Re: How expensive are kids, really?
The real expenses come later in a child's life. You can have an extremely frugal life with a small child. Cloth diapers, b-feed, ect. Clothes for a baby are so cheap, and simple.
The costs are things that add up later- band, swim team, gifted courses, remedial tutoring,summer school instrument rental, clothes for chorus, scout uniforms, yearbooks, lab fees. I could type for hours and still not cover all the unpredicatables that come with older kids. Basically each year gets more expensive as your kids get older. I found the baby years the cheapest. I got hand me downs galore, and your nursery and supplies are only as expensive as you make it. some people spend 200.oo for matching crib sets!
Your main costs the first few years of life will be formula, a diapering system, and daycare.
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