa baby...$4882.00...haven't had my shower yet though. Hopefully the families will help to offset a few of the big items.

2babys-under2 - 99 days ago.
Thank god for baby showers...lol

2ndontheway2010 - 99 days ago.
This is so bogus! It says that my baby will only cost 219.00 I know that I already have the stuff, this being baby #2, but I have a few things to buy...not to mention that their estimate of cloth diapers is way off! I still need to buy small diapers and that alone will run me about 100.00...not to mention the fact that those only fit for up to maybe 5 months...good thing I already have the larger diapers...DONT BELIEVE THIS!!!

chula913 - 100 days ago.
OMG kids are not cheap.. They said my baby will cost $15280.00, the first year!! CRAZY!!!!!

jvfierro - 104 days ago.
Only $1189? That is if I go with cloth diapers. I have 3 kids already, so I know what is really necessary. I remember it being so much more expensive with the first!!

BrittB - 105 days ago.
Well that ant as bad as i thought. $3,528 for the first year. But it is a just a guess.

ari08 - 117 days ago.
Alot of this stuff I put down for people to get me at my shower and my crib/stroller/car seat is being gifted by the grandparents. 1200 is not bad at all if thats true.

blondiex2 - 118 days ago.
$3,214.00! Not going to show this to daddy, lol. Hopefully will go down a few hundred though after baby shower, I have a huge family and they are probably going to get a stroller, car seat, etc; they've already said they want to do some of the 'big' stuff. Still will be quite a lot though!

kelly.m - 123 days ago.
my little boy turned 1 last month so im really lucky that i have kept all the main stuff, the only expense i have is doubly pram, and clothes if its a girl!!!! love it xx

austinjames2010 - 124 days ago.
$2077 wow!!! Thats actually not as much as I thought I would spend anually and probably isn't even close....but every dime I spend on my son will be well worth whatever it costs!!

babyluv843 - 126 days ago.
holy crap only 796???!!!!!! someone is lying to me!lol

Reilly-N-bumps-mummyX - 127 days ago.
omg!! $1503!!!! and this is my 2nd little boy so ive got alot of clothes lol

MANDAARCHIE - 135 days ago.
Mine was $1541 and i am having twins...

Legacy of the Trinity - 135 days ago.
$496. But that is thanks to WIC and MIL being our childcare. My shower was wonderful and I got almost all that I needed. So far she is 5 weeks and we have not spent any money.